Energy: Carbon Emissions
(asked on 12th September 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support energy firms to meet emissions reduction plans.
Answered by
Lord Callanan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Department is leading the delivery of the target to decarbonise the electricity sector fully by 2035, subject to security of supply. A priority area of energy production for reducing emissions is North Sea oil and gas extraction.
Through the North Sea Transition Deal, the sector committed to reducing emissions by 50% from 2018 to 2030, through measures including ending routine flaring and venting and delivering platform electrification. The North Sea Transition Authority estimates that UK upstream greenhouse gas emissions fell by 3% year-on-year in 2022, representing an overall reduction of 23% from 2018.