Policy & Socio-Economics

At the request of the government of Japan under its G20 presidency the International Energy Agency produced this landmark report to analyse the current state of play for hydrogen and to offer guidance on its future development.The report finds that clean hydrogen is currently enjoying unprecedented political and business momentum with the number of policies and projects around the world expanding rapidly. It concludes that now is the time to scale u Read More

This report forms part of the Committee’s advice on the level of the fifth carbon budget.The report describes the scenarios used by the Committee to inform its judgements over the cost-effective path to meeting the UK’s greenhouse reduction targets in the period 2028-2032.

Natural gas plays a central role in the UK energy system today but it is also a significant source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The UK committed in 2008 to reduce GHG emissions by at least 80% compared to 1990 levels by 2050. In June 2019 a more ambitious target was adopted into law and the UK became the first major economy to commit to “net-zero” emissions by 2050. In this context the Energy Networks Association (ENA) commissioned Read More

Based on technical environmental economic and social facts and recent findings the feasibility of the transition from our current fossil age to the new green age is analyzed in detail at both global and local level. To avert the threats of health problems environmental pollution and climate change to our quality and standard of life a twofold radical paradigm shift is outlined: Green Energy Revolution means the complete change from fossil-based to green prim Read More

This technical report accompanies the ‘Net Zero’ advice report which is the Committee’s recommendation to the UK Government and Devolved Administrations on the date for a net-zero emissions target in the UK and revised long-term targets in Scotland and Wales.The conclusions in our advice report are supported by detailed analysis that has been carried out for each sector of the economy plus consideration of F-gas emissions and gre Read More

In socio-economics it is well known that the success of an innovation process not only depends upon the technological innovation itself or the improvement of economic and institutional system boundaries but also on the public acceptance of the innovation. The public acceptance can as seen with genetic engineering for agriculture be an obstacle for the development and introduction of a new and innovative idea. In respect to hydrogen technologie Read More

This report provides the Committee on Climate Change’s response to the UK Government’s Clean Growth Strategy.The report finds that:The Government has made a strong commitment to achieving the UK’s climate change targets.Policies and proposals set out in the Clean Growth Strategy will need to be firmed up.Gaps to meeting the fourth and fifth carbon budgets remain. These gaps must be closed.Risks of under-delivery must be addressed and carbon Read More

This report for the CCC by Madano and Element Energy assesses the public acceptability of two alternative low-carbon technologies for heating the home: hydrogen heating and heat pumps.These technologies could potentially replace natural gas in many UK households as part of the government’s efforts to decrease carbon emissions in the UK.The report’s key findings are:carbon emissions reduction is viewed as an important issue but there is limited Read More

This is the Committee’s seventh report on Scotland’s progress towards meetings emissions targets as requested by Scottish Ministers under the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009.Overall Scotland continues to outperform the rest of the UK in reducing its greenhouse gas emissions but successful strategies for energy and waste mask a lack of progress in other parts of the Scottish economy.The report shows that Scotland’s total emissions fell by 10% i Read More

Because of the increasing challenges raised by climate change power generation from renewable energy sources is steadily increasing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions especially CO2 . However this has escalated concerns about the instability of the power grid and surplus power generated because of the intermittent power output of renewable energy. To resolve these issues this study investigates two technical options that integrate a power-to-gas Read More