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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
The Committee on Climate Change's most recent assessment of the UK's progress towards meeting its carbon budgets shows that UK emissions are 41% below 1990 levels. The UK Government's Industrial Strategy white paper stat...
Funded by: ISCF
Lead research organisation: University of Strathclyde
The project discusses the development of local smart energy systems, which is related to the question about local generation and system upgrades, but does not directly address the cost implications of moving to a net-zero emissions economy.
A key potential pillar of the energy revolution - and one of the most uncertain in its technological configuration, economic impact, societal trade-offs and regulatory control - is the growth of local energy systems (LES...
Funded by: ISCF
Lead research organisation: University of Strathclyde
The project focuses on the scale-up of local energy systems and their impacts, which is relevant to the question about local generation and system upgrades, but does not directly address the cost implications of moving to a net-zero emissions economy.
Private ownership of the electricity industry means large scale investments are often less attractive than smaller, modular generation with rapid construction times. Emerging technologies for such smaller, 'decentralised...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: University of Surrey
The project discusses decentralised polygeneration of energy, which is relevant to the question about local generation and system upgrades, but does not fully address the cost implications of moving to a net-zero emissions economy.