| Description |
xxiv, 381 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. UK Energy in an Era of Globalisation: Trends, Technologies and Environmental Impacts -- 3. UK Energy Policy and Institutions -- 4. Energy Futures: the Challenges of Decarbonisation and Security of Supply -- 5. Pathways to a Low Carbon Economy -- 6. A Resilient Energy System -- 7. Accelerating the Development of Energy Supply Technologies: the Role of Research and Innovation -- 8. A Change of Scale? Prospects for Distributed Energy Resources -- 9. The Way We Live from Now On: Lifestyle and Energy Consumption --10. Not Just Climate Change: other Social and Environmental Perspectives -- 11. UK Energy in an Uncertain World -- 12: Putting it All Together: Implications for Policy and Action |
| Summary |
The United Kingdom is committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80 per cent by 2050, a target that will only be achieved by transforming the way that energy is supplied and used. At the same time, there are anxieties about the security of energy provision in terms of European dependency on natural gas and the reliability of electricity supply. Explores in detail those factors which could help or hinder the attainment of the UK's climate change targets, and how these factors interact with the parallel objective of maintaining a robust and secure energy system. Begins by exploring the evolution of the UK energy system over recent decades: the trends, technologies and environmental impacts related to energy use, and the structures and institutions of governance that have influenced this evolution, then moves on to changes in energy policy to emphasise decarbonisation and resilience, and introduce the approach to scenarios and modelling used in the rest of the book. Later chapters explore different aspects of the uncertainties that may enable or constrain the creation of a low-carbon, resilient UK energy system, related to accelerated technology development, the creation of an infrastructure to support de-centralised energy and microgeneration, to lifestyle and behaviour change, and to public attitudes to wider environmental impacts associated with energy system change |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Climatic changes -- Government policy -- Great Britain.
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Energy policy -- Great Britain.
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Energy security -- Great Britain -- Planning.
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Energy security -- Great Britain.
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Environmental policy -- Great Britain.
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National security -- Great Britain.
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Power resources -- Great Britain.
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| Author |
Ekins, Paul.
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Skea, Jim.
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Winskel, Mark.
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| LC no. |
2010029332 |
| ISBN |
9781849710848 (hardback) |
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