Report recommends decentralising energy

Creating a network of local power stations would be far more efficient and lead to lower carbon emissions than building new nuclear power stations, according to a report commissioned by Greenpeace.

The study by the World Alliance for Decentralised Energy argues that the current model across the UK relies on a few large power stations creating electricity miles away from the point of consumption. This method, developed in the 1930s, is so inefficient that two-thirds of the energy in the fuel is lost through power station cooling stations or as it passes along the grid.

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