Objective
To develop a strategy for the exploitation of renewable energy resources in the eastern region of the United Kingdom.
The prinicpal aims are:
- To assist the region to respond to UK, European Union and international obligations to increase the use of renewable energy.
- To provide information on renewable energy in order to improve local awareness of its environmental and commercial potential.
- To promote a regional market for renewable energy and to assess the potential of various training and information initiatives in order to facilitate the development of individual renewable energy schemes.
- To identify renewable energy resources in the region and evaluate the opportunities for their deployment.
- To promote a policy framework for a local level development plan which is fully integrated with established land use and economic developmentstrategies in the region.
- To disseminate the results of the study widely so that the lessons can be applied in other regions.
Most development in the UK is controlled through a locally administered town and country planning system. To encourage the fuller use of renewable energy resources in the UK, it is essential that these plans make suitable provision for renewable energy projects.
This study covers the area to the north of Greater London and the extensive lowlands of East Anglia, and includes the counties of Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. The region has substantial areas of 'set-aside' arable land creating opportunities for energy crop production. The region also has substantial waste resources.
The principal activities undertaken in the study include:
- A review of the existing local policy framework for renewable energy development.
- An analysis of renewable energy resources and the identification of development opportunities.
- An examination of local attitudes towards renewable energy and of barriers to development.
- Liaison with local planning authorities to help them produce a comprehensive planning policy framework for the increased use of renewable energy in the Eastern Region. Discussions will also take place with regional electricity companies on the opportunities for renewable energy development which have been identified in the study.
- Dissemination of the results through a published report, seminar sessions and presentations to local planners and energy industry representatives.
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BH7 7DU Bournemouth
United Kingdom
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