The government must provide better strategic leadership to encourage the rollout of smart grid technologies in the UK, according to a critical new report from the cross-party energy and climate change committee MPs, which recommends an urgent upgrade of the UK’s transmission network.
Paddy Tipping MP, who sits on the committee, said the existing grid had been developed to serve an outdated fossil fuel economy. “The future looks very different,” he said. “By 2020 the UK electricity network will need to accommodate a far more diverse energy mix that includes a much higher proportion of renewables that cannot respond so easily to fluctuating demand.”
via Government must accelerate smart grid rollout, say MPs – 24 Feb 2010 – BusinessGreen.com.
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