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Its all out there folks....

"Britain’s Energy Gap

By 2015, it is possible that the UK will face electricity shortages, as old power stations go ‘off-line’ before their replacements are ready.

To help prevent such an energy gap emerging, plans are in place to build another seven coal-fired stations, delivering an additional 10 – 12 GW, despite the fact that coal is the dirtiest of fossil fuels.

The much talked-about next generation of nuclear power stations, if built at all, will take somewhere between 12 and 20 years to build, so won't be producing full power until the late 2020s. Renewables, perhaps including the Severn Barrage, could be making electricity faster, perhaps producing as much as 40% of our electricity needs by 2020, but enormous challenges need to be overcome, including planning and grid connection constraints, financial incentives for developers, and the supply chains for materials, equipment and skilled engineers."

http://www.imeche.org/knowledge/them...rgy/the-future
well the mines should never have been closed, instead investment and modernisation, but its too late now, thank you maggie, and thank you unions for helping it come about