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| Reference Number | C048 | |
| Title | Planning for renewable energy | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Renewable Energy Sources (Hydropower) 5%; Renewable Energy Sources (Ocean Energy) 5%; Renewable Energy Sources (Solar Energy) 15%; Renewable Energy Sources (Wind Energy) 50%; Renewable Energy Sources (Bio-Energy) 25%; |
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| Research Types | Applied Research and Development 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | SOCIAL SCIENCES (Town and Country Planning) 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Environmental dimensions) 45%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Policy and regulation) 45%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Consumer attitudes and behaviour) 5%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Technology acceptance) 5%; |
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| Principal Investigator |
Project Contact No email address given Brook Lyndhurst Ltd |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | DCLG | |
| Start Date | 14 October 2002 | |
| End Date | 30 November 2003 | |
| Duration | 13 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £49,675 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Power; Transport Systems and Vehicles | |
| Region | London | |
| Programme | DCLG New horizons | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Project Contact , Brook Lyndhurst Ltd (100.000%) |
| Web Site | https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20031007034818/http://www.odpm.gov.uk:80/stellent/groups/odpm_science/documents/page/odpm_science_024057.hcsp |
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| Objectives | The objective of this project is to explore and identify how the the land - use planning system can meet the challenges set for it and in particular to identify how local governance structures can best involve and include energy issues. A literature review and discussion session will be undertaken. A report will be produced giving well-grounded sets of conclusions. Summary of results The issue(s) of renewable energy is, in general, restricted to a small but enthusiastic minority of players inregional and local government. For the mainstream practitioner in land-use planning and urban regeneration, energy issues generally, and renewable energy issues in particular, have a low priority. As a result, no critical mass of concern has come about, so there has been no significant impetus for the development of a community of interest encompassing planning, regeneration and renewable energy personnel, at both regional and local levels. The abs ence of such linkages, in our view, is not an issue that will significantly undermine the achievement of the 2010 national target to supply 10% of electricity from renewables. In the longer term, however, it would seem that if the UK is to achieve truly dramatic reductions in its emissions of carbon dioxide (as envisaged, most obviously, by the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution), then a more radical and far-reaching programme of change will be required. For this scenario to come about, the linkages referred to above would need to be not merely in place, but well-developed. Planning mechanisms at regional, local and neighbourhood level would need to be able to take routine and well-informed account of renewable energy issues; regeneration projects, indeed economic development strategies generally, would need to be similarly well-informed; and governance procedures, again at key spatial levels, would need to be able to treat energy issues directly and also to ensur e th e effective interaction between economic development and land-use planning. This research suggests that such a scenario is achievable, but that bringing it about will require a clear central government policy commitment and careful attention to implementation mechanisms. | |
| Abstract | As part of its efforts to address the global challenge of climate change, the UK is currently committed to meeting 10% of its energy needs from renewable sources by 2010; and "The Energy Review" from the Performance and Innovation Unit of the Cabinet Office (February 2002) proposes a target of 20% by 2020. Meeting a target such as this is particularly challenging, not least because the responsibilities for achieving it are dispersed across both society as a wholeand across government departments. The PIU report calls for a mix of public dialogue and joined-up government in order to understand and act upon these responsibilities. The research project is intended to contribute to this dialogue and assist with joining up government, by exploring some of these responsibilities. It will do this, in particular, by: 1. exploring and identifying how the land-use planning system can best meet the challenges set for it by the PIU report - including how the planning system can move from being perceived as a barrier to the implementation of renewable energy technologies, to a situation in which it is playing a positive and enabling role 2. exploring and identifying how local governance and engagement structures, particularly those in urban areas, can best involve and include energy issues - and, in turn, identifying the role that renewable energy solutions might play as catalysts for urban and community regeneration. | |
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| Added to Database | 19/11/07 | |
