In the study, prepared for the government's Council for Science & Technology, the RAE advises the Conservatives to build out new capacity in these technologies, as well as keeping an eye on those that "could become unexpectedly significant – such as solar PV, which has recently become much cheaper".
"Updating the UK energy system to meet the 'trilemma' of decarbonisation, security and affordability is a massive undertaking," says the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) chief executive David Clarke, who led the group that produced the report, A critical time for UK energy policy.
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