UK should target 30 GW of onshore wind, 5 GW green H2 by 2030: RenewableUK

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The UK government should raise its renewables targets, including 30 GW of onshore wind and 5 GW of electrolyzer capacity to produce green hydrogen, to set a world-leading example ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference summit it is hosting in November, RenewableUK said May 7. The UK currently has a target of 40 GW of offshore wind by 2030, and a capacity target of 5 GW of low-carbon hydrogen, which includes blue hydrogen produced by steam methane reforming plus carbon capture and storage. Current UK onshore wind capacity is 13.7 GW, with just 1.4 GW under construction and 4.7 GW consented, data from RenewableUK showed. But RenewableUK said in a report published May 7 that 30 GW was achievable, “given the current pipeline of projects in the UK.” “We should ‘lead by example’ on onshore wind and encourage other countries to establish a target for development by setting our own,” the report said. “Even with the increasing success of offshore wind, the majority of wind installations across the world are onshore and are expected to continue be so in the 2030s.”