Module B1 Study Book - the Graduate School of the Environment

10. The publication of a Decentralised Energy White Paper.
A couple of recent developments . . . .
Press Release: Mayor doubles renewable energy targets for new buildings
28 Sep 2006
“ Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has today set out plans to double
the carbon emissions reductions that developments must achieve, and
reiterated that tackling climate change through the way we construct our
new buildings in London remains a top priority . .
. . . . public consultation alterations to the London Plan. The new policies
double the carbon emission reductions that developments must achieve
through onsite renewable energy from 10 per cent to 20 per cent”
ODPM survey: Microgeneration requirement taken up in planning (9 June
2006)
. . . . looked at the 121 plans for new developments across England put
forward since the Planning Policy Statement 22 was introduced in August
2004, giving local authorities the right to impose minimum renewable
generation quotas for new build.
It examined whether local authorities were taking advantage of these newfound
powers, and found this to be the case in around a third (39 out of 121)
of the development plans.
References
Abu-Sharkh, S., Li, R., Markvart, T., Ross, N., Wilson, P., Yao, R., Steemers,
K., Kohler, J. and Arnold, R., Microgrids: Distributed on-site generation,
Tyndall Centre, 2004
Auer, J., Current issues: Energy prospects after the petroleum age, Deutsche
Bank Research, 2004
Boyle, G. ed. (2004) Renewable Energy: power for a sustainable future,
Milton Keynes, Open University & Oxford, Oxford University Press.
Boyle, G. et al. (2004) Energy Systems and Sustainability, Milton Keynes,
Open University & Oxford, Oxford University Press.
BWEA (2004), What happens when the Wind stops blowing?, online available
at: http://www.bwea.com/ref/stop.html,
Collins, J., A microgeneration manifesto, Green Alliance, 2004
Distributed generation in liberalised electricity markets, International Energy
Agency, 2002
DTI, Dept of Trade and Industry: Energy in Brief, at http://www.dti.gov.uk/
energy/inform/energy_in_brief/energyinbrief2005.pdf
Greenpeace, 2005, Decentralising Power: an energy revolution for the 21st
century, London, Greenpeace
http://www.ofgem.gov.uk/temp/ofgem/cache/cmsattach/10 20_
factsheet0602_27feb.pdf
108 Lecture: Britains Power System