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Renewables Advisory Board

"Advancing Renewables Together" - providing constructive evidence based advice to Government on the effective delivery of its renewable energy objectives.

The Renewables Advisory Board provides advice to Government on a wide range of renewable energy issues. The board is an independent, non-departmental public body sponsored by the BERR that brings together government departments, the renewables industry and the unions. It aims to develop mutual understanding of the key issues for the industry – like technology development, barriers to market penetration, and export enhancement – both in the short term and over the next 20 years.

The board is chaired by the BERR Energy Minister. Eleven members, including the Chair, come from government departments. The other members have been selected from all sectors of the renewables industry.

The work of the Board is currently focused on seven work streams that address the key issues and barriers to the Government's target of providing 10 per cent of electricity from renewable sources by 2010. The work streams, jointly chaired by a BERR representative and an industry member, are:

RAB also submitted a response to the 2006 UK Energy Review.  A Work Group was convened to develop a response to the Review that was:

  • Concise and persuasive
  • Evidence based (using existing source material as far as possible)
  • Looked at a 2010 - 2030 timescale
  • Demonstrated renewable energy contributions to White Paper themes with emphasis on security of supply, identifying steps Government needed to or could take to ensure delivery.

A supporting document, examining the role of renewable energy in improving security of supply, lowering financial risk for energy portfolios, and reducing electricity cost volatility and fuel costs for the UK was also completed.  A copy of the response and supporting documentation is available from the links below.

Renewable energy 20% and beyond. Submission to the energy review from the renewables advisory board
Renewable electicity generation: supporting documentation for the Renewables Advisory Board submission to the 2006 UK energy review

Links to past Work Groups

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