Renewable Energy

Renewable energy is required for two key reasons:

• Long term energy security and diversity of energy supply
• Reducing carbon emissions as part of our Climate Change commitments

The generation of renewable energy is very important, but even more pressing is reducing our energy consumption and becoming more energy efficient. This means our new buildings and new infrastructure need to be designed and built to the highest standards of energy efficiency to reduce ongoing energy consumption.

New communities in Cambridgeshire are now being planned with renewable energy that draws on the power of sustainable resources such as wind, the sun, and the heat that is held in the ground (microrenewables) and also with combined heat and power plants to generate energy from fuels such as biomass or biogas.

In practice, there shouldn't be any noticeable differences living in a home that gets its heat and/or power from renewable energy or low carbon technologies. The internal controls would be largely the same as a conventional system and would not require any more space. There would be fewer fluctuations in temperature and a lower demand for energy.

You can find out more about what it's like to live in a renewable energy home here.

Feed in tariff

Feed in Tariffs (FITs) became available in Great Britain on 1st April 2010. Under this scheme energy suppliers have to (compulsory for big six suppliers) make regular payments to householders and communities who generate their own electricity from renewable or low carbon sources such as solar electricity panels (PV) or wind turbines.

For more information about this scheme, click here.

Renewable Heat Incentive confirmed

The Government has now announced the introduction of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). Find out more here.

Renewable energy technology

For information on the different types of renewable energy please click here.

Cambridgeshire's Renewable Energy Statistics 2010

Did you know that Cambridgeshire now has 78 wind turbines operating? And that a total of 167 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy is now installed in the county? Cambridgeshire County Council's Research and Monitoring Team is pleased to announce publication of renewable energy statistics for 31 March 2010

Delivering decentralised solutions

MITIE Asset Management can support your business on projects that save energy and carbon by delivering decentralised solutions. Click here to see how.