Decarbonising the UK

Net Zero Strategy: Build Back Greener - GOV.UK

This strategy sets out policies and proposals for decarbonising all sectors of the UK economy to meet our net zero target by 2050.

The UK's plans and progress to reach net zero by 2050

The UK is committed to reaching net zero by 2050. This means that the total greenhouse gas emissions would be equal to the emissions removed ...

A solutions-based approach to the UK's net-zero transition

The UK recognises the need to deploy the complete set of available decarbonisation technologies, including low-carbon hydrogen, carbon capture ...

Decarbonising Transport: A Better, Greener Britain - GOV.UK

Every one of these things also contributes to climate change. And decarbonisation is not just some technocratic process. It is how we fix some of that harm. It ...

United Kingdom's Action Plan for Power Sector Decarbonisation

To keep the UK on a path to net zero by. 2050, the government is required to set legally binding, five-year caps on emissions – carbon budgets – twelve years in ...

UK off track for Net Zero, say country's climate advisors

Much of the low carbon technology needed is already available. Yet almost all our indicators for the scale up and roll out of that technology ...

Our progress towards net zero | National Energy System Operator

Today, Great Britain has the fastest decarbonising electricity system in the world. But that's only because of the work that we have been doing, together ...

Decarbonising the national grid | The Week

The electricity system generated 14% of the UK's carbon emissions in 2022: a total of 56 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. The aim is that the ...

Heat decarbonisation guide - Energy Systems Catapult

Heating is the United Kingdom's biggest source of carbon emissions, which are the fossil fuel gases that contribute to climate change. In June 2019, the UK ...

Decarbonisation of the power sector - UK Parliament Committees

The global race for capital in low-carbon projects has intensified, and large subsidies have increased the attractiveness of the UK's ...

Progress towards reaching Net Zero in the UK

Emissions reductions need to speed up and broaden to more sectors. Final emissions data confirm that the UK has achieved its Third Carbon Budget, covering the ...

Decarbonising the power system | National Grid Group

... UK electricity system. It will also unlock economic opportunities, with investment in Great Britain's electricity networks set to add an average of £18.4bn ...

Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme - GOV.UK

The Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme provides grants for public sector bodies to fund heat decarbonisation and energy efficiency measures.

CCC: Here's how the UK can get reliable zero-carbon electricity by ...

By 2035, the UK will need a large and varied array of new, low-carbon electricity sources. This will also involve replacing existing assets, the ...

Industrial decarbonisation – UKRI

The Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge (IDC) is contributing to the UK's drive for clean growth by supporting the UK's six largest industrial clusters in ...

Decarbonising UK transport: Implications for electricity generation ...

Results show that electric transport will require ∼136,599 GWh for all vehicle types analysed in 2050, much less than hydrogen transport at ∼425,532 GWh. We ...

The UK's road to net zero: Decarbonising power | Insights | HSBC

The UK's road to net zero: Decarbonising power ... Ignore the noise. We think the UK's legally binding target of fully decarbonising its power ...

Decarbonising the Grid - Policy Exchange

In 2022, the amount of new low-carbon investment in 2022 in the UK from the public and private sectors already, totalled £23bn. Both the Net ...

Decarbonising transport | National Grid Group

As an electricity network owner, National Grid will play a crucial role in enabling transport to decarbonise and help the UK deliver its net zero carbon ...

Decarbonising the UK's power system: 2030 or bust? - Squeaky

Labour has set out what it plans to deliver to meet its 2030 goal. Its manifesto commits it to doubling the UK's onshore wind capacity, tripling ...