Micro-power hailed as cheap, safe energy of future

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Micro-power hailed as cheap, safe energy of future

Thinktank sees nuclear subsidy as bar to full use of renewables

Paul Brown, environment correspondent
Wednesday June 29, 2005
The Guardian

Renewable power, particularly schemes where thousands of homes have their own microgenerators for heat and electricity, are a far cheaper way of meeting the UK's energy needs and combating climate change than nuclear stations, says a report out today.

The New Economics Foundation, a radical thinktank, compares the costs of nuclear energy and renewables, their contribution to the economy, and security of electricity supply for Britain.

It says renewable energy is quick to build and is abundant and cheap to harvest. It is also flexible, safe, secure and climate friendly.

"The opposite conclusion is only possible if renewable energy technologies are negatively misrepresented and if the numerous weaknesses, high costs and unsolved problems of nuclear power are glossed over."

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