Despite the overloaded UK grid starting to deter solar or windpower projects from connecting, the future for renewable energy is bright – but it does need some help
Apple investing $1bn in a giant solar farm in California. Tesla building the world’s biggest battery factory to power electric cars. The Chinese deploying record numbers of wind turbines and solar panels. The renewables revolution looks unstoppable. Except in Britain.
Here, two forces – one technical and one political – mean Britain’s dash to cut its carbon emissions and reduce its dependence on Russian coal and Middle Eastern oil is under threat like never before.
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