Including the closely related terms energy strategy, energy generation, and energy generation.
… for growth. Latest figures from the Office of National Statistics reveal the UK’s low carbon and renewable energy economy grew by 6.8% to £44.5billion in 2017. The Worcestershire Energy Strategy estimates the county’s share of this is about £334million. In 2011/12, the last year for which data is available at a local authority level, there were 411 companies working in the low carbon sector…
… zero position reached – where emissions produced are balanced out by carbon capture or offsetting – by 2050. However, it warned the bulk of the work to reduce emissions must be carried out during the next decade. In February 2019, the Worcestershire Energy Strategy was published by Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership. The strategy includes targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions…
… across the county by 50% - against a 2005 baseline - by 2030, with an ambition to be net zero by 2040. Tripling renewable energy generation and doubling the low carbon economy are also key measures in the plan. In May 2019, the UK Committee on Climate Change, set-up to advise the Government, called for the introduction of a net zero target for the UK by 2050. The Government agreed…
… Guarantee, ensuring from January 1 2020 homes and businesses installing solar, wind or other forms of low carbon energy generation receive payment for each unit of electricity they export • A commitment to introducing a future homes standard, meaning new build homes must be future proofed with low carbon heating and the highest standard of energy efficiency • An increase in the amount of green gas…
… carbon neutral as quickly as possible and by 2050 at the latest, with at least a 50% reduction in the district’s carbon footprint by 2030. The baseline for our vision is 2005, which is consistent with the Worcestershire Energy Strategy and national guidance. In 2005 Malvern Hills District generated 507.2 thousand tonnes of carbon emissions (co2). There has already been a 25% reduction…