UK goverment wants to prevent increased gas imports

The British government wants to ensure that gas imports do not rise between 2010 and 2020, it said today.

UK gas imports are widely expected to rise over the next few years as Britain's own gas output declines but Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband told parliament today that imports should not climb beyond 2010, wrote Reuters.

The government said it wanted to reduce gas imports by 20% to 30% compared to what they would have been in 2020 without action to cut fossil fuel use.