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    Environmental Impact of Tidal Barrages

    Thursday, 06 June, 2013

    A tidal energy barrage across the Severn Estuary could produce up to 5% of the UK’s electricity demand. It would help meet renewable energy targets but would have significant environmental impacts. This POSTnote summarises evidence on environmental impacts associated with the operation of tidal energy barrages and the effectiveness of compensatory measures.

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    Residential Heat Pumps

    Wednesday, 16 January, 2013

    Heat pumps capture ambient heat from the air or the ground and transfer it inside a building. They provide an efficient alternative to conventional methods of heating, such as boilers. This POSTnote summarises the use of heat pump technology for residential buildings and the constraints to their uptake in the UK.

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    Energy Use Behaviour Change

    Monday, 06 August, 2012

    This POSTnote introduces the factors and interventions that can influence behaviour, and discusses the behavioural aspects of the Green Deal and the smart meters programme.

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    Assessing Energy Efficiency

    Friday, 25 May, 2012

    This POSTnote examines definitions of energy efficiency, looks at methods to measure and verify achieved energy savings and summarises UK and EU polices to promote energy efficiency.

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    Bioenergy

    Tuesday, 15 May, 2012

    Bioenergy is the use of renewable natural material for power, heat and liquid fuels. Currently, the UK sources approximately 3% of its primary energy from bioenergy feedstocks. This POSTnote considers the opportunities and challenges of producing bioenergy sustainably to meet greenhouse gas reduction targets.

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    Low Carbon Technologies for Energy-Intensive Industries

    Thursday, 16 February, 2012

    Energy-intensive industries such as chemicals, paper, ceramics, cement, iron and steel are responsible for 45% of carbon emissions from businesses and the public sector in the UK. This briefing discusses carbon dioxide (CO2) abatement technologies for these industries and policies to support their adoption.

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    Solar Photovoltaics

    Wednesday, 25 January, 2012

    Solar power has the potential to provide low carbon electricity and to generate employment. This POSTnote discusses the development of solar power in the UK and summarises debate over feed-in tariffs - financial support policies introduced in 2010 to stimulate take-up.

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    Measuring Energy Security

    Monday, 23 January, 2012

    This POSTnote explores ways in which energy security may be measured for monitoring purposes.

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    Anaerobic digestion

    Thursday, 15 September, 2011

    This POSTnote examines the potential for anaerobic digestion in the UK and the main challenges connected with its development.

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    Biofuels from algae, July 2011

    Friday, 01 July, 2011

    This POSTnote examines the technical, economic and environmental issues around algal biofuels and their relevance to UK and EU policy targets.

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    Carbon footprint of electricity generation, June 2011

    Wednesday, 01 June, 2011

    This POSTnote provides an overview of the carbon footprints of a variety of electricity generation technologies, including evidence from more than 30 peer-reviewed studies.

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    Natural capital accounting, May 2011

    Sunday, 01 May, 2011

    This POSTnote outlines the need for "environmental accounting" by governments, to maintain the capacity of ecosystems to sustain human well-being at acceptable levels.

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    The ecosystem approach, May 2011

    Sunday, 01 May, 2011

    This POSTnote outlines how the ecostystem approach makes explicit the link between the status of natural resource systems and ecosystem services that support human well-being.

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    Future electricity networks, February 2011

    Tuesday, 01 February, 2011

    This POSTnote examines the possibilities and challenges for electricity network development.

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    • Energy
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    Living with environmental limits, January 2011

    Saturday, 01 January, 2011

    This POSTnote summarises a longer POST report on environ-mental limits, which sets out the challenges to achieving this aim, whilst considering the complex trade-offs between social, economic and environ-mental objectives. O

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