The National Grid’s Future Energy Scenarios project peak demand to rise to 65 GW in 2030 and 81 GW in 2035, driven by increased use of heat pumps and electric vehicles
Electricity demand peaked even higher yesterday evening at nearly 48 GW, and with low winds today, power supply will be tight again tonight [Friday, 10 January].
We will no doubt muddle through again, but nobody in the media seems to be pointing to the elephant in the room; the fact that demand for electricity will start to rise rapidly as we transition to heat pumps and EVs.
The Future Energy Scenarios (“FES”), published by the National Grid last year, projected that peak demand would rise to 65 GW in 2030, and 81 GW come 2035:
The UK’s current generating capacity is insufficient to meet this demand, with a potential shortfall of at least 30 GW, and there are no plans to build new gas capacity to address this gap....<<<Read More>>>...
