This release includes annual estimates of low carbon and renewable energy economy activity in the UK and constituent countries: turnover, employment, exports, imports, acquisitions, disposals and number of businesses.

Annual estimates of Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Economy (LCREE) direct, indirect, and total turnover and employment in the UK, by sector and group. These are official statistics in development.

Experimental estimates of turnover and employment in the Low carbon and renewable energy economy (LCREE) in the UK, its constituent countries and regions of England using data from the LCREE Survey and the Inter-Departmental Business Register.

The turnover from the United Kingdom's Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Economy (LCREE) increased ** percent between 2015 and 2022, to **** billion GBP. The UK's low carbon electricity segment generated the most turnover in 2022, at ** billion GBP. Meanwhile, turnover from low emission vehicles and infrastructure more than doubled between 2015 and 2022, to just under ** billion GBP.

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Economy Survey (LCRES) is an annual survey designed to collect information from businesses working within the green economy, including low carbon and renewable energy activities. UK government departments and devolved administrations will use this information to assess and develop policies relating to green job creation, potential growth and investment opportunities both nationally and regionally. The LCRES was conducted for the first time in 2015, for the reporting year 2014. Continuity between the first and second year of the survey was ensured with minimal changes made to the questionnaire in the second year. The survey provides a number of high-level indicators of Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Economy (LCREE) activity such as turnover, number of businesses, imports, exports, employees and capital assets. Results from the LCRES can be used to show business activity in 17 specific sectors which can be aggregated into 6 LCREE groups. All businesses with an employment of 250 or above are selected, together with a random sample of businesses from each of the other strata, defined by 2-digit SIC 2007 industry classification, country and employment size-band. Businesses that are randomly sampled are generally expected to remain in the sample for 2 years. Further information about the LCRES is available on the ONS web pages.Linking to other business studies These data contain Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) reference numbers. These are anonymous but unique reference numbers assigned to business organisations. Their inclusion allows researchers to combine different business survey sources together. Researchers may consider applying for other business data to assist their research.For Secure Lab projects applying for access to this study as well as to SN 6697 Business Structure Database and/or SN 7683 Business Structure Database Longitudinal, only postcode-free versions of the data will be made available.Latest Edition Information For the ninth edition (September 2024), the 2022 data have been added to the study, and the 2020 and 2021 data have been updated, along with the User Guide and ONS data dictionaries. Main Topics: The dataset is produced from the results of the annual LCREE survey and allows for UK and country level estimates of turnover, employment, imports, exports, acquisitions and disposals from this part of the UK economy, broken down by seventeen sectors that make up the UK LCRES (onshore wind, offshore wind, solar, hydropower, other renewable electricity, bioenergy, alternative fuels, renewable heat, renewable combined heat and power, energy efficient lighting, energy efficient products, energy monitoring, saving or control systems, low carbon consultancy financial and advisory services, low emission vehicles and infrastructure, carbon capture and storage, nuclear power, fuel cells and energy storage system).

There were approximately *** thousand full-time equivalent jobs in the UK's Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Economy (LCREE) in 2022. Around ** percent of LCREE jobs were in the energy efficient products subsector. Meanwhile, the UK's low carbon electricity sector employed around ** thousand people, with the nuclear power and offshore wind subsectors the biggest employers within this segment.

Detailed estimates of low carbon and renewable energy economy total activity in the UK, by country, renewables group and overall group activity.

Turnover from the United Kingdom's Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Economy (LCREE) was estimated at **** billion GBP in 2022. The biggest overall contributor to this total was the energy efficient products segment, with almost ** billion GDP. Within the low carbon electricity segment, offshore and onshore wind generated the most turnover, at approximately **** and *** billion GBP, respectively.

About the Project This paper draws on KAPSARC’s energy productivity work focused on how shifting to a growth model based around higher energy productivity can benefit Saudi Arabia and the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Energy productivity is both a policy agenda focusing on how energy can best be used to create value in the economy, and an indicator which integrates economic growth with energy consumption. At the macroeconomic level, energy productivity describes how much GDP can be produced using an amount of energy. It is the mathematical inverse of energy intensity and is both a reflection of what activities energy is used for (the structural make-up for the economy), and how well energy is used in specific activities (the level of energy efficiency). At the microeconomic level energy productivity focuses on how much revenue is produced from economic activities per unit of energy consumption. This is related but distinct from energy efficiency which focuses on how much physical output is produced per unit of energy consumption. KAPSARC has partnered with UNESCWA to explore the energy productivity potential of Saudi Arabia and the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council and will release a synthesis report of this work later in 2017. Key Points A common priority across G20 countries is the need to reinvigorate economies through an economic transformation that delivers a higher level of better quality growth. At KAPSARC, the need to improve economic growth and deliver climate goals agreed at COP21 in Paris is being investigated using an energy productivity framework, or how greater value can be obtained from the energy system for each unit of energy consumed. Energy productivity is an economic planning tool that is increasingly being used in G20 countries to help achieve sustainable development goals. Its key elements are structural change towards higher value added economic activities and improving energy efficiency. A focus on lifting productivity across the economy aligns naturally with the need to lift overall economic productivity, which is the main long-term driver of growth. Faced with the current extended period of weak international growth and low commodity prices, Saudi Arabia has intensified diversification efforts aimed at more sustained and sustainable economic development. Key elements of the diversification strategy involve boosting private sector investment and improving business conditions; a significant fiscal stimulus to households and industry; increasing energy prices to help diversify government revenue and support structural change and energy efficiency in the economy; and increasing the share of renewable energy in the energy mix. Such pro-growth measures to realign the Saudi economy towards a higher-value added, more energy efficient economy will lift the Kingdom’s energy productivity and contribute to achieving its Nationally Determined Commitment to avoid 130 million tons of CO2-e as set out at COP21 in Paris.

Low-carbon energy is defined as renewable energy (wind, wave, solar and geothermal), plus hydro and nuclear.

There were approximately *** thousand full-time equivalent jobs in the UK's Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Economy (LCREE) in 2022. This figure has grown by ** percent since 2015. *** thousand of these LCREE jobs were in the energy efficiency products segment. Additionally, there were just over ****** jobs in the low emission vehicles and infrastructure segment in 2022, a near threefold increase from 2015 figures.

This dataset captures operational, environmental, behavioral, and economic variables relevant to low-carbon community energy planning. It includes real-time indicators such as solar and wind generation, grid demand, and battery state of charge. Electric vehicle parameters and user responsiveness are integrated to model mobility and behavioral uncertainty. Weather conditions such as temperature and humidity are included to reflect real-world environmental fluctuations. The dataset also records economic factors like electricity price and reward signals for optimized dispatch strategies. Carbon intensity metrics support the evaluation of environmental impacts across different scenarios.

The data has been sourced from the International Renewable Energy Agency (https://pxweb.irena.org/pxweb/en/IRENASTAT). The indicators on energy transition have been formulated to help users understand the progress in the adoption of renewable energy sources vis-à-vis the increasing energy requirements.Sources: International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) (2022), Renewable Energy Statistics 2022, https://pxweb.irena.org/pxweb/en/IRENASTAT; IMF Staff Calculations.Category: Mitigation,Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy Data series: Electricity GenerationElectricity Installed Capacity Metadata:Electricity generation: The gross electricity produced by electricity plants, combined heat and power plants (CHP) and the distribution generators measured at the output terminals of generation. It includes on-grid and off-grid generation, and it also includes the electricity self-consumed in energy industries; not only the electricity fed into the grid (net electricity generation). The indicator is expressed in the Dashboard in Gigawatt hours (GWh).Electricity Installed Capacity: The maximum active power that can be supplied continuously (i.e., throughout a prolonged period in a day with the whole plant running) at the point of outlet (i.e. after taking the power supplies for the station auxiliaries and allowing for the losses in those transformers considered integral to the station). This assumes no restriction of interconnection to the network. It does not include overload capacity that can only be sustained for a short period of time (e.g., internal combustion engines momentarily running above their rated capacity). For most countries and technologies, the data on installed capacity on the Dashboard reflects the capacity installed and connected at the end of the calendar year and are expressed in Mega Watts (MW). The renewable power capacity data shown in these tables represents the maximum net generating capacity of power plants and other installations that use renewable energy sources to produce electricity. For most countries and technologies, the data reflects the capacity installed and connected at the end of the calendar year. Pumped storage is included in total capacity but excluded from total generation. The capacity data are presented in megawatts (MW) and the generation data are presented in gigawatt-hours (GWh). All the data are rounded to the nearest one MW/GWh, with figures between zero and 0.5 shown as a 0.