Research and analysis

Updating evidence on energy efficiency potential for UK industry

A report on the scope for improvements in energy efficiency in UK industry.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Published: 24 March 2026

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Updating evidence on energy efficiency potential for UK industry

Ref: RAF018/2324

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Updating evidence on energy efficiency potential for the UK fuels sector including refineries

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This work updates the evidence relating to the potential for improvements in energy efficiency in UK industry. In this context, EE reduces the delivered energy consumed per unit of production of industrial output. 

This report updates the 2015 Industrial Decarbonisation and EE Roadmaps to 2050, which considered energy-related levers available to decarbonise industry, including EE, fuel switching and carbon capture, utilisation and storage. This research relates to EE measures available within the industrial process only, and does not include building level or behavioural EE measures.

Published 24 March 2026