{"id":334449,"date":"2024-06-25T07:27:51","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T05:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=334449"},"modified":"2024-06-25T07:27:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T05:27:53","slug":"labours-net-zero-grid-will-require-huge-sacrifice-warns-energy-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=334449","title":{"rendered":"Labour\u2019s net zero grid will require \u2018huge sacrifice\u2019, warns energy\u00a0chief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"402\" data-attachment-id=\"334453\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=334453\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/59-591017_pc-duvar-katlar-hd-yeni-love-pink-tjn.jpg?fit=1920%2C1068&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1068\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;pc duvar ka??tlar? hd Yeni LOve Pink tjn wallpaper t Duvar katlar Arka planlar&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pc duvar ka??tlar? hd Yeni LOve Pink tjn wallpaper t Duvar katlar Arka planlar\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/59-591017_pc-duvar-katlar-hd-yeni-love-pink-tjn.jpg?fit=723%2C402&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/59-591017_pc-duvar-katlar-hd-yeni-love-pink-tjn.jpg?resize=723%2C402&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-334453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/59-591017_pc-duvar-katlar-hd-yeni-love-pink-tjn.jpg?resize=1024%2C570&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/59-591017_pc-duvar-katlar-hd-yeni-love-pink-tjn.jpg?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/59-591017_pc-duvar-katlar-hd-yeni-love-pink-tjn.jpg?resize=768%2C427&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/59-591017_pc-duvar-katlar-hd-yeni-love-pink-tjn.jpg?resize=1536%2C854&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/59-591017_pc-duvar-katlar-hd-yeni-love-pink-tjn.jpg?resize=1200%2C668&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/59-591017_pc-duvar-katlar-hd-yeni-love-pink-tjn.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/59-591017_pc-duvar-katlar-hd-yeni-love-pink-tjn.jpg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com\/2024\/06\/23\/labours-net-zero-grid-will-require-huge-sacrifice-warns-energy-chief\/\">NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Reality is beginning to dawn!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"262\" data-attachment-id=\"334450\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=334450\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-532.png?fit=1024%2C371&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,371\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-532\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-532.png?fit=723%2C262&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-532.png?resize=723%2C262&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-334450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-532.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-532.png?resize=300%2C109&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-532.png?resize=768%2C278&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Labour\u2019s<\/em>&nbsp;<em>plan for a net zero grid by 2030 is unrealistic and will require a \u201chuge sacrifice\u201d by the country, a leading power station builder has warned.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Javier Cavada, European boss of Mitsubishi Power, said the rollout of&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/politics\/2024\/06\/08\/labour-net-zero-plans-risk-blackouts-claire-coutinho\/\"><em>green energy schemes<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;planned by Sir Keir Starmer and Ed Miliband, the shadow energy secretary, would have to move at an unprecedented speed to stand a chance of success.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>He also warned it would be prohibitively expensive and questioned whether completely eliminating emissions from gas-fired power plants, which generated one third of Britain\u2019s electricity last year, was a sensible immediate priority.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Asked whether&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/politics\/2024\/06\/12\/labour-must-drop-unviable-net-zero-plans-warns-gmb\/\"><em>the 2030 target<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;was feasible, Mr Cavada said: \u201cIn my years at Mitsubishi and, frankly, my 48 years on the planet, this would be a speed that I have never seen anywhere else.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cCan you do it? You definitely can. But financially? Well, the cost is very large.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cCan the whole country invest into fully decarbonising and can all the industries invest in that? Is everyone so wealthy and so happy to increase the cost of everything?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cYou need to create a path that is realistic, that is affordable and is achievable.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Higher spending on the energy system raises the prospect of households and businesses shouldering increased costs through taxes or bills.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Mr Cavada is the latest energy industry figure to express scepticism about Labour\u2019s plans, which the Conservatives have claimed would risk blackouts. Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the petrochemicals billionaire, said on Thursday that&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/business\/2024\/06\/20\/sir-jim-ratcliffe-labours-energy-net-zero-starmer\/\"><em>Labour\u2019s net zero grid target was \u201cabsurd\u201d<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Labour has insisted its plans are deliverable and will ultimately bring energy bills down.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Labour manifesto pledges to retain a strategic reserve of gas power stations \u201cto guarantee security of supply\u201d and says it will partly fund green investments by expanding the windfall tax on oil and gas companies.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Electricity demand is expected to rise from around 300 terawatt hours per year today to about 360 terawatt hours by 2030.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The bulk of Britain\u2019s future supplies are forecast to come from weather-dependent renewables such as wind and solar farms, backed up by batteries and nuclear power, but gas-fired power stations will still be needed at certain times to keep the lights on.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>However, instead of seeking to eliminate their emissions completely by 2030, Mr Cavada urged future governments to proceed more gradually by blending hydrogen into their fuel.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Mitsubishi Power believes existing gas turbines could burn gas that is 30pc hydrogen with only minor modifications.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Mr Cavada admitted that supplies of hydrogen were currently small and highly expensive as well, but argued that \u2013 as with wind and solar power \u2013 costs would fall as production was scaled up.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>That view is not shared by all experts. Many argue that the energy-intensive process of making \u201cgreen\u201d hydrogen via electrolysis \u2013 where water is separated into hydrogen and oxygen \u2013 makes it unsuitable for large-scale use in power plants or for heating.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>However, Mitsubishi Power, which manufactures gas turbines, is working on technology to make power plants hydrogen-compatible.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The company is also a key player in so-called carbon capture and is developing chemical plants that can absorb emissions from power stations and factories, so they can be sequestered later underground.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Both hydrogen and carbon capture, also known as abatement, are expected to play a role in Labour\u2019s plans to decarbonise Britain\u2019s energy system, although the party has not set out detailed proposals.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>But Mr Cavada warned carbon capture was an expensive solution and said it should only be used at sites that were most difficult to turn green, for example cement factories.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/business\/2024\/06\/22\/labours-net-zero-grid-require-huge-sacrifice-industry-chief\">https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/business\/2024\/06\/22\/labours-net-zero-grid-require-huge-sacrifice-industry-chief<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fact Cavada still grossly understates the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He talks about the speed of the rollout and cost. But barely touches on the underlying problem of intermittency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His favoured option appears to be hydrogen, unsurprising given Mitsubishi make the turbines which will be needed to burn the stuff!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But as the Telegraph notes, experts don\u2019t believe green hydrogen is scaleable at this time. Neither id carbon acpture, as Mr Cavada admits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This leaves us relying on nuclear and batteries, which the Telegraph seems to believe can supply \u201cthe bulk of our power\u201d. Apparently the Telegraph\u2019s Industrial Editor is not aware that batteries can only store enough power to last an hour or two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Javier Cavada, European boss of Mitsubishi Power, said the rollout of green energy schemes planned by Sir Keir Starmer and Ed Miliband, the shadow energy secretary, would have to move at an unprecedented speed to stand a chance of success.<\/p>\n<p>He also warned it would be prohibitively expensive and questioned whether completely eliminating emissions from gas-fired power plants, which generated one third of Britain\u2019s electricity last year, was a sensible immediate 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