World's first national roadmap to net zero by 2050 calls for 100GW backbone of offshore wind

• Leigh Collins, Recharge • Energy Solutions

World's first national roadmap to net zero by 2050 calls for 100GW backbone of offshore wind
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Its 1,000-page, three-part report explains how emissions reductions in the UK would come through the electrification of heat and transport, renewable energy — based around a “backbone” of at least 100GW of offshore wind; low-carbon hydrogen; a major role for carbon-negative solutions that remove CO2 from the air, and a minor role for fossil-fuel-related carbon capture and storage (CCS).

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