UK to Boost Electricity Imports From the EU

The UK will boost its electricity imports from the European Union to offset any future supply shortages caused by the government’s decision to close the country’s last remaining coal power plant. According to a Bloomberg report citing the newly renamed National Energy System Operator, the UK will have a spare capacity cushion of 8.8% this winter thanks to more import links with continental Europe. That would be up from 7.4% last winter after a new interconnector to Denmark entered into operation earlier in the year. “The higher…