Government Consultation Microgeneration
Released on 13/07/2010
Microgeneration Strategy Consultation
On 12th July 2010, the Government announced a consultation on a new Microgeneration Strategy. This Strategy will look forward to 2020 and cover England only, and seeks views on four key policy areas that can help decarbonise the way we heat our homes and businesses, reducing the UK’s CO2 emissions and contributing to our target of sourcing 20% of all EU energy from renewables by 2020. The Strategy will cover heat technologies up to 300kW and up to 50kW for electricity. The objectives of this Strategy are to:
The consultation will look at four key areas for development:
On 12th July 2010, the Government announced a consultation on a new Microgeneration Strategy. This Strategy will look forward to 2020 and cover England only, and seeks views on four key policy areas that can help decarbonise the way we heat our homes and businesses, reducing the UK’s CO2 emissions and contributing to our target of sourcing 20% of all EU energy from renewables by 2020. The Strategy will cover heat technologies up to 300kW and up to 50kW for electricity. The objectives of this Strategy are to:
- Set out the priorities for action in the near and medium term, in particular tackling the non-financial barriers facing the sector.
- Promote a holistic approach to reducing carbon emissions in homes through energy efficiency, local energy generation and behavioural change.
- Develop the microgeneration supply chain to ensure it is able to meet the expected rise in demand, in the process creating and sustaining jobs and thus helping to maximise the benefits of the green economy in the UK for small-scale renewable and low carbon onsite energy.
The consultation will look at four key areas for development:
- Quality: ensure consumers have confidence that equipment and installation is reliable and adheres to the highest standards.
- Technology: examine how to improve products through more trialling of technologies new to the UK
- Skills: develop the microgeneration supply chain to ensure it is properly equipped with the right people to meet the expected rise in demand, as well as creating and sustaining jobs in the UK.
- Advice: provide more accessible advice and information about microgeneration to homeowners, communities and small businesses.
Rather than follow recent practice, and produce a document on which interested parties can comment, we wish to make sure that all those with the greatest knowledge and expertise in this field can contribute to the development of a draft strategy, which can then be widely consulted on later this year.
The process will include round-table discussions, steering groups, and a set of four working groups which will look at the key areas mentioned above.
Questions around the four key areas will be posted shortly on the DECC website.
The process will include round-table discussions, steering groups, and a set of four working groups which will look at the key areas mentioned above.
Questions around the four key areas will be posted shortly on the DECC website.
How to respond
A response can be submitted to:
e-mail: microgenconsult@decc.gsi.gov.uk
Letter: Microgeneration Strategy Consultation , Distributed Energy and Heat Policy Team, Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), Area 1E, 3 Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2AW
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