http://www.micro-generator.com/2006/04/27/micro-generation-a-definition/ Blogging about wind and solar power at home Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:46:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.micro-generator.com/2006/04/27/micro-generation-a-definition/comment-page-1/#comment-13827 Micro-Generation of Wind Power - Some Definitions - Solar Wind - Micro Power Generation Sat, 24 May 2008 20:33:29 +0000 http://www.micro-generator.com/?p=5#comment-13827 [...] Defined as generation of a capacity of less than 50 kW. Although there has been some discussion about this. ROC: Renewable Obligtion Certificate - A certificate that is issued to accrediated generators [...] [...] Defined as generation of a capacity of less than 50 kW. Although there has been some discussion about this. ROC: Renewable Obligtion Certificate - A certificate that is issued to accrediated generators [...]

]]> http://www.micro-generator.com/2006/04/27/micro-generation-a-definition/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Micro-Generation of Wind Power - An Introduction - Solar Wind - Micro Power Generation Wed, 03 May 2006 10:34:42 +0000 http://www.micro-generator.com/?p=5#comment-5 [...] Micro-Generation of Wind Power - An Introduction Welcome to the first in a series of articles on the micro-generation of wind power. This article is an introduction to small scale wind power generation in the UK. I hope you find it useful and please feel free to provide feedback. It’s about targets The UK has set targets to source 10% of its electricity from renewables by 2010 and 15% by 2015 with an aspiration to reach 20% by 2020. Other governments have also been setting similar targets, although at the time of writing I haven’t researched any specific details. The UK Government has said that it believes that micro-generation, which has been defined as under 50kW for electricity, has the potential to make an important contribution to these targets. Secondary Benefits Of course in addition to helping governments meet their targets, the micro-generation of wind power provides a number of secondary benefits such as: [...] [...] Micro-Generation of Wind Power - An Introduction Welcome to the first in a series of articles on the micro-generation of wind power. This article is an introduction to small scale wind power generation in the UK. I hope you find it useful and please feel free to provide feedback. It’s about targets The UK has set targets to source 10% of its electricity from renewables by 2010 and 15% by 2015 with an aspiration to reach 20% by 2020. Other governments have also been setting similar targets, although at the time of writing I haven’t researched any specific details. The UK Government has said that it believes that micro-generation, which has been defined as under 50kW for electricity, has the potential to make an important contribution to these targets. Secondary Benefits Of course in addition to helping governments meet their targets, the micro-generation of wind power provides a number of secondary benefits such as: [...]

]]> http://www.micro-generator.com/2006/04/27/micro-generation-a-definition/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Micro-Generation Definition debated in UK Parliment - Solar Wind - Micro Power Generation Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:47:18 +0000 http://www.micro-generator.com/?p=5#comment-2 [...] It seems that not everyone agrees with the official UK definition of micro-generation as generation of a capacity of less than 50 kW. As we pointed out the yesterday the peak demand for a house in the winter would be around 20kW. So at least from a residential point of view 50 kW seems plenty. In discussion in the UK Parliment for the “Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill” there was a fairly intense discussion (osl) about using 50kW as the the threshold in the definition of micro-generation. After reading the debate it seems to me that nobody had definitive information on what the average demand for an average house would be. Also it wasn’t the clear what the objection was to the threshold was. It was either: [...] [...] It seems that not everyone agrees with the official UK definition of micro-generation as generation of a capacity of less than 50 kW. As we pointed out the yesterday the peak demand for a house in the winter would be around 20kW. So at least from a residential point of view 50 kW seems plenty. In discussion in the UK Parliment for the “Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill” there was a fairly intense discussion (osl) about using 50kW as the the threshold in the definition of micro-generation. After reading the debate it seems to me that nobody had definitive information on what the average demand for an average house would be. Also it wasn’t the clear what the objection was to the threshold was. It was either: [...]

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