Right now the UK is using 33 GW of electricity, and because the sun shines and the wind blows almost 75% comes from low carbon sources.
But we could do so much better, especially with batteries and new, clear sources of supply. We need these because electricity consumption will increase, and we need battery storage for times of high consumption.
Here's a quote from an article examining the 10-13 years it takes to get a grid connection: "“The queue became hugely oversubscribed, with more than 700 gigawatt (GW) of projects waiting for connections, but the country only needs a fraction of that to meet its clean power targets.
“Neso’s response was to pause acceptances and review every single connection offer in the queue to see if it was genuine or speculation. The time that has taken means we now have connection delays of over a decade."
August 5, 2026
