POSTnote by Aaron Goater and Claire Copeland. It was first published on Wednesday, 11 November 2015. It was last updated on Thursday, 9 February 2017.
Future of Natural Gas in the UK
- In 2014, the UK imported 45% of its gas.
- The Government plans to boost UK natural gas production to prevent or minimise falls in gas-related jobs, tax and investment.
- To stay within globally agreed climate change limits some existing gas reserves will likely need to go unused. This raises questions about new UK gas exploration.
- Burning natural gas produces lower greenhouse gas emissions than burning coal or oil. Switching to gas can help to meet short-term emission targets for power generation, heating and transport.
- However, installing too many new gas-using units may create barriers to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the long term.
- Most long-term gas use depends on the use of carbon capture and storage or biogas.
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- Research briefing
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- POST-PN-0513
- Subjects
- Consumption Energy supply Imports Natural gas Prices
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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- POST
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