UKERC response to the Internal Market Sub-Committee (Sub-Committee B) of the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Union inquiry into the EUs 20% renewable energy target

Abstract:

To meet the EU 15% renewable energy target will be a significant challenge for the UK. It is important to understand that reductions in the UKs total energy demand will produce proportional reductions in the renewable contribution required. Although self-evident, this simple fact is often overlooked. Indeed the UK has to date failed to achieve any reductions in energy use, in fact the reverse is true: energy consumption in the key sectors of electricity and energy for transport continues to rise steadily.

In addition to reducing the demand for energy, there will need to be a massive increase in the contribution of renewables to transport fuel (predominately biofuels), heat and electricity. This submission concentrates on renewable electricity because UKERC has core competency this area. In Table 1, below, UKERC presents an illustrative scenario for the contribution of renew

Publication Year:

2008

Publisher:

UKERC

DOI:

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Author(s):

Hardy, J and Infield, D