The Office of the Deputy Prime Mininster recently published its final report on low or zero carbon energy sources and controversially concludes that no LZC technologies are cost-effective and hence they should not be considered for mandatory inclusion in part L of the building regulations.
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Sir David King has an article in today’s Guardian where he defends his decision to back nuclear. Somewhat oddly given the article’s headline, he only briefly discusses nuclear and mainly focuses on the problem of climate change, stabilization levels, and emissions trading. Interestingly though, he says:
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There were some interesting articles on the nuclear debate in today’s Observer for those who are interested:
- Grasping the nuclear nettle by the Energy Minister, Malcolm Wicks, gives the basic government position saying that it’s time to revisit civil nuclear but the forthcoming review will be open-minded – “The answer could be yes. But it could be no.”
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I’ve recently been conducting some telephone interviews for my research, talking with representatives from across the microgeneration industry. The general outlook was pretty positive but one respondent said he was nervous that microgeneration might get lost in the shuffle once everyone gets “totally sidetracked by this nuclear debate”. Talk about timing – that same week the BBC was packed with stories about the UK’s future energy supply gap, the roots of the problem, and most controversially rumours that Blair is `convinced’ on nuclear.
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