1. PRIMES v3 (draft) comparison 25 th May 2007 projections expert panel meeting Melanie Hobson

2. 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

3. Concerns Power station sector Overall trends Domestic Transport Industry

4. Power stations - coal

5. Power stations – natural gas

6. Domestic sector - coal

7. Industrial sector - gas

8. Transport sector

9. 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.