Renewable Energy and Industrial Ecology
Written research project
Renewable Energy and Industrial Ecology
E42
You are asked to design an energy strategy to be implemented over the next 25 years.
The energy sector in the UK is historically marked by it’s coal mines, then by oil and natural gas offshore in the North Sea. Nuclear power has also played a significant role and is under recovery. Finally, the United Kingdom for several years has a significant policy incentive for renewable energy in particular wind.
Natural gas: 41%
Coal: 29%
Nuclear: 18%
Renewables: 9%
Other: 2%.
(Department of energy and climate change, 2013)
The UK seeks to achieve in 2020 the share of renewable energy that has been set by the Climate and Energy Package (an action plan adopted on 23 January 2008 by the European Commission), while meeting its energy demand, while some plants reach the end of life. The energy companies are thus committed heavily in the gas, but also (to a lesser extent) in nuclear power. The financing of renewable energy such as offshore wind, however, is not enough.
Recognizing these problems, the government launched an ambitious program that focuses on two pillars and is a real energy revolution. First, it encourages energy companies to invest in ways to lower emissions than traditional coal plants, such as gas plants and wind production. The government has launched a comprehensive reform of the electricity market, which amounts to more regulation (long-term contract for renewable energy and CO2 tax for example). Second, it prepares for the post-2020 accompanying the research in future technologies: CCS and offshore wind in particular (CCS: Carbon capture and storage : He is buried in the basement, massive and securely, carbon previously "captured" boiler outlet or gas turbines and compressed dioxide).
Aware of existing uncertainties beyond 2020, particularly in the cost of
Renewable Energy and Industrial Ecology
E42
You are asked to design an energy strategy to be implemented over the next 25 years.
The energy sector in the UK is historically marked by it’s coal mines, then by oil and natural gas offshore in the North Sea. Nuclear power has also played a significant role and is under recovery. Finally, the United Kingdom for several years has a significant policy incentive for renewable energy in particular wind.
Natural gas: 41%
Coal: 29%
Nuclear: 18%
Renewables: 9%
Other: 2%.
(Department of energy and climate change, 2013)
The UK seeks to achieve in 2020 the share of renewable energy that has been set by the Climate and Energy Package (an action plan adopted on 23 January 2008 by the European Commission), while meeting its energy demand, while some plants reach the end of life. The energy companies are thus committed heavily in the gas, but also (to a lesser extent) in nuclear power. The financing of renewable energy such as offshore wind, however, is not enough.
Recognizing these problems, the government launched an ambitious program that focuses on two pillars and is a real energy revolution. First, it encourages energy companies to invest in ways to lower emissions than traditional coal plants, such as gas plants and wind production. The government has launched a comprehensive reform of the electricity market, which amounts to more regulation (long-term contract for renewable energy and CO2 tax for example). Second, it prepares for the post-2020 accompanying the research in future technologies: CCS and offshore wind in particular (CCS: Carbon capture and storage : He is buried in the basement, massive and securely, carbon previously "captured" boiler outlet or gas turbines and compressed dioxide).
Aware of existing uncertainties beyond 2020, particularly in the cost of
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