Decarbonising the Grid - Three scenarios for achieving Net Zero Power

Aurora states that “… the extremely rapid and concurrent overhaul of the power system components would require a policy, planning and investment shift that is infeasible in the timeframe, and is unlikely to be supportable by existing supply chains and workforce skills.” The report argues that decarbonising the grid by 2030 is a fundamentally 1. [...] Urgently clarify the new subsidy framework to support the deployment of long-duration storage, and commit to the first allocation of the chosen mechanism to be made by the start of 2025 at the latest. [...] Bring forward the publication of the first full iteration of the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan to the end of 2024 to provide earlier certainty to the supply chain and TSOs on new connections. [...] The role of gas in the power sector is one of the considerations as the UK wrestles with the pace of decommissioning its gas infrastructure. [...] The purpose of this section is to analyse the historic build rates for the generation technologies and the increased rate of build out required to meet both 2030 and 2035 targets, while highlighting the specific barriers each of the technologies face.