Micro Generation - An Introduction
Micro-Generation- An Introduction
Welcome to the first in a series of articles on micro-generation. This article is an introduction to small scale 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 power provides a number of secondary benefits such as:
- Reduced CO2 emissions
- Increased robustness of national grids
- Generation of power where it is going to be used, which will eliminate wastage due to transmission losses
- Reduced energy costs for individuals. The return on investment is at present is over the medium to long term.
- Visibility of the uptake and use of the micro-generation of power
Written by ashleys on May 3rd, 2006 with no comments.
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