Publisher's Synopsis
The White Paper sets out four goals for the Government's energy policy: to work towards cutting emissions of carbon dioxide by 60 per cent by 2050; to maintain the reliability of energy supplies; to promote competitive energy markets in the UK and beyond; and to ensure that every home is adequately and affordably heated.;Proposed practical measures include: an ambition to double the share of electricity from renewables by 2020 from the existing 2010 target of 10 per cent; 60 million pounds in new money for renewable projects bringing spending on renewable energy up to #348 million in total over four years; reforming planning rules to unblock hurdles to renewable energy; a new carbon trading system to come into effect from around 2005 that will give energy suppliers and consumers incentives to switch to cleaner energy; creating an Energy Research Centre to help develop the latest cutting-edge energy technologies; and new incentives for energy suppliers to help customers improve energy efficiency.;The Paper outlines how a cut of 15-25 million tonnes of carbon by 2020 could be achieved, necessary to ensure firm progress towards 60 per cent reductions by 2050. Within the context of the need to cut carbon emissions, the Paper also sets out the Government's policy on nuclear power.
