Consultation - 
Microgeneration Strategy (England)
Date published: 12 July 2010
Response due: 22 December 2010
Summary
This strategy will look forward to 2020 and cover England only,
and seeks views on four key policy areas that can help decarbonise
the way we heat our homes and businesses, reducing the UK’s CO2
emissions and contributing to our target of sourcing 20% of all EU
energy from renewables by 2020.
The objectives of this Strategy are to:
- Set out the priorities for action in the near and medium term,
in particular tackling the non-financial barriers facing the sector
e.g. by providing advice and information about Microgeneration for
householders, communities and small businesses;
- Promote a holistic approach to reducing carbon emissions in
homes through energy efficiency, local energy generation and
behavioural change; and
- Develop the microgeneration supply chain to ensure it is able
to meet the expected rise in demand, in the process creating and
sustaining jobs and thus helping to maximise the benefits of the
green economy in the UK for small-scale renewable and low carbon
onsite energy.
The consultation will look at four key areas for
development:
- Quality: ensure consumers have confidence that equipment and
installation is reliable and adheres to the highest standards
- Technology: examine how to improve products through more
trialling of technologies new to the UK
- Skills: develop the microgeneration supply chain to ensure it
is properly equipped with the right people to meet the expected
rise in demand, as well as creating and sustaining jobs in the
UK
- Advice: provide more accessible advice and information about
Microgeneration to homeowners, communities and small
businesses.
The Strategy will cover heat technologies up to 300 kW and up to
50kW for electricity. This will include:
- air, ground and water source heat pumps
- solar photovoltaics (PV)
- solar thermal water heating
- biomass boilers
- micro Combined Heat and Power (micro CHP)
- micro wind turbines
- fuel cells
- micro hydro schemes; and
- passive flue gas recovery devices
Next steps
Semta did not submit a response to this consultation, but will
continue to work with employers on the low carbon, energy
efficiency agenda.
Documents and Links
DECC website on the consultation
Semta represents the views of our employers across government
and the media. If you are an employer in the science,
engineering, or manufacturing technology sectors we welcome your
views at policy@semta.org.uk
Updated 6 January
2011