The U.K. should build more nuclear reactors than planned and slow down investment in offshore wind power to meet targets for carbon emissions and renewable power, the government’s climate advisory panel said.
Two more reactors than currently planned, totaling 3.2 gigawatts, will be needed by 2030, the Committee on Climate Change said today in a report to the government. It noted the disaster at a Tokyo Electric Power Co. plant in Japan may slow nuclear developments in Britain and recommended delaying some offshore wind parks, saying current targets are “aggressive.”
