Probably not. Internal forecasts from the UK‘s Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) are gloomy.
By 2020, the DECC predicts that only 5% of the UK’s energy will be from renewable sources. That’s way down on the 15% legally-binding target agreed with the European Union‘s Commission.
If the UK fails to meet the target, then the Commission will seek to impose substantial fines on the UK.
The DECC will shortly announce it proposals to make up the shortfall. Wind- and hydro-power are likely to be the main renewable resources the DECC hopes to rely on, together with biomass and sewage processing.
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The viability of Carbon Captures and Sequestration (CCS) technology for coal-fired power stations took another step forward on 29th May 2009.
Scottish Power started trials of a test CCS unit at its Longannet plant on the Firth of Forth. The coal burnt at the plant produces 8 million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually to produce 1 megawatt of power.
But the test unit is not full size. If it was, then Scottish Power calculate that it would use one third of the plant’s electricity output and would not be commercially viable.
