A report by our Environment Committee says the Government should support the capital's efforts to generate more of its own heat and power to help reduce the UK’s ‘energy gap’.
Plugging the Energy Gap
13 DECEMBER 2011
Our report Plugging the Energy Gap calls on the Government to work with regions like London to keep financial and environmental costs down as it works to replace older and more polluting power stations and halve carbon emissions.
This is anticipated to cost around £200 billion over the next decade, raising the prospect of higher energy bills in the future.
Our recommendations
We call on the Government to take elements of the Mayor’s RE:NEW programme as a model for its ‘Green Deal’ proposals to help improve energy efficiency nationally.
We also recommend district heating schemes, which can efficiently heat thousands of homes, should also be eligible for existing subsidies and local generation projects being set up in the capital should be part of back-up plans for shortfalls in the electricity supply.
Government response
The Government's response to our report is attached below.
Watch a short video about the report's main findings:
| Attachment | Size |
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| Plugging the Energy Gap.pdf | 280.06 KB |
| Plugging the Energy Gap.rtf | 459.54 KB |
| Letter from Environment Committee Chair to Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.pdf | 43.1 KB |
| Government response to Energy Gap report.pdf | 424.31 KB |
