2024-03-19
http://w3.windfair.net/wind-energy/news/42989-wales-renewable-energy-electricity-sources-2035-plan-offshore-gigawatts-uk-government-capacity-onshore

Wales sets sight on 100% renewables goal

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Climate Change Minister Julie James said: "Our previous targets signalled our high ambitions for renewable energy and this Government’s desire to move away from a use of, and reliance on, fossil fuels. However, the climate crisis shows that we cannot afford to rest on our laurels. Providing new targets compels us to stride towards Net Zero as quickly as we realistically can."

Official Press Release Government of Wales:

Wales aims to meet 100% of its electricity needs from renewable sources by 2035

Climate Change Minister Julie James on Tuesday has published a consultation on ‘ambitious but credible’ targets for Wales to meet 100% of its electricity needs from renewable sources by 2035.

Wales is already making good progress on previous targets set in 2017 and, already, generates 55% of our electricity from renewables. Today, the Minister proposed Wales sets a target for at least 1.5 GigaWatt of renewable energy capacity to be locally owned by 2035, excluding heat pumps. There is also a target for 5.5 GigaWatt of renewable energy capacity to be produced by heat pumps by 2035 but this is subject to scaled up support from the UK Government and reductions in the cost of technology. Climate Change Minister Julie James said: "Our previous targets... ... More: Official Press Release Government of Wales

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