UK energy infrastructure needs over ￡200 billion investment, according to think tank report

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Britain will need to invest around ￡500 billion to upgrade its infrastructure in the next decade, with more than half this investment needed in the energy sector, according to the latest report from independent UK think tank Policy Exchange.Dieter Helm, professor of energy policy at the University of Oxford and one of the authors of the report ‘Delivering a 21st Century Infrastructure for Britain’, said Britain could face a “serious energy crisis in six to seven years time” unless the necessary spending is made.