The UK Government has recently consulted on proposals to end unabated coal power generation by 2025. Consequently, replacing coal with lower carbon forms of generation is one of the most effective ways of achieving significant cuts in emissions. There is a long-standing consensus that unabated coal generation is not consistent with decarbonization.

In 2015 alone, 8.3% of energy came from renewable sources. (3) The UK Government is currently progressing in line with the trajectory set out in the Renewable Energy Directive, having met the directiveвЂ™s interim targets for 2011//14.

The EU Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC also includes a legally binding obligation for the UK Government to deliver 15% of the UKвЂ™s final energy consumption across electricity, heat and transport from renewable sources by 2020. (2) This budget is set in line with the recommendation of our independent advisers, the Committee on Climate Change, at 1725 MtCO 2e, equivalent to a 57% reduction on 1990 levels. The Fifth Carbon Budget (covering 2028вЂ“32) was passed into law on 21 July 2016. The Climate Change Act also introduced carbon budgets which cap emissions over successive five year periods and must be set 12 years in advance. Provisional statistics indicate that UK emissions in 2016 were 42% lower than in 1990 and a further 6% below those in 2015. The Climate Change Act introduced the UKвЂ™s legally binding 2050 target to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 80% relative to 1990 levels. Domestically, the UK Government remains committed to the UKвЂ™s Climate Change Act 2008. In November 2016, the UK ratified the Paris Agreement, confirming its commitment to climate action across the world. The UK remains committed to tackling climate change on both the international and domestic levels. The UK Government also continues to promote energy efficiency through the tax system (including the European Union emissions trading system (EU ETS), climate change levy (CCL) and carbon reduction commitment (CRC) Energy Efficiency Scheme) financial incentives, such as enhanced capital allowances for investment in energy saving plants and machinery, and the electricity demand reduction (EDR) pilot energy audits including the Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) energy and carbon reporting and setting minimum standards for building performance This creates an additional source of revenue as companies sell their electricity on the wholesale market, balancing services on the balancing market and their capacity on the capacity market. Competitive auctions are held four years and one year ahead of delivery. In response to less predictable wholesale prices (caused by a changing technological mix), the UK Government also introduced a capacity market mechanism to secure the capacity required to meet peak demand. CFDs offer top up payments to generators when the wholesale price of electricity is below a fixed level (the вЂstrike priceвЂ™). Support for low carbon technologies in the UK (including nuclear power) is delivered through the Contracts for Difference (CFDs) regime, which offers long term contracts providing a fixed price for an installationвЂ™s output. England, Wales and Scotland), and aims to protect the interests of consumers. Ofgem was established as the independent regulator for gas and electricity markets in Great Britain (i.e. However, intelligent market design and independent regulation remainВ central to a competitive market. The UK GovernmentвЂ™s aim is for competitive electricity markets in which firms succeed only where they create value for consumers and with as little day to day government intervention as possible. To realize this, the Government is helping to ensure the efficient functioning of the electricity market, taking action on climate change and defining the future generation mix of the UK. The UK GovernmentвЂ™s overall aim for its energy policy is to ensure secure, affordable and clean energy supplies.

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