Electric vehicles “only as green as electricity powering them”

The Royal Academy of Engineering has published a report identifying that if the UK is to meet its renewable energy targets and ensure a greener power supply to electric cars, a range of new low-carbon energy sources will be needed.
These include wind farms, tidal barrages and new nuclear power stations, claims the ‘Electric Vehicles: charged with potential' report, published last week (May 25).
The study investigates the implications of large-scale adoption of electric cars in Britain and looks at the challenge of ensuring that the electricity supply system can cope with charging "ten of millions" of vehicles while still reducing carbon emissions from power generation.

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