Jim Holder
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Renewable sources are quickly replacing coalfired power stations
“THERE’S DEFINITELY enough energy and the grid can cope easily.” As emphatic as that statement was from Graeme Cooper, transport decarbonisation director at National Grid, it bears repeating, given just how often naysayers claim that trying to replace the 37 million ICE cars on UK roads with EVs won’t work.
Cooper says it’s a giant red herring, because the UK’s energy demand on the grid peaked back in 2002 (at 62GW), since falling by 16% due to efficiency gains, led largely by the installation of solar panels; and longstanding investments in renewable energy sources, principally wind, will add significant capacity in time.