Science and Technology - Fourth Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 26 March 2003.
CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
SUMMARY
REPORT
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND
The UK's energy mix and renewables
The Energy Research Review Group
PUBLIC FUNDING OF ENERGY RD&D
Public funding bodies
Research Councils
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research
Council
Other Research Councils
The Tyndall Centre
Spending Review 2002 and the UK Energy Research
Centre
The Carbon Trust
Energy Saving Trust
Government Departments
Department of Trade and Industry
Department of Environment, Food and Rural
Affairs
Forestry Commission
Government capital grants
New Opportunities Fund
European Commission
International comparisons
Collaboration and cohesion
Prioritisation
PRIVATE SECTOR RD&D
Generators
Electricity transmission and distribution
companies
National Grid
Distribution network operators
Engineering and technology companies
Fuel companies
Renewables SMEs
Government incentives
SKILLS
Nuclear skills
INNOVATION IN FOSSIL FUEL TECHNOLOGIES
Carbon sequestration
Clean coal
INNOVATION IN RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES
Energy efficiency and construction
Hydroelectric
Solar
Photovoltaics
Solar heating and cooling
Wave and tidal
Severn Barrage
Wind
Geothermal
Combined heat and power
Fuel cells
Hydrogen
Storage technologies
Bioenergy
Energy from waste
INNOVATION IN NUCLEAR FISSION
New reactor technologies
Existing reactor technologies
Safety and storage
FUSION
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
OBSTACLES TO A NON-CARBON FUEL ECONOMY
Infrastructure
Planning
Market and trading arrangements
Renewables Obligation
Climate Change Levy
Emissions trading
Ofgem
The renewables environment
THE ENERGY WHITE PAPER
CONCLUSIONS
LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE REPORT
AND EVIDENCE
ANNEX 1: VISITS MADE IN THE COURSE OF THE
INQUIRY
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO
THE REPORT
LIST OF WITNESSES
LIST OF APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
LIST OF UNPRINTED EVIDENCE
LIST OF REPORTS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
REPORTS IN THE CURRENT PARLIAMENT
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 55-II)
APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 55-II)
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