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Whilst encouraging, there is little point in cheering if the shortfall is being made up with gas. The target really ought to be carbon neutral power generation by 2025, for which we lack the political will -> Britain in two-week coal-free record - bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
Back in the early to mid 1990s, when I used to work in the environmental field, the most ferocious arguments I would get into was over my support for nuclear power over fossil fuels. I'd receive the normal terms of abuse for someone disagreeing with the main "social" view ...
... I haven't changed my view, I still consider the path to be more nuclear (baseline) and massive increase in renewables. Yes, there are long term costs to nuclear but there are short term costs to fossil fuel. Also with nuclear, stop trying to bury the waste out of sight.
i.e. we should admit to the long term problems and focus R&D on this space. It's one area I fundamentally disagree with the Greens on. Their "nuclear" policy is misguided in my view. China is far more progressive and active on this - modular reactors, Thorium etc.
