Renewable energy will boost national security and protect UK from sabotage, minister says

<p>Widely dispersed wind farms and solar panels are harder to target than fossil fuel power stations, Michael Shanks says</p><p>Renewable energy will boost the UK’s national security and make the country more resilient against potential aggression or sabotage, the government’s energy minister has said.</p><p>Michael Shanks said widely dispersed wind farms and solar panels were much harder to target than large-scale fossil fuel power stations. They are also not vulnerable to supply shocks, such as the current <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/24/global-oil-crisis-changed-fossil-fuel-industry-for-ever-iea-chief-fatih-birol">oil crisis caused by the US-Israel war</a> on Iran and the soaring <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/24/global-oil-crisis-changed-fossil-fuel-industry-for-ever-iea-chief-fatih-birol">gas prices that followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine</a> in 2022.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/27/renewable-energy-will-boost-national-security-and-protect-uk-from-sabotage-minister-says">Continue reading...</a>