10 Nuclear power stations not enough says IMechE study
The government has announced 10 sites where nuclear power stations can be built. However, according to Climate Change: Have we lost the battle?, a study produced by engineers, civil servants, economists and environmental scientists from the IMechE the UK needs to build 30 nuclear power stations in the next five years to meet the targets outlined in 2008's Climate Change Act.
The report questions the ability of industry to deliver the technology required to meet emissions targets saying that the UK would need to build 27,000 wind turbines by 2030 and 40,000 by 2050 to do this. Currently, there are just 2,600 turbines in operation. A section of the report reads: "To decarbonise the UK economy to meet emissions targets would require an unprecedented engineering effort." Read the Tig's views.
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