Environmental Audit - Sixth Report

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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 28 March 2006.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Executive Summary

Introduction

A potential generating gap?

UK energy use and the fuel mix

The extent of new generating capacity required

The Energy White Paper

Carbon reduction targets

Forecasting

Filling the gap - energy efficiency, renewables, and other low carbon options

Energy Efficiency

Renewable energy

Clean coal and Carbon Capture and Sequestration

Distributed generation and micro-CHP

Conclusion

The nuclear option

Learning from the past?

Could nuclear be built in time?

Uranium supplies

Carbon emissions

Safety, terrorism, and proliferation

Long-term waste disposal

Generating costs, markets, and policy instruments

Generating costs and risks

Keeping the lights on

Carbon scenarios and CCGT

Incentivising low-carbon generation

Financing nuclear new build

Costs to the consumer

The global context

The Energy Review

Conclusions

Annex 1: Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of written evidence vol II

List of written evidence vol III

Past reports from the Environmental Audit Committee since 1997

Oral Evidences

Oral Evidence given on Wednesday 19 October 2005

Oral Evidence given on Wendesday 26 October 2005

Oral Evidence given on Wednesday 2 November 2005

Oral Evidence given on Wednesday 9 November 2005

Oral Evidence given on Wednesday 16 November 2005

Oral Evidence given on Thursday 17 November 2005

Oral Evidence given on Monday 21 November 2005

Oral Evidence given on Wednesday 23 November 2005

Written Evidence

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Prepared 16 April 2006