Nuclear Industry Association: Grid Emissions Rise for Second Month in a Row as Power Decarbonisation Stalls Across Britain
June 17, 2021
June 17, 2021
LONDON, England, June 17 -- The Nuclear Industry Association issued the following news release:
With just five months to go until the UK co-hosts the COP26 summit, Britain's grid continues to be dirtier now than it was a year ago, with heavy reliance on fossil fuels.
The grid was on average 24% dirtier in May 2021 than in May 2020, with a carbon intensity - the measure of CO2 emissions per unit of electricity - of 178 gCO2/kWh. It means there has been no progress i . . .
With just five months to go until the UK co-hosts the COP26 summit, Britain's grid continues to be dirtier now than it was a year ago, with heavy reliance on fossil fuels.
The grid was on average 24% dirtier in May 2021 than in May 2020, with a carbon intensity - the measure of CO2 emissions per unit of electricity - of 178 gCO2/kWh. It means there has been no progress i . . .