Thursday 29 Jul 10
Hydro - Policy
Being a renewable, emission-free source of electricity, hydro has potential to play a significant role in meeting emission reduction targets, whilst also providing energy security. Micro-hydro is supported by policies designed to increase the use of microgeneration, and is also subject to a number of planning requirements.
Specific issues such as impacts on fisheries and required permits are covered in other sections. This section looks at policies to support small-scale generation and some environmental considerations to take into account when planning an installation.
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- Other Resources
- Organisations
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- Amended circular on environmental impact assessment: A consultation paper
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- 0342-GovC
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- DCLG, January 2006
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- External Web Link
- Link:
- www.communities.gov.uk/archived/publicat...
- This Circular gives guidance on the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment)(England and Wales) Regulations 1999 (SI 1999 No 293) as amended by the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment)(Amendment) Regulations 2006. Amendments are being made to Circular 02/99: Environmental Impact Assessment on screening guidance, recent case law and the incorporation of public participation requirements into EIA legislation. Text is being amended where necessary and old references updated. There is a simultaneous consultation on good practice guidance aimed at developers. Please note the consultation period for this document has ended. v show details
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- Climate change and sustainable energy act 2006
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- 0099-GovC
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- UK Government, January 2006
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- External Web Link
- Link:
- www.opsi.gov.uk/ACTS/acts2006/20060019.h...
- An act with the principal purpose of enhancing the UK's contribution to combating climate change.v show details
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- Government renewable energy policy
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- 0515-GovC
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- Department of Energy and Climate Change
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- External Web Link
- Link:
- www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/what_we_d...
- This the policy page on the DECC website which links to various policy documents.v show details
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- Microgeneration strategy: Power from the people
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- 0160-GovC
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- DTI, January 2006
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- External Web Link
- Link:
- www.berr.gov.uk/files/file27575.pdf
- A strategy which is designed to create conditions under which microgeneration becomes a realistic alternative or supplementary energy generation source for the householder, for the community and for small businesses. Technologies are introduced, issues to be tackled identified and actions laid out for the DTI. Annex A (p45) provides details of existing support measures for microgeneration and Annex C (p48) covers biomass and micro hydro issues specifically. (DTI URN 06/933).v show details
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- Planning for renewable energy: A companion guide to PPS22
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- 0314-GovC
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- Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, January 2004
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- External PDF File
- Link:
- www.communities.gov.uk/documents/plannin...
- This guide discusses the planning and development of renewable energy schemes across England. This is a 'must-read' for anyone dealing with any aspect of renewable energy planning applications. For information specific to health and safety, see Technical Annex part 8 Wind (from paragraph 49, p171).v show details
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- The renewables obligation
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- 0136-GovC
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- BERR information pages, March 2009
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- External Web Link
- Link:
- www.berr.gov.uk/energy/sources/renewable...
- These pages explain the renewables obligation and include key stages of its development and proposed future changes. The renewables obligation requires licensed electricity suppliers to source a specific and annually increasing percentage of the electricity they supply from renewable sources. The current target is 7.9% for 2007/08 rising to 15.4% by 2015/16. There were two consultations in 2007 that looked at the long term reform of the renewables obligation; explanations and links to these can be found within these web pages.v show details
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- UK renewable energy strategy
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- 0105-GovC
- Author:
- BERR, January 2008
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- External Web Link
- Link:
- www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/what_we_d...
- The UK Renewable Energy Strategy was launched in spring 2009, following the major consultation carried out in 2008. The consultation sought views on how to drive up the use of renewable energy in the UK, as part of our overall strategy for tackling climate change and to meet our share of the EU target to source 20% of the EU's energy from renewable sources by 2020. As part of the move to a low-carbon economy the government aims to introduce, we need a dramatic change in renewable energy use in electricity, heat and transport. The UK signed up to the EU Renewable Energy Directive in 2009, which includes a UK target of 15 percent of energy from renewables by 2020. This target is equivalent to a seven-fold increase in UK renewable energy consumption from 2008 levels: the most challenging of any EU Member State. While such an increase is ambitious, and will be challenging, the Department is fully committed to meeting the target.v show details
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- Planning performance agreements for renewable and low carbon projects
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- 0506-GovN
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- Advisory Team for Large Applications (ATLAS), September 2009
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- External Web Link
- Link:
- www.atlasplanning.com/page/lowcarbon.cfm
- The Renewable and Low Carbon PPA programme is aimed at local planning authorities and their development partners who wish to pursue a Planning Performance Agreement (PPA) for schemes which incorporate renewable heat and electricity technologies and/or a low carbon approach to development.v show details
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