Department of Energy and Climate Change

UK Government policy on renewable energy helps to promote the development of renewable energy sources and ensure a diversity and security of supply.

A key aspect of this is the Renewables Innovation Review, which we carried out to: 

• identify the renewable technologies we need to meet UK targets and carbon reduction aspirations, and to create economic benefits
• identify the barriers to developing and deploying key renewable technologies
• understand better the innovation process in key renewable energy sectors
• identify the most cost-effective ways to meet UK targets.

• Introduction
• Conclusions of the Renewables Innovation Review
• 2010 target
• Longer-term options
• Government action is required
• Wave and tidal
• Biomass
• Fuel cells
• Solar and buildings
• Bibliography 

Reports commissioned as part of the Review:

• Biomass for heat and power in the UK - a techno-economic assessment of long-term potential
• Offshore wind: economies of scale, engineering resource and load factors
• The UK innovation systems for new and renewable energy technologies
• Innovation in long-term renewables options in the UK: overcoming barriers and systems failures
• Review of renewable energy development in Europe and US
• Innovation in the renewable heat sector in the UK: markets, opportunities and barriers
• Review of the economic case for energy crops in the UK
• Results of renewables market modelling