National Grid to invest £54 billion11 Jul 2022 09:57
2/3 from wind energy….SAE can plug some of the 1/3 remaining.
“National Grid has laid out plans for a £54bn upgrade to the UK’s electricity network, the biggest investment since the 1960s in real terms, to facilitate a rapid expansion in offshore wind energy.
The government wants 50 gigawatts of offshore wind operational by 2030, up from 10GW currently, and the new network would provide capacity for an additional 23GW. At full output this would meet almost two-thirds of current peak electricity demand.
The plan marks the first time that the development of offshore connections for wind farms has been co-ordinated and will be one of the largest-ever civil infrastructure programmes in the UK.” Financial Times, 2 days ago.