Energy agency set to back more nuclear power plants

Article says that for the first time in its 32 year history in its World Energy Outlook 2006 published November 2006, the International Energy Agency has urged governments to help speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants, as part of a cheaper, cleaner and safer global energy strategy.

Two visions of the energy future: - under-invested, vulnerable and dirty, or - clean, clever and competitive. Both are explored in this new edition of the authoritative World Energy Outlook.

In it, the International Energy Agency responds to the remit of the G8 world leaders in 2006 by mapping a new energy future, contrasting it with where we are now headed. WEO 2006 shows how to change course. It counts the costs and benefits - and the benefits win.

World Energy Outlook 2006 also answers these questions:

- is the economic reaction to high energy prices merely delayed?

- is oil and gas investment on track?

- are the conditions shaping up for a nuclear energy revival?

- can biofuels erode the oil monopoly in road transport?

- can 2.5 billion people in developing countries switch to modern energy for cooking?

IEA: World Energy Outlook website http://www.worldenergyoutlook.org/

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