UK: No power cuts danger – Miliband

There is “no danger” of mass power cuts in the UK the next decade, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has said.

He told the BBC it was possible to meet the country’s energy needs while using more “sustainable” sources such as wind farms and nuclear stations.
He added: “The question is do we meet out own energy security needs in a high-carbon way or do we do it in with renewable energy?”

Mr Miliband said power stations were closing but that new ones capable of producing 10 gigawatts – enough to power 10 million homes – were being built.

Stations with the same capacity again had planning consent, he added.

He said “about 75%” of the population supported wind farms and that building the next generation of nuclear plants would begin by the end of 2017.

BBC