The CBI, the UK’s main business group, has called for a number of changes to energy policy. Efficiency, grid investment, faster planning processes and support for low-carbon investment are all on the list. But it’s their calls for reduction in expected wind power growth that have gained the most attention. The report, which uses modelling from McKinsey, draws a ‘business as usual’ scenario, in which wind accounts for 24 per cent of the generation mix, and a ‘balanced’ scenario where it makes up 20 per cent. (Click the image below to view details of the scenarios). 
The primary argument is that the government’s slow and inadequate support for CCS and nuclear means the UK will spend more than is necessary to reach its targets, and end up with expensive energy supplies and difficulty meeting its later goals for 2030 and 2050.
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