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Centrica CEO Warns UK Focuses Too Much on Wind Power

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Centrica’s CEO Chris O’Shea said a net zero future in the UK requires a combination of different technologies rather than a sole focus on wind energy.

  • “So when we’re looking at the energy system of the future, we need to think carefully about whether focussing too much on building more wind generation will help, or will it simply mean the utilisation of the UK’s wind generation fleet becomes worse?”, he said.
  • “Whilst wind power is great, we run a real risk if we focus too much on new wind as we look to decarbonise the energy system of the future”, he added.

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