A ranar 7 ga Disamba, ƙungiyar ƙarfe da ƙarfe ta Burtaniya ta nuna a cikin wani rahoto cewa hauhawar farashin wutar lantarki fiye da sauran ƙasashen Turai zai yi mummunan tasiri ga sauyin masana'antar ƙarfe ta Burtaniya mai ƙarancin carbon. Saboda haka, ƙungiyar ta yi kira ga gwamnatin Burtaniya da ta rage farashin wutar lantarkinta.
Rahoton ya bayyana cewa masu samar da karafa na Birtaniya suna bukatar biyan karin kudin wutar lantarki da kashi 61% fiye da takwarorinsu na Jamus, da kuma karin kudin wutar lantarki da kashi 51% fiye da takwarorinsu na Faransa.
"A shekarar da ta gabata, gibin kuɗin wutar lantarki tsakanin Burtaniya da sauran ƙasashen Turai ya kusan ninka sau biyu," in ji Gareth Stace, babban darektan Cibiyar ƙarfe da ƙarfe ta Burtaniya. Masana'antar ƙarfe ba za ta iya saka hannun jari sosai a sabbin kayan aiki masu amfani da wutar lantarki ba, kuma zai yi wuya a cimma sauyin ƙarancin carbon."
An ruwaito cewa idan aka mayar da tanderun da ke amfani da kwal a Burtaniya zuwa kayan aikin yin ƙarfe na hydrogen, yawan wutar lantarki zai ƙaru da kashi 250%; idan aka mayar da shi kayan aikin yin ƙarfe na lantarki, yawan wutar lantarki zai ƙaru da kashi 150%. A cewar farashin wutar lantarki na yanzu a Burtaniya, gudanar da masana'antar yin ƙarfe na hydrogen a ƙasar zai kashe kusan fam miliyan 300 a kowace shekara (kimanin dala miliyan 398 a kowace shekara) fiye da gudanar da masana'antar yin ƙarfe na hydrogen a Jamus.