The Challenge
The Mayor of London has set ambitious carbon reduction targets for London: to reduce the capital's emissions by 60 per cent from their 1990 levels by 2025. To achieve them will require radical changes in energy usage and production as well as behavioural changes.
The Central London boroughs are investing in a number of initiatives to support this target, including:
- Funding infrastructure for electric vehicles
- Retrofitting initiatives
- Identifying and taking forward opportunities for local decentralised energy
Central London Forward will support this work and add strategic value where we can.
Achieving Low Carbon and Decentralised Energy in Central London
As a follow-up piece of work* to the Central London Infrastructure Assessment, CLF has commissioned consultants URS to carry out further investigation into carbon reduction plans in central London.
The there main objectives of the study are to:
- Conduct a gap analysis of existing studies and regional and local authority action plans for achieving carbon reduction targets
- Review emerging plans for decentralised energy networks, assess key barriers/constraints to successful implementation
- Put forward recommendations on potential improvements and/or areas of further work
The report provides a concise and fascinating overview of the regulatory elements and policies which currently hinder the successful proliferation of decentralised energy, and how local authorities and central Government need to work in partnership to tackle these barriers.
You can download a copy of the report here (2.2MB).
*Commissioned with the support of LDA funds.
