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REGIONAL SUPPORT
Regional support advice centres (Community Renewables Initiative, OPET)
The following list of organisations can aid in the provision of independent support, advice, feasibility studies and grant aid applications for locally based RE projects:
Community Renewables Initiative
http://www.countryside.gov.uk/communityrenewables
rick.minter@countryside.gov.uk Tel: 01242 521381
The Countryside Agency recently launched the community-initiative to ‘provide joined up delivery of community-led renewable energy’. The initiative will address the barriers of access to information and knowledge, and direct groups towards potential financing and grant funding of projects. 10 local support groups have been set-up in specific geographical areas within England. Similar initiatives are expected to be set up shortly within England and Wales. They will provide support, training and advice, and will encourage people to devise and deliver renewable energy developments in their locality.
Contact details for the 10 regional support groups within England can be found below.
For further details on the progress of the setting up of local support groups in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland please contact Rick Minter at the Countryside Agency on the number above.
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| Local support group |
| Full Name |
| Company |
| E-mail |
| Ecotech - Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire |
| Clare Hall |
| Ecotech |
| chall@ecotech.org |
| Rural Energy at Local Level (REALL) - Northumberland and County Durham |
| David Francis |
| Community Council of Northumberland |
| info@ccn.org.uk - 01670 517178 |
| Sustainable Energy Partnership for Communities in the East Midlands (SEPCEM) |
| Grace Dall'omo |
| MRETT |
| grace@mrett.co.uk |
| Sustainable Energy Partnership for Communities in the East Midlands (SEPCEM) |
| Ms. Alison Hepworth |
| East Midlands Regional Assembly |
| alison@emrlga.clara.net |
| Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Renewable Energy Partnership |
| Graham Ayling |
| Severn Wye Energy Agency |
| graham@swea.co.uk |
| TV Energy - Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire |
| Keith Richards |
| TV energy limited |
| keith.richards@tvenergy.org |
| Cumbria and Lancashire Community Renewables |
| Maf Smith |
| Furness Energy Partnership |
| mafsmith@barrowbc.gov.uk |
| The Croydon, Kent and Surrey Community Renewables Initiative |
| Nigel Blanford |
| Surrey County Council |
| nigel.blandford@surreycc.gov.uk |
| Devon and Cornwall Community Renewables Initiative |
| Paul Baker |
| Devon Association for Renewable Energy |
| paul@courtyard.vispa.com |
| Marches Community REnewables Initiative (CORE ) - Shropshire (including Telford & Wrekin) and Herefordshire |
| Richard Davies |
| Marches Energy Agency |
| info@mea.org.uk |
| Yorkshire Energy and Renewables Network (YEARN) |
| Robert Clark |
| Kirklees Metropolitan Council |
| robert.clark@kirkleesmc.gov.uk |
OPET - www.cordis.lu/opet/home.html
Organisations for the Promotion of Energy Technologies
The OPET Network is an initiative of the European Commission which aims to disseminate information on, and promote the benefits of, new innovative energy technologies. These energy technologies cover the areas of renewable energy sources, rationale use of energy in industry, buildings and transport, solid fuels and hydrocarbons. The OPET Network is supported by the Enterprise Directorate-General, under the INNOVATION Programme, in collaboration with the Energy Directorate-General, under the demonstration component of the JOULE-THERMIE Programme.
The OPET Network comprises both public and private bodies with expertise in the promotion of new and innovative energy technologies. There are 38 OPETs within the European Union, Norway, Iceland and Israel, and 14 OPETs within the candidate countries of Central and Eastern Europe and Cyprus - otherwise known as the FEMOPETs.
Each OPET works to meet the specific information needs of the market within a specific geographical area or technical sector. The services they can provide include market studies, technology training sessions, technical evaluations, specialised workshops and exhibitions, partner searches, etc..
The contact details for the OPETs dealing with RE technologies within the UK:
BRECSU OPET will pursue issues relating to the solar element of renewable energy in England and Northern Ireland.
OPET Manager and Contact - Mike Trim
Tel - +44 (0) 1923 664754
Fax - +44 (0) 1923 664097
E-mail - trimm@bre.co.uk
ETSU OPET
OPET Contact - Lorraine WATLING
Tel +44 1235 432014
Fax +44 1235 433434
E-mail - lorraine.watling@aeat.co.uk
Wales Opet Cymru covers Renewable Energy Technologies and Energy Efficiency advice within Wales
OPET Contact - Ms Janet Sanders
Tel +44 1654 705000
Fax +44 1654 703000
Email - opetdulas@gn.apc.org
NIFES OPET: Scotland and Northern Ireland
OPET Contact - John Smith
Tel +44 141 332 2453
Fax +44 141 333 0402
E-mail - glasgow@nifes.co.uk
ENERGY AGENCIES ACROSS EUROPE
To find your local energy agency in your region go to http://www.fedarene.org
The rationale behind regional Energy Agencies: Think global - act local!
The Rio Earth Summit in 1992 initiated the Agenda 21 process, firmly placing significant responsibilities for urgent environmental improvements aimed at reducing the risk and reality of global climate change at the Local Authority level. These politically defined regions consequently have a crucial role to play in facilitating the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions. This is largely to be achieved via the promotion of energy efficiency and local generation of appropriately scaled renewable energy.
Since regional agencies operate closer than national organisations to the majority of energy consumers, they are in an ideal position to co-ordinate local strategies for achieving key European and UK energy policy objectives. The main function of Regional Energy Agencies is to help achieve these objectives within a framework which is at the same time accessible to local individuals and organisations, as well as sensitive to and relevant for local priorities, locally identified requirements and also regional idiosyncrasies.
Powys Energy Agency: http://www.powysenergy.org.uk
To promote energy efficiency and appropriately scaled renewable energy throughout Powys
A list of projects supported by the agency can be found at: http://www.powysenergy.org.uk/english/projects.htm
Contact : Dilwyn Jenkins E-mail: agency@powysenergy.org.uk
Tel: 01686 613180 Fax: 01686 627889
Powys Energy Agency, Ladywell House, Newtown, Powys. SY16 1JB
Furness Energy Partnership: http://www.furnessenergy.co.uk/fep
Furness Energy Partnership is an Energy Agency set up under the European SAVE II Program. An initiative of Barrow Borough Council, F.E.P works to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy projects across the South Cumbria area.
You can contact F.E.P at:
Furness Energy Partnership, Town Hall, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA14 2LD.
Or call us on: 01229 894567 | Fax: 01229 894217 | Email: info@furnessenergy.co.uk
WALES - INDEPENDENT RE COMMUNITY ADVICE CENTRES
Dyfi Eco Valley Partnership
Unit 1, Dyfi Eco Parc, Machynlleth, Powys SY20 8AX
Contact:Andy Rowland Tel:01654 705018 e-mail: ecodyfi@gn.apc.org
A European Union and Powys County Council supported Community Renewable Energy Project has been operating since 1998 in the Dyfi Valley from its base in Unit 1 of the Dyfi Eco Parc in Machynlleth. Capital grants and other assistance has been made available for wind, hydro, biomass, solar photovoltaic and solar water heating projects in the valley. For more information on this innovative European project contact Andy Rowland (tel:01654 705018, e-mail: ecodyfi@gn.apc.org).
Sustainable Energy and Economic Development (SEED) - West Wales ECO Centre, Old School Business Centre, Lower St.Mary St, Newport, Pembs SA42 OTS
This West Wales Eco Centre offers site visits and independent advice on renewable energy options for householders, businesses and community buildings in Pembrokeshire.
ENGLAND - INDEPENDENT RE COMMUNITY ADVICE CENTRES
Sustainable Energy at Local Level (SEALL) - North Energy Associates,
7b Old Gate, Morpeth, Northumberland NE16 1PY
North Energy Associates have run two EC-funded projects providing feasibility studies and capital grants for community renewable energy schemes in Northumberland.
SCOTLAND
Scottish Renewables Forum: http://www.scottishrenewables.com
The Scottish Renewables Forum (SRF) supports the development and provision of a sustainable energy future for Scotland. Sustainable energy comes from sources that are safe, clean and renewable, and which should also be secure, diverse and competitive. The SRF therefore promotes the sensible use of Scotland's abundant wind, wave, hydro, biomass, solar and landfill gas resources to generate social, economic and environmental benefits for all.
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