decentralised energy

This report is a response to the government's Energy Review. It does not seek to provide all the answers to the many questions that this review poses, but it does demonstrate that there is at least one viable set of options for achieving the government's key goals of CO₂ emission reductions, a secure energy supply, economic growth, and alleviation of fuel poverty - without the need for a new generation of nuclear power stations.

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Woking Borough Council is at the forefront of the decentralised energy revolution in the UK. By decentralising its energy, Woking Council has slashed its energy use by nearly half, and its CO₂ emissions by a massive 77 per cent since 1990.

Cleaner, Cheaper, More Secure Energy for the 21st Century

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The new Greenpeace commissioned report, Decentralising UK Energy, demolishes the myth that nuclear power is the best or only option in tackling climate change and shows that a real, more effective, more viable choice is available. Not only is decentralised energy cleaner and cheaper than nuclear power - it's also more secure; we don't need nuclear power.

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The nuclear industry is portraying new nuclear power stations as the solution to climate change and security of energy supply. In reality, nuclear power will fail to deliver significant CO₂ cuts, be hugely expensive, create a new target for terrorism, is unreliable and a finite source of energy.

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Greenpeace submitted evidence on the problems of building a new generation of nuclear power stations, and the altenative measures that could be used to reduce CO2 emmissionsand provide electricity through renewable, decentralised energy systems.