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  • UK at 'real risk' of power shortages, report warns

    11/24/2008 4:34:10 PM PST · by bruinbirdman · 15 replies · 559+ views
    The Telegraph ^ | 11/24/2008 | Ben Leach
    The UK is at "real risk" of imminent power shortages as a result of attempts to shift to more environmentally friendly methods of electrictity production The study, which was carried out by Capgemini, a global energy consultancy firm, also claims that electricity generation has fallen to its lowest level in ten years. The shortage has been caused by the increase in the level of demand for energy combined with a growing tendency to build wind turbines, at the expense of other, more reliable, electricity sources, it says. The report estimates that around one quarter of the UK's energy plant capacity...