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Prof Michael Grubb responds to concerns over the UK's energy supply

4 April 2016

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As concerns grow over the future supply of electricity caused by recent coal-fired power plant closures, many experts, including 果冻影院 ISR鈥檚 Prof Michael Grubb, have said the closures would not lead to a blackout.

, Professor of International Energy and Climate Change Policy, said:

鈥淲e have seen at least five years of 鈥渓ights out鈥 headlines, so far without so much as a flicker caused by insufficient capacity. Despite tight margins, extreme weather is far more likely to cause any household disconnections than insufficient generating capacity.鈥 鈥 The Guardian

鈥淓nergy demand is falling but supplies are falling even faster. This coming winter will be the tightest we have ever seen.鈥 鈥 The Financial Times

Full media coverage available below:

  • '' The Guardian聽
  • '' The Financial Times
  • '' The Times
  • '' Business Green
  • '' The Herald
  • '' Yorkshire Evening Post