carbon budget

The UK has beaten its legally binding carbon emissions target and has announced it will not roll over the surplus to its next carbon budget.

The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has written to the minister of state for energy security and net zero, Graham Stuart, to warn him against meeting Carbon Budgets with surplus.

Accelerating the energy transition can not only alleviate concerns over security of energy supply, but also deliver cheaper power to consumers, National Grid ESO has said.

​The UK is still off track in meeting its 2050 net zero goal, although policies in the pipeline could help this, Green Alliance has found.

​A new report produced by Baringa and commissioned by Drax has found bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) could save the UK over £4.5 billion.

​Advice to the government on the level of the Sixth Carbon Budget will be delayed until December due to COVID-19.

The UK recorded a new grid carbon intensity low last weekend, as the country enjoyed extensive periods of fifth carbon budget-compliant power generation.

‘Flexibilities’ in meeting the UK’s fourth and fifth carbon budgets remain “on the table” despite hefty criticism from the government’s climate change watchdog.