{"id":257121,"date":"2023-05-12T19:51:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T17:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=257121"},"modified":"2023-05-12T19:51:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T17:51:05","slug":"renewable-energy-projects-worth-billions-stuck-on-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=257121","title":{"rendered":"Renewable energy projects worth billions stuck on\u00a0hold"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

h\/t Robin Guenier<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Billions of pounds\u2019 worth of green energy projects are on hold because they cannot plug into the UK\u2019s electricity system, BBC research shows.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some new solar and wind sites are waiting up to 10 to 15 years to be connected because of a lack of capacity in the system \u2013 known as the “grid”.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Renewable energy companies worry it could threaten UK climate targets.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

National Grid, which manages the system, acknowledges the problem but says fundamental reform is needed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UK currently has a 2035 target for 100% of its electricity to be produced without carbon emissions.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But meeting the target will require a big increase in the number of renewable projects across the country. It is estimated as much as <\/em>five times more solar and four times as much wind<\/em><\/a> is needed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government and private investors have spent \u00a3198bn on renewable power infrastructure since 2010. But now energy companies are warning that significant delays to connect their green energy projects to the system will threaten their ability to bring more green power online.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new wind farm or solar site can only start supplying energy to people\u2019s homes once it has been plugged into the grid.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Energy companies like Octopus Energy, one of Europe\u2019s largest investors in renewable energy, say they have been told by National Grid that they need to wait up to 15 years for some connections \u2013 far beyond the government\u2019s 2035 target.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-65500339<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Somebody, of course, has to pay for all of this nonsense, something Justin Rowlatt forgets to mention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe if all of these renewable schemes had to pay the cost themselves, they might get the work done quicker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Billions of pounds\u2019 worth of green energy projects are on hold because they cannot plug into the UK\u2019s electricity system, BBC research shows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":257125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818056,691819509,691818130],"class_list":{"0":"post-257121","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-climate-change","9":"tag-green-energy-projects","10":"tag-renewables","12":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/010x0.webp?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-14T7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":257821,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=257821","url_meta":{"origin":257121,"position":0},"title":"Gridlock: renewable energy projects worth billions stuck on\u00a0hold","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"17\/05\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Quote: \u2018The system was built when just a few fossil fuel power plants were requesting a connection each year, but now there are 1,100 projects in the queue\u2019. 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