Connecting the Future - Greenpeace UK

Connecting the future: the UK’s renewable energy strategy
UK targets and policy delivery
18
Year
Greenhouse
gases
(MtCe)
CO2 (MtC)
Renewables
CHP Heat Energy
efficiency/
demand
reduction
1990
(baseline)
209.9 [1] 161.5 [1]
2000
5GW of CHP
installed
capacity [2]
2003
2010 Kyoto
commitment:
12.5% below
1990 levels
by 2008-12
20%
reduction on
1990 level
5% of
electricity
sales [2]
10% of
electricity
sales
10% of
generation [3]
10GWe of
‘good quality’
CHP installed
capacity [2]
2015
2020 EU target Reduction to
20% reduction around 110-
(or 30% if with 120MtC (ie
international
action)
26-32% cut
from 1990
level) [5]
EU target to
reduce
emissions of
industrial GHG
emissions in
non-Emissions
Trading
Scheme
sectors by 10%
from 2005
level: UK
share is 16%
2050 60%
reduction [6]
15% of
electricity
sales
Aspiration
for 20% of
electricity
sales [5,6]
EU target
of 20% of
energy from
renewable
sources: UK
share is 15%
30-40% of
generation [5]
EU target:
9% average
reduction
in energy
consumption
from 2000
level [4]
EU target:
20% average
reduction
in energy
consumption
from 2000
level
[1] Defra 2008
[2] DETR 2000
[3] EU Renewables Directive
(NB the Directive’s definition of
renewable generation differs from
that in the Renewables Obligation)
[4] EU Energy End Use and Energy
Services Directive
[5] DTI 2003
[6] DTI 2007
Table 2.1: UK climate change and energy targets