Renewable Energy Strategy

[RenewableCandy]

FWIW, agonise over Feed-in Tariffs, biofuels, etc here:

http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/sources/r ... 43356.html

You seem to need a password to see it, but it's easy enough to get one (except if, like me, you have an email address that's too long to fit in their login window!)

[RenewableCandy]

Bumped, because the deadline is getting nearer (26th September) and responses need to be writ before we all disappear down a black hole...

and no password needed!

[Bandidoz]

Interesting.....I wonder if they're (wrongly) assuming that high fossil fuel prices don't translate into higher RE construction/maintenance prices?

How much will it cost?

20.
Meeting the UK’s share of the renewable energy target will involve difficult trade-offs and costs.
Providing companies with incentives to make the necessary investments will require an increase in the amount of consumer subsidy.
So there will be an effect on fuel prices for all energy users over the longer term,
although further energy efficiency measures, and changes in our use of energy could reduce the impact on bills, as discussed below.

21.
How far it will involve additional cost for the economy and consumers will depend on the relative costs of renewables and alternative
sources of energy. Our initial research, which is set out in the impact assessment attached to this document,
suggests that a central estimate of the cost to the UK of meeting a 15% target could be around £5 to £6 billion a year in 2020
(at today’s prices).
This is based on a range of projected prices for oil and other commodities by 2020 which are inherently uncertain:
it assumes oil, for example, at $70 a barrel in 2020. If oil and other energy prices were higher than this,
at $150 a barrel, the cost of the renewable strategy could fall by 35 to 40%.
Similarly, these figures assume that demand for energy is at the level projected in the 2007 Energy White Paper;
if demand could be reduced below this, the costs would fall.