NESO report says clean grid achievable by 2030

Commissioned by energy secretary Ed Miliband, the Clean Power in 2030 (CP30) Report is NESO’s first significant policy contribution since it was spun out of National Grid Plc in October 2024, becoming a fully public entity. NESO said achieving CP30 is ‘challenging but achievable’ and that clean sources can produce at least as much power as the island of Great Britain consumes by 2030.

To hit the target, however, it’s claimed industry, government and regulators need to work together at a pace not seen before. Offshore wind must be rolled out at twice the highest rate ever achieved, with as much capacity coming online in the next two years as has been installed over the past six. Similarly, around twice as much transmission network capacity needs to be built in the coming five years compared with the previous ten, enabling the gigawatts of new offshore wind to be dispatched to all corners of Great Britain.