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Can Britain Still Deliver Net Zero? Chris Stark on “ungumming the system” and the UK's Energy Future
Plugged In: the energy news podcast
The UK has set one of the most ambitious energy targets in Europe: a fully clean power system by 2030. But achieving it will require a transformation of the country's electricity network, unprecedented levels of renewable investment, and difficult political and regulatory decisions.
Recorded in Whitehall, Richard Sverrisson sits down with Chris Stark, Head of UK’s Mission for Clean Power, UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, to discuss whether the country is on track to meet its target and what still stands in the way.
Can the UK build the grid, generation and flexibility needed in time? And what lessons could the rest of Europe learn from its approach?
The conversation explores the UK's efforts to reform grid connection queues, accelerate infrastructure delivery, expand battery storage, develop new nuclear capacity and strengthen links with European energy markets. Or as Chris Stark put it the tough choices needed to “ungum the system”.
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Host:Snjólfur Richard Sverrisson – Editor-in-Chief, Montel News
Guest: Chris Stark – Head of Mission Control for Clean Power 2030, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Editor: Alexandra Carlon
Producer: Alexandra Carlon
