Britain is not on course to build enough wind and solar farms to meet the Labour government’s stretching clean energy targets, according to an analysis that highlights the scale of the challenge in transitioning away from fossil fuels.
Under current plans, wind and solar power will be supplying about 44 per cent of Britain’s electricity by 2030, up from 34.3 per cent in 2023, according to forecasts by Cornwall Insight.
But the sizeable increase falls short of the roughly 67 per cent the consultancy estimates would be required to meet the government’s target of decarbonising the UK’s power sector by 2030, a critical pledge from Labour during the general election campaign.
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