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The Energy Research Partnership (ERP) is a government advisory body, launched in January 2006, made up of industry and government officials. It includes several high-level, pro-nuclear figures.  
 
The Energy Research Partnership (ERP) is a government advisory body, launched in January 2006, made up of industry and government officials. It includes several high-level, pro-nuclear figures.  
  
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According to a government press release, ERP will be <ref>[http://www.gnn.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=185285&NewsAreaID=2 Government News Network release: 'New industry-government body officially launched to help UK fight climate change and address skills gap'], January 25 2006, accessed February 2006.</ref>:   
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According to a government press release, ERP will be <ref>[http://www.gnn.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=185285&NewsAreaID=2 Government News Network release: 'New industry-government body officially launched to help UK fight climate change and address skills gap'], 25 January, 2006, accessed February, 2006.</ref>:   
  
 
* &#39;Identifying approaches and technologies to accelerate carbon reduction and maintain security of supply, at an affordable price, and establishing strategic objectives and priorities for energy research in the UK that helps bring these to commercial reality&#39;;
 
* &#39;Identifying approaches and technologies to accelerate carbon reduction and maintain security of supply, at an affordable price, and establishing strategic objectives and priorities for energy research in the UK that helps bring these to commercial reality&#39;;
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==House of Lords &#39;mystified&#39; by ERP==
 
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On July 5, 2005, the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee said it was &#39;mystified by the announcement that the Government intend to establish a &#39;UK Energy Research Partnership&#39;. We already have the UKERC, Research Councils, the Carbon Trust, Regional Development Agencies. We believe that it would be more fruitful to strengthen the role of the UKERC, and that no case has yet been made for adding another layer of bureaucracy to the administration of energy research.&#39; <ref>[http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/ld200506/ldselect/ldsctech/21/2115.htm House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology, Second Report]. July 5 2005, accessed February, 2006.</ref>  
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On July 5, 2005, the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee said it was &#39;mystified by the announcement that the Government intend to establish a &#39;UK Energy Research Partnership&#39;. We already have the UKERC, Research Councils, the Carbon Trust, Regional Development Agencies. We believe that it would be more fruitful to strengthen the role of the UKERC, and that no case has yet been made for adding another layer of bureaucracy to the administration of energy research.&#39; <ref>[http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/ld200506/ldselect/ldsctech/21/2115.htm House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology, Second Report]. 5 July 2005, accessed February, 2006.</ref>  
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

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Background

The Energy Research Partnership (ERP) is a government advisory body, launched in January 2006, made up of industry and government officials. It includes several high-level, pro-nuclear figures.

According to a government press release, ERP will be [1]:

  • 'Identifying approaches and technologies to accelerate carbon reduction and maintain security of supply, at an affordable price, and establishing strategic objectives and priorities for energy research in the UK that helps bring these to commercial reality';
  • 'Achieving a step change in the rate of energy innovation in the UK by considering how the UK supports energy research and development and the options for enhancing coherency, effectiveness and value of future programmes';
  • 'Addressing the high level skills shortages in the energy sector and communicating the exciting and challenging opportunities that the energy sector offers';
  • 'Bringing together top energy industry executives, Whitehall officials and senior academics in a Treasury-inspired initiative designed to give strategic direction to UK energy research, development, demonstration and deployment'; and
  • 'Working towards the main objectives of the Government's Energy White Paper, including a reduction of CO2 emissions by 60% by about 2050, the maintenance of reliable power supplies, the promotion of competitive markets and ensuring that every home is adequately and affordably heated'.

Who is involved?

The press release stated that the following people sit on the ERP[2]:

House of Lords 'mystified' by ERP

On July 5, 2005, the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee said it was 'mystified by the announcement that the Government intend to establish a 'UK Energy Research Partnership'. We already have the UKERC, Research Councils, the Carbon Trust, Regional Development Agencies. We believe that it would be more fruitful to strengthen the role of the UKERC, and that no case has yet been made for adding another layer of bureaucracy to the administration of energy research.' [4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Government News Network release: 'New industry-government body officially launched to help UK fight climate change and address skills gap', 25 January, 2006, accessed February, 2006.
  2. ↑ Reference required
  3. ↑ Mitsui Babcock's website undated, accessed February, 2006.
  4. ↑ House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology, Second Report. 5 July 2005, accessed February, 2006.
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