A survey of senior utilities company executives by PricewaterhouseCoopers have revealed growing awareness of the environment in the power generation industry.
According to the poll from the Global Energy, Utilities & Mining Group, some 72% of utilities are making some investment in demand-side efficiency measures while wind has moved ahead of both piped gas and coal in terms of its expected rise in significance rising to the #1 spot as the most important industry development.
Meanwhile, nuclear generation is also firmly back on the agenda with 45% of utility companies seriously considering nuclear power. Just 12 months ago this figure was 19%.
More details of the survey may be found at: www.pwc.com
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