Britain may need to spend more than £150 billion on new transmission infrastructure to connect a rapidly expanding pipeline of wind and solar projects to the national grid, according to estimates attributed to the National Energy System Operator (NESO).
The figures, reported by energy analyst Felicity Bradstock, put required transmission investment at approximately £64 billion through 2030 and another £89 billion beyond that point, for a combined total exceeding £150 billion. A separate analysis by The Guardian, cited in the same reporting, indicated that relieving Britain’s transmission bottlenecks would require well over 4,000 miles of new power lines by 2041.
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