https://www.newpower.info/2024/07/clean-system-needs-more-transmission-lines-and-new-gas-fired-plant/ Expert information for all those invested in the UK's energy future Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:08:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6 https://www.newpower.info/2024/07/clean-system-needs-more-transmission-lines-and-new-gas-fired-plant/#comment-96386 David Dundas Fri, 26 Jul 2024 09:12:38 +0000 http://www.newpower.info/?p=13388#comment-96386 It is probable that by 2050, less than 26 years away, most of the UK’s primary energy demand, presently around 2,200 TWh a year, will need to be delivered as electricity, with the balance as geothermal heat. At present, electricity production is only around 20% of primary energy, which suggests that it will need to be increased 4 times over the next 26 years. The probably outcry against 4 times as many overhead power lines and the cost of achieving this, requires that in future, new electricity production needs to be consumed where it is needed, to bypass the expensive electricity grid. During periods of low electricity demand, surplus electric power should be stored in batteries or converted into hydrogen which is urgently needed to power heavy transport.

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