Experts believe shortages in nuclear power will overshadow the PM’s flagship pledge for every home to be powered by wind farms by the next decade. Scientists and engineers say the lights will be flickering by then without an ­urgent plan to boost the National Grid with more nuclear power. A Government White Paper setting out an energy strategy for the next few decades, promised “this autumn” after years of delay, has failed to appear. “But there is one certainty: there will not be enough power to keep the lights on if nothing is done soon. (Image: PA)Former Energy Secretary David Howell warned in the House of Lords: “When it comes to the future reliability of energy supplies, the public badly need some reassurance.

Source: Daily Mirror October 10, 2020 20:16 UTC