An Energy Systems Catapult report has found that rapid deployment of low regret technologies and accelerated innovation in novel clean tech could deliver net zero in Britain by 2050.
21 July 2021
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Delivery of the UK’s net-zero goals requires a vast increase in the production of zero-carbon electricity, hydrogen and district heating. Nuclear can make a vital and commercially viable contribution to the rapid scale-up of these energy vectors, write Dr Paul Nevitt, technical director of the Advanced Fuel Cycle Programme (AFCP) at the National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL), Kirsty Gogan and Eric Ingersoll, managing directors at LucidCatalyst, and Scott Milne, head of insights at Energy Systems Catapult.
From left to right: Kirsty Gogan, Eric Ingersoll, Scott Milne and Paul Nevitt It is impossible to overestimate the scale of the challenge ahead for the UK in reaching net-zero by 2050. With a range of low-carbon technologies in the mix, visualising the country s future energy landscape is no simple task. System-wide, forward-thinking analysis, however, helps paint this picture.
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