Table 4 Outline of the Analysed UK Energy Scenarios

DECC - ‘Base’

Base

‘Business as usual’ scenario – does not achieve

the UK 2050 decarbonisation target [21]

DECC - ‘Spread Effort’

SE

Effort and resources evenly spread across the various energy subsectors

to meet 2050 targets [21]

DECC - ‘Solid Biofuel Focus’

SBF

A scenario with strong focus on cultivating solid biofuels for energy [21]

UKERC – ‘Reference’

REF

Continue with ‘firm and funded’ 2007 Energy White Paper policies

([50, 83])

UKERC – ‘Carbon Ambition

CAM

Achieves the UK 2050 targets – an 80% reduction

in ‘greenhouse gas’ (GHG) emissions [83]

UKERC – ‘Carbon Super Ambition’

CSAM

Achieve 90% reduction in GHG emissions by 2050

to mitigate international bunker fuels [83]

CAT – ‘Zero Carbon Britain’

ZCB2030

Reduce total UK CO₂ emissions by 90%, and adopt ‘carbon sequestration’ measures

to remove the 10% of residual emissions to achieve net zero by 2030 [8].