Preparing the UK for Transition to a Low Carbon Future

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1 Preparing the UK for Transition to a Low Carbon Future IGEM, 23rd June Energy Technologies Institute LLP The information in this document is the property of Energy Technologies Institute LLP and may not be copied or communicated to a third party, or used for any purpose other than that for which it is supplied without the express written consent of Energy Technologies Institute LLP This information Energy is given Technologies in good faith based Institute upon the latest LLP information - Subject available to to notes Energy on Technologies page 1Institute LLP, no warranty or representation is given concerning such information, which must not be taken as establishing any contractual or other commitment binding upon Energy Technologies Institute LLP or any of its subsidiary or associated companies.

2 Agenda Introduction to the ETI Career path & challenges Preparing the UK for transition Q&A

3 What is the ETI? ETI technology programme areas ETI members ETI programme associate

4 What do we do? System level strategic planning Technology development & demonstration Delivering knowledge & innovation

5 The ETI works with:

6 Recent Insights Publications

7 CAREER PATH & CHALLENGES

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9 PREPARING THE UK FOR TRANSITION

10 Decarbonisation in the context of Increasing demand to 2050 Population: 62 to million Vehicles: 24 to million cars Housing: 24 to 38 million houses, 80% already exist Aging power production fleet UK climate change act By 2050, reduce UK s emissions by at least 80% compared to 1990 base level Action to date Decarbonising power sector Increasing energy efficiencies (especially households and vehicles)

11 UK energy flows 2015

12 Heat / Electricity (GW) Domestic and commercial heat demand 250 The gas grid is our biggest energy storage device 200 Heat Electricity Jan 10 Apr 10 July 10 Oct 10 GB 2010 heat and electricity hourly demand variability - commercial & domestic Data source: UKERC (2011)

13 Heat Demand (GW) Low carbon heating is a huge challenge 291GW 304GW +132 GW heat demand in 1 hr ( ) -121 GW heat demand in 1 hr ( ) 16 GW 8am 67 GW 6pm 100x the capacity of Dinorwig pumped store in 1 hour Time of Day Saturday 18 th Dec GW/hr = 36MW/s Dinorwig = 108MW/s and 1.32GW total

14 The next decade is critical in preparing for transition The UK can implement an affordable (~1% of GDP) 35-year transition to a low carbon energy system by developing, commercialising and integrating known - but currently underdeveloped solutions We need to focus on a basket of leading contender technologies Efficiency of vehicles, efficiency and heat for buildings, Nuclear, CCS, Bio, Offshore Wind, Gases There is enormous potential and value in CCS and bioenergy The ability (or failure) to deploy these two technologies will have a huge impact on the cost of achieving the climate change targets and the national architecture of low carbon systems and future infrastructure requirements To avoid wasting investment, crucial decisions must be made about the design of the future energy system, driven by choices on infrastructure

15 The UK can achieve an affordable transition (1-2% of GDP) Additional cost of delivering % CO2 energy system NPV bn No CCS % of 2050 GDP No building packages No nuclear No Bio No offshore wind No Targets Perfect low cost route Practical low cost route 1% of 2050 GDP No building efficiency packages No Nuclear No CCS No Bio No Offshore Wind

16 CCS is high value as it creates options application of the same infrastructure for power, industry, enabling bioenergy usage and H2 production ETI energy system modelling points to energy system-wide value of CCS extending beyond low carbon electricity generation Low carbon electricity from fossil fuels (DECC Demos) CCS with biomass (Drax programme) Gasification applications (ETI demos) CCS on industrial emissions (To follow) Negative emissions Flexible low carbon fuels (hydrogen, syngas) Enables continued use of fossil fuels where very expensive to replace Low carbon energy diversity, portfolio of flexible low carbon energy vectors, option value & robustness in meeting carbon targets

17 UK energy flows 2015

18 Infrastructure challenges predominantly mid and downstream Mean Reference Case 2050

19 Removing a key option leads to very different infrastructure requirements No CCS Sensitivity 2050

20 ETI CCS Programme Demonstration Development Knowledge Building CCS System Modelling Toolkit: 3M Nextgen1: up to 23M Pre Combustion Coal Storage Appraisal: 4M Capture Economics: 0.2M MMV Landscape: 0.2M Mineralisation: 1.4M Biomass with CCS: 0.8M Hydrogen & Storage: 0.3M CCS Development Scenarios 0.1M High Hydrogen: 2M Turbine & Engine Safety Strategic UK Storage Appraisal: 2M Thermal Power with CCS: 2M + Nextgen 2: up to 20M Post Combustion Gas Aquifer Appraisal: 2M Funding of NG Project MMV: 5M Marine monitoring 20

21 Supporting the development of Phase 2 Capture and Storage 18 th June 2015

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24 Thermal Power with CCS Project Opportunity to develop low cost, low risk GW scale power project, supported by CFD Rapid reduction in cost and risk by appropriate selection of technology, location and use of existing assets Attractive to developers and investors with a low to moderate risk appetite Be robust to the developing circumstances in CCS, potentially allowing companies to share risk through a co-venturing model ETI aims to support early stage development project Create investment case for identified project Learnings/insights to catalyse further projects Request for Proposals launched on 18 th June