The ADE’s two Missions encapsulate what the UK needs to do should we want to reach net zero by 2050 without breaking the bank.

It is essential that the profound importance of Empowering Energy Demand and Decarbonising British Heat are given the political attention they deserve and we see action now.

The ADE and its members are already working hard to achieve this. Will you join us?

Empowering Energy Demand

Embracing the value of a decarbonised, demand-led energy system, creating a future where households, businesses and industry are properly rewarded.

The current electricity system is creaking under the demands of a rapidly changing system.

We must harness the millions of EVs, heat pumps and the immense industrial demand we have right now to lower bills and keep our electricity system operable. Instead, we’re fighting against them. Even more than that, industrial energy is decarbonising with long-term consequences for our energy system – creating new infrastructure and unlocking even greater sources of flexibility.

The Government, Ofgem, the CCC and others all recognise that households, businesses and industry should play an active role in a decarbonised electricity system. Now is the time to make this a reality.

We are asking the Government to ensure that they are a core part of Clean Energy by 2030, the Review of Electricity Market Arrangements and the establishment of the National Energy System Operator.

Decarbonising British Heat

Transforming how UK homes and businesses are heated, for a future where heat is secure, clean and drives economic growth.

The pursuit of economic growth will be the hallmark of this Government but we’re not seizing an opportunity right in front of our eyes.

Heat network infrastructure is already outperforming the Treasury’s test of every £1 of public sector funding leveraging more than £3 of private sector investment; investment that’s going into local content and local jobs that can’t be offshored.

Furthermore, there are so many sources of underused heat that we could be using to secure our energy and support industrial investment here in the UK, including Energy from Waste through industrial combined heat and power and disused mines to data centres.

Heat decarbonisation is not just key to meeting our legally binding targets, it will support us to a lower cost pathway for energy decarbonisation overall – providing flexibility and thermal storage for the public benefit.

The Government needs to act now. It needs to make low carbon heating the economically sensible thing to do and create zones able to attract billions of pounds in infrastructure investment and maximise our homegrown sources of heat.