https://cms.energypolicy.co.uk/?_Action=search&_Constraint=allsectors Energy Policy en-gb Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:37:57 GMT G T Systems 2011 - 2026 http://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html 60 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 Topic 1) emphasises the urgency of energy transition.Topic 2) is the main focus of the document, with the paper by Sgouridis et al, 2016.This identifies the relationship between the remaining fossil fuel emissions cap, the transition time, and the required investment in Renewable Energy (RE) supply plant.Topics 3) and 4) refer to the initial conditions prior to the energy transition.Topic 5) compares the Energy Return on Investments (EROIs) of Renewable Energy (solar and wind power) supply measures with the weighted average value of 20 assumed by Sgouridis et al.Topic 6 is concerned with the global limits of renewable power sources.Where Topics 3) and 4) deal in UK quantities, Topic 6) deals in Global quantities. However, the UK must expect to use only a proportionate share - e.g. equal per capita.Topics 7) and 8) consider energy demand measures as complements of the supply measures assumed by Sgouridis et al. They refer to two papers by Cullen and Allwood et al, 2010 and 2010.Including energy demand measures will greatly ease an energy transition within the constraints, such as 2 C global warming. https://cms.energypolicy.co.uk/308 https://cms.energypolicy.co.uk/308 Sun, 09 Jul 2017 23:00:00 GMT