Department of Energy and Climate Change

Renewable energy is a vital component of the UK’s diverse energy mix. In offshore wind, we have one of the best natural resources in Europe and the UK already leads the world in offshore wind farms.

We are also leading the way in several developing technology areas like wave and tidal energy, where we also have the best natural resources in Europe.

The Renewable Energy Strategy sets out how our use of renewable energy can be increased to help tackle climate change and help secure future energy supplies. The UK target is to source 15 percent of our energy (electricity, heat and transport) from renewable sources by 2020. 

In this section of the website you will find more information about renewable energy, including: 

• the different types of renewable energy
• UK policy on renewable energy
• the Renewables Obligation and the feed-in tariff policies which support small scale generation
• the Severn Tidal Power Feasibility Study
• the Office for Renewable Energy Deployment (ORED)
• support for business, investors and communities engaging in renewables projects
• The UK National Renewable Energy Action Plan