UK Climate Change Committee (@theCCCuk) lead industrial #decarbonisation analyst. Former parliamentary energy adviser @POST_UK. All comments my own.
Mar 17, 2021 • 9 tweets • 6 min read
📢Industrial decarbonisation strategy launched by UK Govt:
-'Expects' industry emissions to fall 2/3rds by 2035, and >90% by 2050 vs 2018
-£171m awarded to 5 H2 & CCS clusters
-20TWh of industry energy use to switch to H2, elec or bio by 2030 + 3 MtCO2 CCS gov.uk/government/new…
It commits to establish:
-policy to ensure uptake of fuel switching
-approach to mitigate against carbon leakage
-proposals for new low-carbon product standards
+to consider target for ore-based steel to reach near-zero emissions by 2035
