Tagged: Offshore wind
Energy policy is about more than Hinkley, says CCC
The Government has confirmed it will go ahead with a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C. However, delivering a cost-effective, secure and low-carbon power system will require a number of further decisions about the power sector, the Committee on Climate Change says.
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Offshore wind: A valuable ingredient in the UK’s future energy mix
The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Amber Rudd, recently announced the Government’s intention to continue supporting offshore wind into the 2020s, providing costs continue to fall. If that approach proves successful, offshore wind could play a key part in the UK’s low-carbon future, writes the CCC’s Mike Hemsley.
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The fifth carbon budget – The next step towards a low-carbon economy
This report presents the Committee’s advice on the fifth carbon budget, covering the period 2028-32, as required under Section 34 of the Climate Change Act 2008. The Committee recommends that the fifth carbon budget is set at 1,765 MtCO2e, including emissions from international shipping, over the period 2028-2032. That would limit annual emissions to an average 57% below 1990 levels.
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Sectoral scenarios for the fifth carbon budget – Technical report
This technical report accompanies the fifth carbon budget – the next step towards a low-carbon economy, the Committee’s published advice on the level of the fifth carbon budget. It describes the scenarios used by the Committee to inform its judgements over the cost-effective path.
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Power sector scenarios for the fifth carbon budget
This report sets out scenarios for the UK power sector in 2030 as an input to the Committee’s advice on the fifth carbon budget, given the importance of the power sector to meeting economy-wide emissions targets.
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New low-carbon electricity generation is cost-effective option for UK power sector investment in 2020s and beyond
A low-carbon electricity supply is the most cost-effective way to meet the need for more generation in the 2020s given the UK’s climate change commitments, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) says in a new report setting out UK power sector scenarios for 2030.
BVG Associates (2015) Approaches to cost-reduction in offshore wind
BVG Associates (2015) Approaches to cost-reduction in offshore wind
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Confused about costs of nuclear v. renewables? Read on!
There has been a debate going on in the blogosphere lately over the relative cost of nuclear and renewables, citing analysis we produced for Government in our Renewable Energy Review. Alice Barrs, a lead economist on the review, delves into some of the finer detail of our work, to explain what we actually said, and more importantly, why………… On entering office, Secretary of State Chris Huhne asked our Committee to …
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Government should support the development of a portfolio of renewables to 2030
By Emily Towers, Communications Manager We published our Renewable Energy Review this week. This outlined a range of scenarios for contributions from renewables to meeting carbon budgets over the next two decades. We concluded that: A range of promising options exists for delivering decarbonisation of the power sector by 2030 at reasonable cost. This includes renewables, nuclear and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) None of these options can be relied …
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New study shows potential value of UK’s offshore wind
The Offshore Valuation Group, today publishes the first full economic valuation of the UK’s offshore renewable resource. The study was part-funded by the CCC, one of a range of commissioning organisations of the independent study, which included the UK, Scottish and Welsh Governments, and eight energy companies. The study suggests that the offshore renewable energy industry in the UK, using less than a third of the total available resource, could: …
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