1. Low Carbon Energy International Parliamentary Conference on Climate Change Professor Jim Skea Research Director, UK Energy Research Centre Park Plaza, Westminster Bridge, London 15 July 2010

2.  Decarbonisation: the big picture  Power sector  Transport  Bringing it all together

3. The decarbonisation story… Reducing power sector emissions: Renewables (Wind, solar, tidal and marine, biomass), nuclear, CCS Reducing power sector emissions: Renewables (Wind, solar, tidal and marine, biomass), nuclear, CCS Reducing heat emissions: Energy efficiency Behaviour change Electric heat (e.g. heat pumps, storage heating) Biomass boilers CCS in industry Reducing heat emissions: Energy efficiency Behaviour change Electric heat (e.g. heat pumps, storage heating) Biomass boilers CCS in industry Reducing transport emissions: Fuel efficiency Electric/plug-in hybrids Sustainable Bio fuels Reducing transport emissions: Fuel efficiency Electric/plug-in hybrids Sustainable Bio fuels Application of power to transport and heat Source: Committee on Climate Change

4. Decarbonising power Therefore we need to significantly decarbonise electricity generation by 2030 The electrification of other sectors will see demand increase in 2020s and 2030s Source: Committee on Climate Change

5. Generic options for reducing CO 2 efficiency renewables nuclear fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage bio-energy behaviour

6. Renewables

7. Global wind capacity Source: Global Wind Energy Council

8. Costs of generating power Source: ExxonMobil

9. Integrating low carbon power  We built our grids, markets and regulatory systems for coal and gas generation  Need arrangements for low carbon energy that has:  high capital costs  low running costs  We need to cope with intermittent renewable energy

10. CO 2 emissions – new UK cars Source: SMMT

11. Incremental transport improvements Source: ExxonMobil

12. Electrification of transport… mild hybrid full hybrid plug-in hybrid battery electric

13. And don’t forget…….. biofuels the hydrogen economy

14. The smart grid Source: Wang

15. Technology’s contribution to a 2 O C world Source: IEA

16. UK Energy Research Centre +44 (0)20 7594 1574 www.ukerc.ac.uk