The report, by the National Energy System Operator (NESO), says there will need to be ‘significant growth’ in schemes which allow people to lower their energy use at peak times. Around 4,500km of undersea cables will have to be installed along with 1,000km of new power lines, including pylons - doubling the total amount built in the past ten years. Labour’s plans could see the countryside blighted by wind farms and pylons.
About £40billion of investment will be needed annually by the end of the decade, the report states, which will be passed onto taxpayers in the form of higher bills. Read it all here:
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