BEIS Updated Energy and Emissions Projections

[ALEO Admin]

On 2 January, BEIS published its latest Energy and Emissions Projections (EEP) for the UK up to 2035. The projections show that by 2020, emissions are expected to be 50% below 1990 levels.

The UK met the first carbon budget with headroom of 36 MtCO2e, and is projected to meet the second and third carbon budgets with headroom of 125 and 143 MtCO2e, respectively. However, there are projected shortfalls against the fourth and fifth carbon budgets.

The 2017 projections are 3.6% lower in total over the period 2017 to 2035, compared to EEP 2016 projections. The main reason for this is the updated data for key inputs such as energy demand and temperature and fossil fuel price projections.

For more information visit:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... tions-2017