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Title: Scottish Energy Efficiency Office 2nd Floor Meridian Court GLASGOW G2 6AT Author: Ian Murdoch Last modified by: u113663 Created Date: 6/12/2000 1:28:32 PM – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: Energy Efficiency Strategy


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Energy Efficiency Strategy
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THE ENERGY WHITE PAPER
  • Energy White Paper sets out four key goals for
    energy policy to
  • Cut the UKs carbon dioxide emission by some
    60 by about 2050
  • Maintain security of energy supplies
  • Promote competitive markets to raise the rate
    of sustainable economic growth and to improve
    our productivity and
  • Ensure that every home is adequately and
    affordably heated
  • It also placed energy efficiency and renewables
    at the forefront of tackling climate change.
    Setting a target for renewables to supply 10 of
    UK electricity by 2010.
  • In Scotland the Executive has set a firmer target
    for renewables to supply 40 of Scottish
    electricity by 2020.

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LINK WITH EXECUTIVE'S SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
POLICY
Priorities are Resource use We need to
understand where our materials come from how
they are replaced what happens to the community
which supplied them how they were brought into
use what we did with them and how they went to
their next use Energy The excessive use of
fossil fuels is at the core of many sustainable
development problems. We can use less energy and
generate power from renewable sources. We must
ensure that the quality of our housing stock
provides affordable warmth to the poorest in our
communities. " Travel Moving people and
goods, and delivering services generate transport
demands. Better land use planning alternative
service delivery and sustainable transport
systems can reduce our impacts."
Jack McConnell, First Minister 2002
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WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT TO SCOTLAND?
  • Annual UK spend on energy consumption 65
    billion
  • Estimated that 20 (13 billion) is wasted each
    year due to inefficiency
  • Perhaps 1.3 billion in energy resources lost
    annually to the Scottish economy
  • Equivalent to 50 of the total income from North
    Sea oil or one third of the total tourism spend
    in Scotland
  • Improved energy efficiency has positive impacts
    for
  • Carbon emissions
  • Business resource efficiency
  • Fuel poverty
  • Public sector efficiency
  • Air quality
  • Low carbon economy

5
Energy use in Scotland by sector
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SCOTTISH ENERGY CONSUMPTION TRENDS SINCE 1990
  • Domestic consumption 15 up
  • Industrial consumption 30 down
  • Transport 12 up
  • Services 10 up

7
ENERGY EFFICIENCYVital to meeting UK carbon
emission targets
Potential impact of incremental low carbon
technologies in the UK to 2050
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ENERGY EFFICIENCY STRATEGY OBJECTIVES
  • Define the Executives policy objectives for
    energy efficiency
  • Ensure Scotland makes a significant contribution
    to UK carbon emissions targets
  • Set agreed methods for measuring progress
  • Identify priority sectors and methods for
    Executive intervention
  • Increase co-operation across the Executive and
    with other bodies (including UK government)
  • Improve the impact of the Executives investment
    in energy efficiency
  • Communicate clear explanation of the Executives
    energy efficiency policy

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ENERGY EFFICIENCY STRATEGY SCOPE
  • Strategy will cover devolved energy efficiency
    measures aimed at
  • Business
  • Public sector
  • Transport
  • Domestic sector
  • For example
  • Executive funding of Energy Saving Trust and the
    Carbon Trust
  • Agencies that use Executive resources to deliver
    energy efficiency e.g the Enterprise network
    and the Business Environment Partnership
  • Transport related energy efficiency measures
  • Energy efficiency aspects of sustainable
    development
  • The impact of EU transmissions trading
  • Fuel poverty initiatives
  • Building energy efficiency standards
  • District heating/combined heat and power schemes.

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  • Strategy also needs to fit with UK policy and
    existing UK energy efficiency initiatives
  • Such as
  • Fuel tax
  • Road tax
  • Company car tax
  • Climate change levy
  • Energy efficiency commitment
  • Energy labelling of goods
  • Enhanced capital allowances
  • Community Energy programme
  • Carbon Trust
  • Energy Saving Trust

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Energy efficiency strategy
  • Key questions
  • What should be the priority sectors?
  • What are the barriers?
  • How can these be overcome?
  • Should the strategy set targets? In what form?
  • What new initiatives could feature?
  • Your views are welcome
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