Study: Renewables to play 'much larger role' in UK energy security than new oil and gas

Michael Holder
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Analysis claims the UK's growing clean energy industry - bolstered by the roll out of EVs, heat pumps, and home insulation - is proving far more effective at reducing reliance on energy imports than North Sea drilling licences

Growing renewable electricity generation is set to play "a much larger role" in bolstering Britain's energy security than any potential new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea, a fresh analysis has concluded....

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