The House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee has launched a new inquiry into future challenges in energy and climate change policy.
The Committee is now calling for submissions of evidence to the inquiry: Fuelling the debate: Committee successes and future challenges.
The inquiry will explore what a UK energy system, that successfully tackles the energy trilemma, would look like by 2030. It will also explore what challenges will need to be overcome during the next Parliament (2015-2020) in order to get there.
The UK is committed under the 2008 Climate Change Act, to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 80% (from the 1990 baseline) by 2050. Significantly reducing GHG emissions from the energy sector by 2030 is considered to be a critical first step towards meeting this target.
A more efficient, low-carbon energy system should be achieved, however, while maintaining security of energy supply and minimising the cost of energy to consumers – often referred to as the ‘energy trilemma’.
The Committee is now inviting responses addressing one or both of the following issues:
- What are the greatest challenges in UK energy and climate change policy over the next Parliament (2015-2020)?
- What would a UK energy system, that successfully tackles the energy trilemma, look like by 2030 and beyond?
Deadline for submission of responses is Monday 15 December 2014.
Click here for further information
Craig Nienaber, Business Development Manager for Safe Access Solutions (SAS) at HUBER Technology, explores why the company is seeing a growing level of interest in its safe access solutions for critical infrastructure providers, including their application in wastewater treatment assets.
Albion Water, the first NAV (New Appointment & Variation) to have been established in1999 and now under the ownership of SDS Water Group, has appointed Andy Holland as its new Director of Business Development.
UK water companies are invited to join an upcoming webinar which will explore how the sector can take indirect potable reuse (IPR) from concept to full-scale operational reality.
James Sumsion, CEO of predictive water intelligence specialists Kohtari, says the water sector needs to take a giant leap forward, so that it can anticipate and act upon water quality issues - rather than merely react.
Southern Water has released film and images showing what it’s like to walk inside Hampshire’s expanded Yew Hill underground reservoir for the very last time, before it gets filled with water.
Hear how Scottish Water has completed its £235 million Ayrshire Glasgow Resilience Project - customers across Greater Glasgow, Ayrshire and East Renfrewshire will now benefit from a more secure and resilient water supply.
Hear how United Utilities is accelerating its investment to reduce spills from storm overflows across the Northwest.