Electricity Generation and Storage

The UK’s electricity generation in 2021 was around 42% fossil fuel (mainly gas) with the remaining 58% of zero-CO2 sources such as wind, solar, nuclear, etc. Electricity generation is expected to reach zero emissions over the next few years driven mainly by growth in wind and solar, and to a smaller extent by nuclear and hydroelectric. There is also a large investment in international interconnects and storage, such as grid-scale batteries, hydrogen, gravity and heat-based storage to smooth out intermittent wind and solar.

There are several ways the community could participate in reducing electricity CO2 and potentially reduce costs. Like home heating, this needs some expert advice and a lot of consultation on the impacts.