all<\/em> energy) for all its member states.\u00a0 The national target varies by country.\u00a0 The UK managed to talk its total down to 15% by 2020.\u00a0 In 2014 renewable energy made up 7% of UK energy production.\u00a0\u00a0 Surprisingly the EU expect the UK to just fall short of the 15% target by 2020 which is good news.\u00a0 Less good news is we are leaving and the target has pretty much been dumped.\u00a0 I mean have you heard this talked about since June last year or in the GE2017 campaign?\u00a0 In addition all the renewable support has been heavily cut with the exception of renewable heat and off shore wind (of more later).\u00a0 This looks like a casualty of brexit but a lot of the investment is in place and off shore wind is being encouraged for other reasons.\u00a0 So the irony is we may still make this target (more or less).\u00a0 As a passing thought, one surprise of looking at the EU data is renewable heat and cooling makes up over 50% of the renewable energy at present in the EU, not electricity.<\/p>\nNuclear power.<\/strong>\u00a0 Like most of brexit the full implications were not thought about by anyone and the government is still rushing headlong without pausing towards the exit door.\u00a0 One probable casualty is Euroatom and with it potentially all nuclear power in the UK (which even UKIP love).\u00a0 The European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom) is a treaty organisation distinct from the EU but made up of its members.\u00a0 Its something none of us have heard of until recently.\u00a0 It governs the safe use of nuclear power in Europe and the UK government has announced we are leaving.\u00a0 There lies a problem. \u00a0 The treaty covers movement of all nuclear material and the construction of new nuclear reactors and operation of existing ones.\u00a0 It also covers research into new technologies such as ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) and the experimental reactor at Culham.\u00a0 According to those in the know all current operating reactors are at risk plus of course Hinkley C and all the research.\u00a0 As far I am concerned this could be on of the few benefits of brexit.\u00a0 The government of got less than 2 years to sort this out.\u00a0 Meanwhile ground works at Hinkley are continuing apace…<\/p>\nInterconnectors.<\/strong>\u00a0 As noted above off shore wind installation is still powering ahead with plans for controversial off shore wind farms in Scotland sufficient to power 1.4 million homes just legally agreed (after a court case).\u00a0 A whole heap of inter-connectors have been planned with a view to moving excess power around, with one through the channel tunnel under construction.\u00a0 Being cynical I think the government is keen on them since it has severe private doubts (justified) about new nuclear build.\u00a0 The single market makes trading much easier and this includes electricity.\u00a0 Some remoaners reckon the planned inter-connectors are at risk.\u00a0 However, it seems likely that if either we or our neighbours want electricity we will find a way of connecting to each other and selling it.<\/p>\nIndustrial production.<\/strong>\u00a0 Access to the EU’s single market has been great for the UK’s economy over the last few decades.\u00a0 Fact.\u00a0 Almost 60% of our trade (including 3rd party countries with which the EU has trade agreements) is with the EU.\u00a0 Siemens is cutting back its investment in its off shore wind turbine production at Hull now only producing for the UK market and not the rest of the EU.\u00a0 But other areas are at risk such as micro-wind production (where the UK dominates) along with wave and tidal (with much R&D going on here).\u00a0 We will need access to the single market and customs union for all<\/strong> our industry.<\/p>\nThis quick scoot through UK energy system post brexit shows plenty of problems have emerged from brexit.\u00a0 Whilst I understand why people voted leave I wish they had thought about the full implications.\u00a0 This is going to be so complicated and take a decade or more to fully sort out.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>The first is that of the EU renewable energy targets<\/strong>.\u00a0 The EU has a renewable energy target of 20% (of all<\/em> energy) for all its member states.\u00a0 The national target varies by country.\u00a0 The UK managed to talk its total down to 15% by 2020.\u00a0 In 2014 renewable energy made up 7% of UK energy production.\u00a0\u00a0 Surprisingly the EU expect the UK to just fall short of the 15% target by 2020 which is good news.\u00a0 Less good news is we are leaving and the target has pretty much been dumped.\u00a0 I mean have you heard this talked about since June last year or in the GE2017 campaign?\u00a0 In addition all the renewable support has been heavily cut with the exception of renewable heat and off shore wind (of more later).\u00a0 This looks like a casualty of brexit but a lot of the investment is in place and off shore wind is being encouraged for other reasons.\u00a0 So the irony is we may still make this target (more or less).\u00a0 As a passing thought, one surprise of looking at the EU data is renewable heat and cooling makes up over 50% of the renewable energy at present in the EU, not electricity.<\/p>\n