Green 'supergrid' could plug Europe into renewable power by 2030, say

Europe could build an electricity supply based entirely on renewable energy by 2030, according to scientists making a presentation at the House of Commons this week.

MPs will hear that an electricity “supergrid” across Europe and North Africa could solve the problem of the intermittency of wind turbines and solar power and dispense with the need for nuclear and “clean coal” power stations altogether.

The supergrid would stretch from Britain to Kazakhstan, and Scandinavia to Morocco, and transport huge amounts of renewable power back and forth to marry supply with demand.

Independent