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Mini Energy Project

Foresight - Horizon Scanning undertook a short project to consider how science and technology might help us to better manage energy in the future.

The review aimed to provide an overview of the present state of technical knowledge and of the issues and longer-term future opportunities in respect of energy use and supply in the UK. The scope was longer-term horizon scanning rather than detailed investigation of short-term questions.

The project drew on three strands of evidence and informed opinion:

  • Discussions with senior business people and professionals
  • A review of energy futures studies conducted by other agencies
  • A commissioned set of state of science papers, discussed at a workshop attended by academic and other experts

State of science reviews were commissioned from leading experts, covering energy supply, demand, distribution, storage and social and policy issues. These were peer-reviewed and are published on this website (see below). A workshop was held on 5 July 2006 at which the authors of the science reviews presented their work and discussed the cross cutting issues. View the workshop presentations here. An overview and a report on the review of futures studies are also available on the website.

List of reports

List of state of science reviews