ETI Response To Committee On Climate Change Fourth Carbon Budget Report
7 December 2010
7th December 2010
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has welcomed today’s publication of the Committee On Climate Change’s Fourth Carbon Budget Report, which it feels sets the right ambition for the UK’s reduction of greenhouse gas emissions through the 2020s.
The report covers the period 2023-27 and links the detailed analysis that was previously published on the path to 2020 with a longer-term view to 2050 and in-depth analysis of the latest climate science and the international context across sectors including power, surface transport, buildings, industry and agriculture.
In making its recommendations it identifies a number of low carbon technologies, including offshore wind, carbon capture and storage, electric vehicles, better insulation of residential buildings and the use of bioenergy – all areas where the ETI has a number of projects.
ETI Chief Executive Dr David Clarke said: "Although the CCC does not intend to predict the future technology mix for the UK, many of the findings highlighted in their scenarios align with the views of the ETI based on our modelling and analysis of the lowest cost routes to 2050. We agree that there is a need to decarbonise the power sector by 2030 and ensure there is an emphasis on energy efficiency, although it is our view that there should be an even greater push on implementing insulation retrofits to existing buildings which is why the ETI is running its £3 million project to design a supply chain solution to improve the energy efficiency and energy affordability of the vast majority of the 26 million UK homes which will still be in use by 2050.
It is right that there is a need to examine more closely the potential role for district heating and we would also highlight the need to investigate the role of bio-energy where the ETI is soon to launch projects looking at soil carbon analysis and land use change to inform the UK potential. There will also be an important role for the electrification of cars and vans as part of the energy mix, particularly by 2050, although it will be challenging to achieve the levels of uptake suggested by the CCC by 2030."
The ETI is a public private partnership made up of six of the largest global industries BP, Caterpillar, EDF Energy, E.ON, Rolls-Royce and Shell and the UK Government.
Its Energy System Model helps to identify those technologies capable of having the greatest impact through to 2050 under a range of different demand scenarios. It gathers data from a diverse range of global industries and can identify a mix of potential energy sources and the cost implications and timings associated with their introduction.
The ETI thinks and acts strategically using a robust view of the whole UK energy system to make targeted investments in large scale engineering projects which reduce risk for the whole industry through the shared expertise and experience of our industrial members.
Since it was formed in 2008 the ETI has invested in 26 projects worth over £62m in offshore wind, marine, transport, CCS, energy storage and distribution, distributed energy and buildings. Further projects will be announced in a number of programme areas including bioenergy in the next few months.
Notes to Editors
For further information please contact
ETI PR Manager Nigel Richardson on 01509 202084/07827 946064 or email nigel.richardson@eti.co.uk
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has welcomed today’s publication of the Committee On Climate Change’s Fourth Carbon Budget Report, which it feels sets the right ambition for the UK’s reduction of greenhouse gas emissions through the 2020s.
The report covers the period 2023-27 and links the detailed analysis that was previously published on the path to 2020 with a longer-term view to 2050 and in-depth analysis of the latest climate science and the international context across sectors including power, surface transport, buildings, industry and agriculture.
In making its recommendations it identifies a number of low carbon technologies, including offshore wind, carbon capture and storage, electric vehicles, better insulation of residential buildings and the use of bioenergy – all areas where the ETI has a number of projects.
ETI Chief Executive Dr David Clarke said: "Although the CCC does not intend to predict the future technology mix for the UK, many of the findings highlighted in their scenarios align with the views of the ETI based on our modelling and analysis of the lowest cost routes to 2050. We agree that there is a need to decarbonise the power sector by 2030 and ensure there is an emphasis on energy efficiency, although it is our view that there should be an even greater push on implementing insulation retrofits to existing buildings which is why the ETI is running its £3 million project to design a supply chain solution to improve the energy efficiency and energy affordability of the vast majority of the 26 million UK homes which will still be in use by 2050.
It is right that there is a need to examine more closely the potential role for district heating and we would also highlight the need to investigate the role of bio-energy where the ETI is soon to launch projects looking at soil carbon analysis and land use change to inform the UK potential. There will also be an important role for the electrification of cars and vans as part of the energy mix, particularly by 2050, although it will be challenging to achieve the levels of uptake suggested by the CCC by 2030."
The ETI is a public private partnership made up of six of the largest global industries BP, Caterpillar, EDF Energy, E.ON, Rolls-Royce and Shell and the UK Government.
Its Energy System Model helps to identify those technologies capable of having the greatest impact through to 2050 under a range of different demand scenarios. It gathers data from a diverse range of global industries and can identify a mix of potential energy sources and the cost implications and timings associated with their introduction.
The ETI thinks and acts strategically using a robust view of the whole UK energy system to make targeted investments in large scale engineering projects which reduce risk for the whole industry through the shared expertise and experience of our industrial members.
Since it was formed in 2008 the ETI has invested in 26 projects worth over £62m in offshore wind, marine, transport, CCS, energy storage and distribution, distributed energy and buildings. Further projects will be announced in a number of programme areas including bioenergy in the next few months.
Notes to Editors
- The Energy Technologies Institute is a UK based company formed from global industries and the UK Government. The ETI brings together projects and partnerships that create affordable, reliable, clean energy for heat, power, transport and associated infrastructure. For more information, please go to www.energytechnologies.co.uk
- The ETI’s six private sector members are BP, Caterpillar, EDF Energy, E.ON, Rolls-Royce and Shell. The UK Government has committed to match support from four further Members. The ETI’s public funds are received from the Department for Business Innovation and Skills through the Technology Strategy Board and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). These organisations, together with the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC), are engaged directly in the ETI’s strategy and programme development.
- The ETI will accelerate the deployment of affordable, secure low-carbon energy systems from 2020 to 2050 by demonstrating technologies, developing knowledge, skills and supply-chains and informing the development of regulation, standards and policy.
For further information please contact
ETI PR Manager Nigel Richardson on 01509 202084/07827 946064 or email nigel.richardson@eti.co.uk