Armitt: Blackouts 'best thing' for UK infrastructure crisis

摘要

Sir John Armitt, one of the industry's leading figures, has suggested power blackouts in the UK could be necessary to instil the sense of urgency required to upgrade the UK's energy infrastructure. In an interview with Building this week, Olympic Delivery Authority chair Armitt (pictured), who last year completed a review of long-term infrastructure planning for shadow chancellor Ed Balls, said the UK was nearing a "crisis" when it came to constructing the energy generation capacity required to replace ageing coal-fired and nuclear power stations.