UK Power Market Outlook to 2035, Update 2024 - Market Trends, Regulations, and Competitive Landscape
Summary
This report discusses the power market structure of UK and provides historical and forecast numbers for capacity, generation, and consumption up to 2035. Detailed analysis of the country’s power market regulatory structure, competitive landscape, and a list of major power plants are provided. The report also gives a snapshot of the power sector in the country on broad parameters of macroeconomics, supply security, generation infrastructure, transmission and distribution infrastructure, electricity import and export scenario, degree of competition, regulatory scenario, and future potential. An analysis of the deals in the country’s power sector is also included in the report.
Scope
- Snapshot of the country’s power sector across parameters - macroeconomics, supply security, generation infrastructure, transmission infrastructure, electricity import and export scenario, degree of competition, regulatory scenario, and future potential of the power sector.
- Statistics for installed capacity, generation, and consumption from 2015 to 2023, and forecast for the next 12 years to 2035
- Capacity, generation, and major power plants by technology
- Data on leading active and upcoming power plants
- Information on transmission and distribution infrastructure, and electricity imports and exports
- Policy and regulatory framework governing the market
- Detailed analysis of top market participants, including market share analysis and SWOT analysis
- Identify opportunities and plan strategies by having a strong understanding of the investment opportunities in the country’s power sector
- Identify key factors driving investment opportunities in the country’s power sector
- Facilitate decision-making based on strong historic and forecast data
- Develop strategies based on the latest regulatory events
- Position yourself to gain the maximum advantage of the industry’s growth potential
- Identify key partners and business development avenues
- Identify key strengths and weaknesses of important market participants
- Respond to your competitors’ business structure, strategy, and prospects
- 1 Executive Summary
- 1.1 UK may miss 50GW offshore wind capacity target.
- 1.2 UK will continue unabated gas in the electricity market beyond 2030.
- 2 Introduction
- 2.1 UK Power Market
- 2.2 GlobalData Report Guidance
- 3 UK Power Market, Snapshot
- 3.1 Country Summary
- 3.2 Macroeconomic Factors
- 3.3 Supply Security
- 3.4 Opportunities
- 3.5 Challenges
- 3.6 Geopolitical crisis
- 4 UK Power Market, Market Analysis
- 4.1 Market Structure
- 4.2 Key Market Players
- 4.3 Financial Deals
- Deal Value and Volume, 2015–2023
- Deals by Type, 2023
- 4.4 UK Power Market, Demand Structure
- Power Consumption by Sector, 2023
- 4.5 UK Power Market, Drivers, Restraints, and Challenges
- Drivers
- Restraints
- 5 Renewable Energy Policy, UK
- 5.1 Renewable Energy Market, Overview
- 5.2 Policy Snapshot
- 5.3 Renewable Energy Targets
- 5.4 Electricity Market Reform 2011
- 5.5 Climate Change Act
- 5.6 The Clean Growth Strategy and Clean Growth Grand Challenge
- 5.7 Carbon Reduction target 2030
- 5.8 Hydrogen Policy in the UK
- Overview
- The Prime Minister’s Ten Point Plan 2020
- Hydrogen Strategy
- Powering our Net Zero Future: White Paper
- Sixth Carbon Budget Report issued by the Climate Change Committee
- Sector Development Action Plan
- 5.9 Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin
- 5.1 Renewable Obligation Order
- 5.11 Contracts for Difference (CfD)
- 5.12 Impact of Brexit on UK energy industry
- 5.13 Carbon Emissions Tax 2018
- 5.14 Carbon Price Floor (CPF)
- 5.15 Carbon Price Support
- 5.16 Climate Change Levy
- 5.17 Smart Metering
- 5.18 Smart Exposure Guarantee (SEG)
- 5.19 Strategies and legislation in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Wales
- 5.2 Review of Electricity Market Arrangements (REMA)
- 5.21 British Energy Security Strategy
- Package of support for innovative energy
- Net Zero Strategy
- 6 UK Power Market, Capacity and Generation
- 6.1 Cumulative Capacity Share by Technology, 2023
- 6.2 Total Power Capacity and Generation, 2015–2035
- 6.3 Thermal Power Capacity and Generation, 2015–2035
- 6.4 Hydropower Capacity and Generation, 2015–2035
- 6.5 Nuclear Power Capacity and Generation, 2015–2035
- 6.6 Renewable Power Capacity and Generation, 2015–2035
- 7 UK Power Market, Transmission and Distribution Overview
- 7.1 Transmission Network
- 7.2 Distribution Network
- 7.3 Electricity Import and Export
- 7.4 Grid Interconnection
- 7.5 Electricity Trading
- 8 UK Power Market, Major Generating Companies
- 8.1 RWE AG
- Company Overview
- Business Description
- SWOT Overview
- 8.2 SSE Plc
- Company Overview
- Business Description
- SWOT Overview
- 8.3 Uniper SE
- Company Overview
- Business Description
- SWOT Overview
- 8.4 Electricite de France SA
- Company Overview
- Business Description
- SWOT Overview
- 8.5 Energeticky a Prumyslovy Holding AS
- Company Overview
- Business Description
- SWOT Overview
- 9 Appendix
- 9.1 Abbreviations
- 9.2 Methodology
- Coverage
- Secondary Research
- Primary Research
- Modelling and Forecasting
- 10 About GlobalData
- 11 Contact Us
- List of Tables
- Table 1: Power Market, UK, Macroeconomic Factors, 2015–2030
- Table 2: Policy Snapshot, UK, 2023
- Table 3: Capacity auctions held until 2024.
- Table 4: Renewable Obligation, Technology Eligibility, UK
- Table 5: Renewable Obligation (ROC/MWh), UK, 2009–2023
- Table 6: Renewable Energy, CfD First Allocation Round Results, UK, 2015
- Table 7: Renewable Energy, CfD Second Allocation Round Results, UK, 2017
- Table 8: Renewable Energy, CfD Third Allocation Round Results, UK, 2019
- Table 9: Renewable Energy, CfD Fourth Allocation Round Results, UK, 2022
- Table 10: Renewable Energy, CfD Fifth Allocation Round Results, UK, 2023
- Table 11: Carbon Price Support (CPS) rates of Climate Change Levy (CCL) in Great Britain
- Table 12: Climate Change Levy (GBP/kWh or /kg), UK, 2016–2021
- Table 13: Percentage Discount for CCA holders (%), UK, 2016–2021
- Table 14: Carbon Price Support Rates* for Climate Change Levy, UK, 2015–2021
- Table 15: Suppliers Rates for Smart Export Guarantee (1st April 2023 – 31st March 2024)
- Table 16: Smart Export Guarantee Tariff, UK, 2022
- Table 17: Power Market, UK, Cumulative Capacity and Annual Generation, 2015–2035
- Table 18: Power Market, UK, Cumulative Capacity and Annual Generation Share by Technology, 2015–2035
- Table 19: Thermal Power Market, UK, Cumulative Capacity and Annual Generation, 2015–2035
- Table 20: Thermal Power Market, UK, Major Plants, 2023
- Table 21: Hydropower Market, UK, Cumulative Capacity and Annual Generation, 2015–2035
- Table 22: Hydropower Market, UK, Major Plants, 2023
- Table 23: Nuclear Power Market, UK, Cumulative Capacity and Annual Generation, 2015–2035
- Table 24: Nuclear Power Market, UK, Major Plants, 2023
- Table 25: Renewable Power Market, UK, Cumulative Capacity (GW), 2015–2035
- Table 26: Renewable Power Market, UK, Annual Generation (TWh), 2015–2035
- Table 27: Renewable Power Market, UK, Major Plants, 2023
- Table 28: Power Market, UK, Transmission Line Length (Ckm) by Voltage Level, 2015–2028
- Table 29: Power Market, UK, Distribution Line Length (Ckm) by Voltage Level, 2015–2028
- Table 30: Power Market, UK, Annual Electricity Import and Export in TWh, 2015–2023
- Table 31: Power Market, UK, Upcoming Interconnection Projects
- Table 32: Abbreviations
- List of Figures
- Figure 1: Power Market, UK, Offshore Wind Cumulative Capacity, 2023–2030
- Figure 2: Power Market, UK, Natural Gas Cumulative Capacity in GW, 2023–2035
- Figure 3: Power Market, UK, Country Summary
- Figure 4: Power Market, UK, Macroeconomic Factors, 2015–2030
- Figure 5: Power Market, UK, Market Structure
- Figure 6: Power Market, UK, Market Share of Generation Companies (%), 2023
- Figure 7: Power Market, UK, Deal Value and Number of Deals, 2015–2023
- Figure 8: Power Market, UK, Deals by Type (%), 2023
- Figure 9: Power Market, UK, Annual Power Consumption, 2015–2035
- Figure 10: Power Market, UK, Power Consumption by Sector (%), 2023
- Figure 11: Power Market, UK, Cumulative Capacity Share by Technology (%), 2023
- Figure 12: Power Market, UK, Cumulative Capacity and Annual Generation, 2015–2035
- Figure 13: Power Market, UK, Capacity Share by Technology, 2015–2035
- Figure 14: Power Market, UK, Annual Generation Share by Technology, 2015–2035
- Figure 15: Thermal Power Market, UK, Cumulative Capacity and Annual Generation, 2015–2035
- Figure 16: Hydropower Market, UK, Cumulative Capacity and Annual Generation, 2015–2035
- Figure 17: Nuclear Power Market, UK, Cumulative Capacity and Annual Generation, 2015–2035
- Figure 18: Renewable Power Market, UK, Cumulative Capacity, 2015–2035
- Figure 19: Renewable Power Market, UK, Annual Generation, 2015–2035
- Figure 20: Power Market, UK, Annual Electricity Import and Export, 2015–2023
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