Renewable Energy Foundation

REF has responded to the DECC consultation on the Revised Draft National Policy Statement with particular emphasis on EN-3 the Renewable Energy Infrastructure and related documents.

 
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REF on EN3 2011

Clarke Shadow Flicker

The European Regulator's Group for Electricity and Gas (ERGEG) is consulting on a European wide requirement for data transparency in the electricity sector.
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ref.to.ergeg.26.10.10.pdf

REF response to Govt. Consultation on EIA Regulations 2010

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ref.on.tcp.eia.2010.pdf

REF response to the consultation by the Department for Energy and Climate Change on the Renewables Obligation Order 2011.
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REF ROO2011 Consultation.pdf

REF Publishes New Collection of Papers on Wind Power Variabiity in Germany, Denmark, and Ireland

At a launch event in central London on the 29th of July 2010 the Renewable Energy Foundation launched its Research Monographs on Energy with a new collection of papers by the leading Danish engineer, Paul-Frederik Bach.¹

The Variability of Wind Power: Collected Papers 2009-2011 (x + 53pp) brings together five papers all concerned with the topic of wind power variability, and all grounded in rigorous examination of large bodies of empirical data.
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Variability of Wind Power PFBach

REF has responded to the DCLG consultation on the proposed successor policy for PPS22, Renewable Energy.

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REF response to DCLG June 2010

REF Scotland's Biomass report was published today, and can be downloaded from the link below.

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Biomass in Scotland.pdf

REF has responded on the DECC consultation on the National Policy Statements and, in particular, to the draft NPS EN-3 statement for Renewable Energy Infrastructure. In our opinion, there are a number of errors, inconsistencies and incomplete guidance which causes us to conclude that EN-3 is not fit for the purpose it is intended, and should not be formally approved.

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ref.EN-3.response.22.02.10.pdf

The following information relating to the wind farm Noise Working Group was released by the Department of Trade and Industry following a Freedom of Information request. 

Wind power is currently the least capital intensive of renewable energy technologies capable of large scale deployment, and the UK government has anticipated that much of the growth in the sector will be accounted for by wind. However, there have been persistent concerns that a large wind fleet would place both technical and cost burdens on the UK electricity system, as well as limiting market access for other clean technologies such as firm renewables (biomass, tidal), coal and gas with carbon capture, and nuclear.