Every industry expert agrees that Ed Miliband’s target for a 95 per cent clean energy grid is unattainable and the sacrifices required will alienate the public. There is a better way, says Simon Clarke

It is a deep irony that Ed Miliband, who as energy secretary gave us the Climate Change Act in 2008, risks doing more than any single politician to destroy the agenda he has championed. That is the unavoidable conclusion of Onward’s new research, released today, into the practical implications of the government’s race to decarbonise the grid by 2030.

By 2030, the government intends to double onshore wind, triple solar power and quadruple offshore wind in order to achieve 95 per cent clean energy on the grid. It is the firm view of most industry experts that the 2030 target is not attainable. Even the Tony Blair Institute cautioned last week against Miliband’s utopian approach to net zero.

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