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Concerns over climate change (see POSTnote 295) have led to an increasing focus on the renewable energy sector. The EU has agreed a binding target of 20% of renewable energy by 2020, with a proposed UK target of 15% of energy from renewable sources. This POSTnote looks at UK options for meeting this target, and discusses how climate change could affect both the UK capacity to produce renewable energy and demand for energy in general.

Renewable energy in a changing climate

Concerns over climate change (see POSTnote 295) have led to an increasing focus on the renewable energy sector. The EU has agreed a binding target of 20% of renewable energy by 2020, with a proposed UK target of 15% of energy from renewable sources. This POSTnote looks at UK options for meeting this target, and discusses how climate change could affect both the UK capacity to produce renewable energy and demand for energy in general.

Short title:: Renewables
Start date:: 2008-10
End date:: 2008-07
Homepage:: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn315.pdf
Project leader:: Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology of the UK Parliament (POST)
Country:: United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland

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