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| No power cuts danger - Miliband | No power cuts danger - Miliband |
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| There is "no danger" of mass power cuts in the UK during the next decade, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has said. | |
| He told the BBC it was possible to meet the country's energy needs while using more "sustainable" sources such as wind farms and nuclear stations. | He told the BBC it was possible to meet the country's energy needs while using more "sustainable" sources such as wind farms and nuclear stations. |
| Last week the government's new energy adviser warned that the UK could face blackouts by 2016 as green energy is coming on stream too slowly. | Last week the government's new energy adviser warned that the UK could face blackouts by 2016 as green energy is coming on stream too slowly. |
| But Mr Miliband said building projects would be completed in time. | But Mr Miliband said building projects would be completed in time. |
| Cambridge University researcher David MacKay, who takes up his post as adviser at the Department of Energy on 1 October, has warned that the public will keep objecting to facilities such as wind farms and nuclear power stations being constructed near their homes. | Cambridge University researcher David MacKay, who takes up his post as adviser at the Department of Energy on 1 October, has warned that the public will keep objecting to facilities such as wind farms and nuclear power stations being constructed near their homes. |
| New stations | New stations |
| As older coal-powered stations close, he argues, this will create a shortfall in energy which could lead to widespread blackouts by 2016. | As older coal-powered stations close, he argues, this will create a shortfall in energy which could lead to widespread blackouts by 2016. |
| But Mr Miliband told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show: "There's no danger of power cuts in the next decade." | But Mr Miliband told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show: "There's no danger of power cuts in the next decade." |
| He added: "The question is do we meet out own energy security needs in a high-carbon way or do we do it in with renewable energy?" | He added: "The question is do we meet out own energy security needs in a high-carbon way or do we do it in with renewable energy?" |
| Mr Miliband said power stations were closing but that new ones capable of producing 10 gigawatts - enough to power 10 million homes - were being built. | Mr Miliband said power stations were closing but that new ones capable of producing 10 gigawatts - enough to power 10 million homes - were being built. |
| Stations with the same capacity again had planning consent, he added. | Stations with the same capacity again had planning consent, he added. |
| He said "about 75%" of the population supported wind farms and that building the next generation of nuclear plants would begin by the end of 2017. | He said "about 75%" of the population supported wind farms and that building the next generation of nuclear plants would begin by the end of 2017. |
| The Conservatives say the government has been complacent over energy security and that ministers have dithered over policy. | The Conservatives say the government has been complacent over energy security and that ministers have dithered over policy. |