Phasing-out of coal and nuclear reactors without alternatives will combine to create a supply crunch in a decade’s time,report predictsThe UK is facing an unprecedented “energy gap” in a decade’s time, according to engineers, and with demand for electricity likely to outstrip supply by more than 40%,which could lead to black outs .unusual policies to stop unabated coal-fired power generation by 2025, and the phasing out of ageing nuclear reactors without plans in set to build a unusual fleet of gas-fired electricity plants, and will combine to create a supply crunch,according to a unusual study.
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Source: theguardian.com