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From wikipedia - UK electricity generation sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_the_United_Kingdom#Fuel_sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_

From wikipedia - UK electricity generation sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_the_United_Kingdom#Fuel_sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_the_United_Kingdom#F... ...In 2016, total electricity production stood at 357 TWh (down from a peak of 385 TWh in 2005), generated from the following sources:[33][34] A typical offshore oil/gas platform Gas: 40.2% (0.05% in 1990) Nuclear: 20.1% (19% in 1990) Wind: 10.6% (0% in 1990), of which: Onshore Wind: 5.7% Offshore Wind: 4.9% Coal: 8.6 (67% in 1990) Bio-Energy: 8.4% (0% in 1990) Solar: 2.8% (0% in 1990) Hydroelectric: 1.5% (2.6% in 1990) Oil and other: 7.8% (12% in 1990) //surprised there is little discussion in the plan for how the electricity will be generated and transported, or viable sources.

ksec 8y ago
>Wind: 10.6% That is quite amazing. I don't see lots of Wind Farm around UK when I live there, ( although that was quite some time ago ) That means UK are well within reach of 100% running on renewable energy.
- neilwilson 8y ago
  They tend to be offshore. We're a windy island. The onshore ones are at the top of the hills, and on the estuary plains
- neilalexander 8y ago
  On 21 Apr 2017, the UK ran wholly without coal power plants for 24 hours, making up all of it's power from solar, wind, nuclear and gas!
AstralStorm 8y ago
The centralized gas is still much cleaner than burning petrol or diesel or even gas in a car. Then there are mechanical efficiencies in electric engines. Plus it may be easier to modify the grid to be clean rather than every car. It is a good initiative. We'll see about the implementation.
RugnirViking 8y ago
How electricity is trasported? Are you serious? Just because you don't hear about electric grid research and innovation doesn't mean it doesn't happen. In fact the reason you dont hear about it is mostly because of how well it just -works- The electricity generated is mentioned in the report but is not really the concern of the Department for Transport. Nonetheless, The UK isn't exactly a huge offender when it comes to renewable energy, with some of the best tidal energy in the world, and very high amounts of wind. Even the baseline power stations are slowly becoming nuclear - it's not a process that happens overnight and it's been happening for many years now. Comparing the statistics from 10 years ago and now shows that we are making remarkable steady progress, and in 20 more years I expect that we will be getting close to 100% renewables

ksec 8y ago

>Wind: 10.6% That is quite amazing. I don't see lots of Wind Farm around UK when I live there, ( although that was quite some time ago ) That means UK are well within reach of 100% running on renewable energy.

neilwilson 8y ago
They tend to be offshore. We're a windy island. The onshore ones are at the top of the hills, and on the estuary plains
neilalexander 8y ago
On 21 Apr 2017, the UK ran wholly without coal power plants for 24 hours, making up all of it's power from solar, wind, nuclear and gas!

AstralStorm 8y ago

The centralized gas is still much cleaner than burning petrol or diesel or even gas in a car. Then there are mechanical efficiencies in electric engines. Plus it may be easier to modify the grid to be clean rather than every car. It is a good initiative. We'll see about the implementation.

RugnirViking 8y ago

How electricity is trasported? Are you serious? Just because you don't hear about electric grid research and innovation doesn't mean it doesn't happen. In fact the reason you dont hear about it is mostly because of how well it just -works- The electricity generated is mentioned in the report but is not really the concern of the Department for Transport. Nonetheless, The UK isn't exactly a huge offender when it comes to renewable energy, with some of the best tidal energy in the world, and very high amounts of wind. Even the baseline power stations are slowly becoming nuclear - it's not a process that happens overnight and it's been happening for many years now. Comparing the statistics from 10 years ago and now shows that we are making remarkable steady progress, and in 20 more years I expect that we will be getting close to 100% renewables