Meeting the energy challenge: a White Paper on energy

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The Stationery Office, 2007 M05 23 - 342 pages
There are two main energy challenges: tackling climate change by reducing carbon dioxide emissions; and ensuring clean and affordable energy as the country becomes increasingly dependent on imported fuel. These challenges have to be met against the backdrop of rising fossil fuel prices; slower than anticipated liberalisation of the EU energy markets; heightened awareness of the risk arising from remaining oil and gas reserves being concentrated in a few geographical regions; and a need for substantial new investment in power stations, the electricity grid and gas infrastructure. This White Paper sets out the Governments international and domestic strategy to address these challenges and ways to implement the Energy Review of 2006 and the 2006 Pre-Budget Report. There is a separate consultation document on nuclear power.

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Contents
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Energy and climate security a global challenge
28
Saving energy
48
Heat and Distributed Generation 1885
83
Oil Gas and Coal
105
Electricity Generation
125
Research and Development
216
Transport
235
Planning
253
Devolved Administrations English Regions
275
Impact of our Measures
281
Implementation
296
Annexes
306
Summary of updated energy
328
UK Position on the EU Emissions
334
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