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EDC Serial Number EDC0000065
Title UK Government Energy and Emissions Projections
Data Location https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/energy-and-emissions-projections
Linked Dataset outside of EDC
Description Annual energy projections, analyzing and projecting future energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in the UK to assist in monitoring progress towards meeting carbon budgets for the UK and to inform energy policy and associated analytical work across government departments.
DOI (none given)
Sector Other
Coverage United Kingdom
Start: 01/01/2008
End: 31/12/2049
2000 - 2012 available in archive
Usage Rights for this Data Open Access
This data may be freely used for any purpose
Data Type Website
Parameter Names
Units (none given)
Number of Records (none given)
IEA Category Energy system analysis
Other Supporting Data
Environmental, social and economic impacts
Creator of the Data UK Government
Data made available by UK Government
Format Various
Language English
Project Energy and/or Emissions Projections
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Other Information The projections are based on assumptions of future economic growth, fossil fuel prices, electricity generation costs, UK population and other key variables regularly updated. They also give an indication of the impact of the uncertainty around some of these input assumptions.
Each year, a PDF report is produced, along with a number of Annexes which are spreadsheets of the tables in the reports.