Report: UK industrial sites could face costly grid constraints by 2030

Michael Holder
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Port Talbot steelworks is in the process of shifting away from fossil fuels via electrification | Credit: iStock
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Port Talbot steelworks is in the process of shifting away from fossil fuels via electrification | Credit: iStock

Urgent investment and policy action is needed to avoid looming power grid constraints for large UK industrial sites, Aldersgate Group warns

More than 40 per cent of large UK industrial sites are set to face costly and disruptive power constraints by the end of the decade, without urgent investment to shore up Britain's grid as electrification...

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