Publisher's Synopsis
Recent changes in the energy sector include privatization of the gas and electricity industries, the rise in importance of environmental issues, and the fact that world energy prices have remained much more stable than was expected. In this greatly changed context this appraisal sets out to provide: a discussion of the range of energy technologies relevant to the UK; a comprehensive assessment of their future prospects of deployment, up to 2025, under a wide variety of possible circumstances; an indication of the emissions to the environment associated with their deployment; a review of UK and overseas RDD&D programmes in support of each technology; and an indication of the value and technical content of Department of Trade and Industry funded energy RDD&D programmes.
