U.K. Reliance on Electricity, Natgas Imports to Increase by 2030
- LNG, Russia to meet 38% rise in gas intake: National Grid
- Britain’s interconnector capacity to increase fivefold
Power transmission lines hang from an electricity pylon near Uskmouth power station in Newport.
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Britain will depend on more imported natural gas and electricity over the next 14 years even as demand is set to shrink, according to the country’s network operator.
Britain’s gas imports will rise as much as 38 percent by 2030 with the bulk coming from liquefied natural gas and pipeline supplies from Russia, National Grid Plc said in its Future Energy Scenarios report. The U.K. will get more electricity from its neighbors amid a fivefold increase in the capacity of power cables linked to other nations.