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Available to purchase at.Martin and Adrian examine the societal and economic complexities involved, advocating for clear policy frameworks and collaborative efforts to stimulate investment and accelerate progress in these hard-to-reach areas, which are vital for the UK's net zero ambitions.. Click the 'play button' above to watch the episode, or read our 5 Key Takeaways from this episode below.... 1.Focus on hard to abate Sectors is Critical:.
While significant progress has been made in general decarbonisation, achieving net zero hinges on addressing the most hard to abate sectors like iron, steel, cement, chemicals, and heavy transport (e.g., aviation), where electrification is not a straightforward solution.. 2.Beyond Electrification:.Diverse Technological Pathways Required: Decarbonising these sectors demands a range of innovative technologies beyond simple electrification, such as sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) for aviation or carbon capture solutions for cement production, often requiring significant energy inputs.. 3.
Need for Integrated Systemic Solutions:.Investment tends to focus on individual technologies, but the podcast stresses the importance of understanding the ‘network value’ and integration of these solutions within a broader, complex industrial system, rather than viewing them in isolation.. 4.
Governmental Intervention is Essential to Drive Change:.
The market alone is unlikely to deliver the necessary speed and scale of decarbonisation in these sectors.There will also be the potential to add other value driving services, such as atmospheric carbon removal, as well as hydrogen production with the cooling towers.
All of this work would turn these communities into clean energy hubs that will operate for decades to come..The future of coal.
Post-pandemic, we find coal surging to its highest ever level.In the UK we still have two gigawatts of coal in operation, and because the global recovery is an energy intensive process, places like China, Asia and Africa are burning coal to stimulate economic recovery.