Britain will need to boost its generation of electricity by about a quarter, Scottish Power has estimated.
The energy firm said electric cars and a shift to electric heating could send demand for power soaring.
Its chief executive also said there would have to be a major investment in the wiring necessary to handle rapid charging of car batteries.
Is the net demand for energy really spiking, or is it merely shifting from one source to another?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 26 2017, @06:41PM
I'll only add that a heat pump depends on a well-insulated house so that once the heat is moved inside it stays there a long time.
At least in residential settings, I have never heard of heat pumps wringing the outside air clean of heat.