Townsend, Mark,

Power Crisis. Mark Townsend. - Ecologist, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 76, Environment, 1522-3205; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: Power Crisis, June 2004; pp. 37-51.

"Britain has gobbled its North Sea gas resources in little more than 10 years, its nuclear power stations are due to be decommissioned and wind farms alone cannot fill the gap. Within two years [2006], Britain could be facing a series of blackouts and the ignomony of importing the resource it once considered so plentiful from a host of politically unstable countries." (ECOLOGIST) This article discusses the energy crisis in Britain.

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Biomass energy
Crisis management
Dwellings--Energy conservation
Electric power--Conservation
Electric power consumption
Electric power distribution
Electric power failures
Microhydropower units
Natural gas reserves
Power resources--Great Britain
Renewable energy sources
Solar water heaters
Wind power


Great Britain--Politics and government

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