Solar power: The living is easy | The Economist

Solar power: The living is easy | The Economist

Britain needs to increase its capacity for electricity generation because all but one of the country’s nuclear facilities, and half of its coal power plants, are due to shut by 2023. Gas is an obvious and affordable short-term fix. But the government has committed to ambitious targets to cut planet-heating emissions by 80% by 2050, compared with 1990 levels. That means using cleaner power; the question is whether solar is the best source.