UK Says It’s Confident Britain Will Have Enough Energy for Next Winter
- Marketplace ‘flexibilities’ are ‘really going to help’: Shapps
- Confident Britain will have enough energy next winter
Snow-covered houses in Aldershot, UK.
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The UK government said it’s confident Britain will have enough energy to get through next winter as liquefied natural gas flows boost supplies and demand is reined in.
“The markets have found ways round to deliver more LNG,” Business and Energy Secretary Grant Shapps said in an interview in Riyadh. “The question’s not — as people were saying at the beginning — will the lights go out?” but rather “what will the cost be? The market will solve it.”