Which factors are critical to the UK achieving its energy-transition goals?
On a basic level there are two crucial factors – supply and demand. On the demand side you have energy users – households, businesses, industry, government etc that are trying to reduce their energy usage, find efficiencies and switch to renewable energy sources.
On the supply side you have generators of renewable energy. A lot of the UK’s energy transition will involve electrification, which refers to the replacement of fossil fuels with renewable electricity to run vehicles or heat your home. But there are some areas, for example aviation or certain industrial applications, that aren’t suited to electrification because they require high energy density or high temperatures. Here, we’ll need niche alternative fuels, such as biofuels, to fill the gap.