The UK Government will not meet its renewable energy generation target without widespread regulatory planning reforms, National Grid Plc. said.
Speaking at NG's annual energy conference, Chris Bennett, manager of National Grid's future transmission network said the government's target of creating 15 percent of energy from renewables "requires rapid change in regulatory regimes and incentives to facilitate construction, connection and operation of associated networks."
Without these, Bennett said, the government will fall "substantially short" of its 15 percent target.
As part of the target, the UK plans to create up to 40 percent of electricity from renewables but National Grid said that the base case scenario shows only 16 percent.
