PRIMES v3 (draft) comparison 25 th May 2007 projections expert panel meeting Melanie Hobson
Overview of presentation Comparison of how the new draft PRIMES (v3) energy forecasts for the UK compare with the UK’s own forecasts Aim is to encourage Countries to carry out their own comparisons. Important that Countries are happy with the results UK’s energy forecasts – current status
Concerns Power station sector Overall trends Domestic Transport Industry
Power stations - coal
Power stations – natural gas
Domestic sector - coal
Industrial sector - gas
Transport sector
Conclusions Encourage Countries to compare their own energy forecasts with the new version of PRIMES. That the methodology is obtained for converting between the Eurostat data and data in PRIMES That more of a detailed breakdown by sector is provided for PRIMES by fuel type – for example transport.