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News Release from: Utility Auditing | Subject: Energy Review
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 21 July 2006
UAL welcomes the Government nuclear
reality check
The recent Government Energy Review, in which it gives a green light for investment in nuclear power, is a welcome 'U' turn on the previous green and renewable led energy policy, according to UAL
The recent Government Energy Review, in which it gives a green light for investment in nuclear power, is a welcome, albeit late, 'U' turn on the previous green and renewable led energy policy, according to energy managers Utility Auditing Jeff Wealands, technical director for UAL, said: "In the heady post Kyoto Protocol days, nuclear energy was seen by government as the scourge of modern society and as having no place in the future as a viable source of generation
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 11 Jun 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Since then, pragmatic realism has set in and it is now accepted that green and renewable energy will not hit the lofty 20% CO2 reduction 'wish' target set by Government.
It also looks increasingly doubtful whether we will even be able to meet our actual 12.5% Kyoto commitment by 2012".
After five years of the Climate Change Levy, which has used business tax to fund green and renewable energy sources, the UK still only produces 4% of its generation requirement in this way.
Adds Jeff: "While green and renewable energy is vital to the future sustainable mix, it is not the total answer and it has long been obvious that nuclear energy does have a critical part to play in the UK's generation capability.
It was wholly unrealistic to expect almost 20% of the generation mix (in nuclear energy) to be removed without sufficient alternative capacity being in place.
If the government had taken the politically unpopular decision to commit to nuclear energy in the first place, we would now be on course to meet and even exceed our Kyoto commitments and wouldn't be facing an uncertain commercial future where we are so heavily reliant on imported gas and at the mercy of Russian and Iranian 'goodwill'.
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