UK greenhouse gas emissions down: true impact or positive blip?
12/10/2015 Schneider Electric UK Ltd
The DECC announced this morning that UK greenhouse gas emissions are down again, based on Q2 results. This is an important boost to the UK's claim ahead of Paris 2015 - the climate change conference - starting in November.Andy Dewis, director - sustainability and solutions, Schneider Electric comments:
"While today's results will support the UK's position around carbon policy in Paris, we are yet to see if it's a true impact or a positive blip. Ultimately the government has to navigate an effective path between rising policy costs and decarbonisation targets.
"This downward turn in the numbers is a positive result for the UK, especially in the run up to the Paris climate change summit in November. This is in no small part due to the influence of renewable generation of energy - which, at around 20 per cent, underpins this encouraging trend, resulting in a 0.6 per cent decrease in emissions. The past two winters have also been relatively mild - 0.4 degrees Celsius above the average - resulting in lower energy usage and helping to keep emissions down.
"What's important now is that we maintain these numbers. The government's recent move to curb offshore wind farms, such as Navitus Bay, and reductions in feed-in tariffs (FITTs) which reward those who generate their own power through renewable sources, is casting doubt that we can sustain these figures."
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