- More details on plans to extend the UK emissions trading scheme to the energy from waste and waste incineration sectors
- Expanding the plan will ensure that a greater proportion of emissions are capped
- Views were also sought on plans to expand the scope of the scheme to include UK-based greenhouse gas removal techniques.
The UK emissions trading scheme (ETSE) The Authority has today published a consultation package on UK enlargement. ETSE include energy from the waste and waste incineration sectors. It is also consulting on how engineered greenhouse gas removals, such as direct airborne carbon capture, could be integrated and whether high-quality nature-based removals could be suitable for the plan.
He ETSE It is a key part of the UK's approach to tackling climate change. It requires operators under the scheme to earn rights for each unit of carbon they emit. These emissions rights can be exchanged between participants, generating a carbon price that encourages companies to invest in cleaner or renewable energy sources and greater energy efficiency.
The United Kingdom ETSE It currently applies to the aviation, energy and industrial sectors, but since its creation in 2021, the Authority has been examining how carbon pricing can drive decarbonisation across more of the economy.
Stakeholders are invited to share views on the two consultations to further limit carbon emissions and support progress towards net zero emissions. It follows previous consultation commitments, made last year as part of ambitious reforms to the scheme.
In a joint statement, UK Emissions Trading Scheme Authority ministers Lord Callanan and Huw Irranca-Davies. EMMaria McAllan MSPAndrew Muir M.L.A.MPs Anthony Browne and Gareth Davies said:
These consultations deliver on our commitments to provide greater clarity on UK expansion. ETSE to the energy from waste and waste incineration sectors, and the integration of greenhouse gas absorptions into the regime.
The consultation on waste emissions will help create certainty to drive investment in decarbonisation, as well as helping businesses make the necessary preparations for the expansion of the scheme. For greenhouse gas removal, this is an important step towards building a thriving market for carbon removal in the UK.
The 2 queries cover:
- like the uk ETSE will be expanded to include fossils CO2 emissions from waste energy and waste incineration from 2028. This includes a two-year phase-in period for the sector from 2026, during which emissions will be monitored, reported and verified, with no obligation to buy or deliver ETSE allowances until full membership in 2028. This will work alongside other initiatives to decarbonise the sector by providing an incentive for the industry to adopt decarbonising technologies.
- How UK-based designed greenhouse gas removal technologies, such as direct air carbon capture, where carbon dioxide is removed from the air and permanently stored, could be integrated in the UK. ETSE. Its goal is to provide a long-term market for GGR. It also asks whether the carbon stored by the creation of new forests in the UK could be integrated into the UK. ETSE
These will be followed by two further consultations in due course, on how to expand the UK. ETSE scheme in the national maritime sector from 2026, and on how the scheme would recognize methods other than pipelines for moving caught fish. CO2 to storage, including by road, rail or sea transport.
The United Kingdom ETSE The authority is made up of the UK Government, the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs of Northern Ireland. The plan was launched in January 2021, following the United Kingdom's departure from the EU. ETSE.
Background
Consultations are now open:
