https://cms.energypolicy.co.uk/?_Action=search&_Constraint=allsectors Energy Policy en-gb Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:51:43 GMT G T Systems 2011 - 2026 http://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html 60 Abstract This paper asks a specific engineering question: is it physically feasible, using technology that already exists, to limit global warming to 2 °C and reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2070 — the outer boundary consistent with avoiding the most catastrophic climate tipping points? The answer, after examining energy, food, transport and the built environment, is: yes, but only under conditions that are currently far from being met. The window is narrow and closing. This paper sets out what those conditions are, why the financing objection does not hold, and why the precautionary principle demands we act as though the answer must be yes. https://cms.energypolicy.co.uk/359 https://cms.energypolicy.co.uk/359 Wed, 06 May 2026 23:00:00 GMT Action                                                                                                                  Government SavingRemove government funding of Sizewell C, SMR, ANF and FNEF                             £ 1155 millionRemove government funding of nuclear fusion                                               Up to £ 650 million to 2027Remove tax relief for the oil and gas industry                                Up to £ 5.7 billion/y from 2022 to 2025Remove government funding of CCS                                                £ 20 billion over 20 years from 2023Remove government funding of imported biomass for Drax etc                        £ 606.8 million in 2022Total of above                                                                                              About £ 8.6 billion a year https://cms.energypolicy.co.uk/357 https://cms.energypolicy.co.uk/357 Wed, 27 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT I watched videos on climate change by Professors Johan Rockstroem and Stefan Rahmsdorf of the Potsdam Climatological Institute in Germany.This prompted me to create the document ‘2024-10-12 A Note on Climate and Energy’. https://cms.energypolicy.co.uk/358 https://cms.energypolicy.co.uk/358 Wed, 27 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT This is prompted by the Energy Hierarchy of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. From the most to the least sustainable, Tier 1 is Energy Demand Reduction, Tier 2 is Energy Efficiency, Tier 3 is Utilisation of Renewable, Sustainable Resources, Tier 4 is Utilisation of Other, Low-GHG-Emitting Resources, and Tier 5 is Utilisation of Conventional Resources as we do now. https://cms.energypolicy.co.uk/350 https://cms.energypolicy.co.uk/350 Fri, 17 Jun 2022 23:00:00 GMT This note reflects Danish and German precedents on energy solutions, from which I have learnt the underlying principles.Humankind requires not energy but energy services such as illumination, movement and thermal comfort. Germany realisesthat it is not enough to set targets for reducing carbon emissions; policies, plans and actions are also required. It has adoptedthe ‘Energiewende’ energy transition plan for 80 to 95% carbon reduction by 2050. 1 Solutions for sustainable energy servicescan be determined by following a few fundamental principles and metrics, enumerated in this document. https://cms.energypolicy.co.uk/346 https://cms.energypolicy.co.uk/346 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 23:00:00 GMT Global climate change is the most urgent problem faced by humankind. Professor Will Steffen of the Australian National University and co-authors have shown that the earth is liable to many tipping points, several subject to positive feedbacks.Unless there is a rapid transition to 100% renewable energy, humankind will lose control of climate change, with the planet entering the Anthropocene era. Severe global warming of 4 - 8 C would disrupt world food supplies, leading to mass starvations, migrations and war. https://cms.energypolicy.co.uk/347 https://cms.energypolicy.co.uk/347 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 23:00:00 GMT A Select Committee of the House of Lords invited submissions on the Role of Hydrogen in Achieving Net Zero. Here is my submission. https://cms.energypolicy.co.uk/336 https://cms.energypolicy.co.uk/336 Wed, 03 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT I created this presentation for the European Fuel Cell Forum, 2005, but did not give it. https://cms.energypolicy.co.uk/315 https://cms.energypolicy.co.uk/315 Tue, 16 Oct 2018 23:00:00 GMT UK Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2015Electricity 29%Transport 24%Heat 30%Agriculture 10%Other 7% https://cms.energypolicy.co.uk/314 https://cms.energypolicy.co.uk/314 Mon, 15 Oct 2018 23:00:00 GMT Planning the appropriate renewable energy installation rate should balance two partially contradictory objectives: substituting fossil fuels fast enough to stave-off the worst consequences of climate change while maintaining a sufficient net energy flow to support the world's economy.See: https://cms.energypolicy.co.uk/312 https://cms.energypolicy.co.uk/312 Sun, 24 Jun 2018 23:00:00 GMT