Ministers are waking up to Britain’s gas supply risks. It’s time for decisions
Despite declining consumption, the country will still need lots of gas in coming years but solutions aren’t forthcoming UK risks running out of gas by 2030s, ministers told The penny is dropping in government. Britain, even in rapid energy transition mode, will still need a lot of gas in the years ahead – and needs to know how the gas will arrive. It could hardly be otherwise when there are 24m households with a gas
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Despite declining consumption, the country will still need lots of gas in coming years but solutions aren’t forthcoming UK risks running out of gas by 2030s, ministers told The penny is dropping in government. Britain, even in rapid energy transition mode, will still need a lot of gas in the years ahead – and needs to know how the gas will arrive. It could hardly be otherwise when there are 24m households with a gas
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Ministers are waking up to Britain’s gas supply risks. It’s time for decisions
Despite declining consumption, the country will still need lots of gas in coming years but solutions aren’t forthcoming UK risks running out of gas by 2030s, ministers told The penny is dropping in government. Britain, even in rapid energy transition mode, will still need a lot of gas in the years ahead – and needs to know how the gas will arrive. It could hardly be otherwise when there are 24m households with a gas
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