UK Needs Fossil Fuels for Decades to Prevent Blackouts Warns National Gas CEO

Renewable power production methods are weather-dependent, which increases the risk of blackouts when there is no gas transmission system has to replace them.

Recently constructed show homes on a new housing estate in Knutsford, United Kingdom, on Feb. 3, 2022. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Britain will need fossil fuels for decades to prevent blackouts, the man in charge of the UK’s gas network has warned.

This is despite the government’s net zero agenda that seeks to minimise the reliance on gas and decarbonise all sectors of the UK economy by 2050.