Climate change has become a major international issue and the British Government is committed to meeting ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions within the present decade and beyond. Much of this will rely on an increasing use of renewable energy. Within current technology this will depend almost exclusively upon the use of rural land, whether for wind turbines, for growing biomass and biofuels or for the production of biogas. Renewable energy is therefore of immediate interest to farmers and landowners and to their advisers, such as surveyors, lawyers, accountants and bankers, as well as to planners and conservationists. This is one of very few books which addresses the issue of renewable energy from the point of view of landowners, farmers and rural land managers – those people who must make important decisions about how, where and when to install renewable energy sources on their land and the business implications of the decisions they make. The third edition of Renewable Energy in the Countryside contains a new chapter on biogas, up-to-date discussions on the implications of the Renewable Heat Initiative and new opportunities for solar energy and ground source heat in the context of farms and country houses as well as the implications of changes in UK planning policies.

Renewable Energy in the Countryside

Science & Math

Prag, Peter

Biological Sciences

Estates Gazette

The Government is committed to developing the production of renewable energy, especially in generating electricity. Where this is derived from onshore facilities, it will involve the use of land, either for the installation of turbines or for growing fuel for power stations. Meanwhile, agricultural incomes have fallen and the CAP is being reviewed so that more farmers are having to look at alternative uses of their land. Becoming involved in renewable energy is one such alternative, but it is a new and relatively untried area that comprises a wide range of issues that need to be properly assessed. This publication offers an investigation into the policies and practicalities within the UK of providing alternative sources of energy to fossil fuels, notably wind power, biomass and bio-fuels and considers the main factors that are involved in putting them into practice. The issue is relatively new and most landowners or professional advisors encountering it will have little knowledge or experience of it. Material published by Government and industry organisations is influenced by political and commercial needs to proceed with specific solutions and does not provide an impartial guide; this work intends to give the balanced/impartial standpoint. *Sole source of introductory information on a matter that is of potential interest to those in the rural sector *Sole source of published material on a relatively new, complex and controversial topic, about which there is little impartial information

Renewable Energy in the Countryside (Eg Practice)

Business & Money

Real Estate

Climate Change is high on the political agenda and the UK Government is committed to reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. One of the main means of doing so has been by encouraging the production of energy from renewable sources. In 2005, when the first edition of Renewable Energy in the Countryside was published, only wind power received sufficient funding to be commercially viable in specific locations and most other renewable sources remained unutilised. Since then however further measures have been introduced to encourage the development of biofuel processing plants and to bring a new focus on the use of biomass. These currently all depend upon the use of land, at a time when incomes from agriculture and forestry have continued to fall so that more farmers and landowners are having to look at alternatives. This new edition examines the present opportunities and identifies the potential risks and shortcomings, including: . The viability of current policies and the implications for the future . The issue of rising fuel prices . Revised planning requirements for renewable energy in new buildings . Current opportunities for large and small scale wind turbine developments . New economic measures for biofuels, including RTFO and tax concessions . Contracts being offered to growers to supply new fuel processing plants . The threat of imported feedstocks . On farm processing of biodiesel . Current opportunities and constraints for growing and supplying biomass . Small scale biomass boiler systems New and relatively untried renewable energy comprises a wide range of issues that need to be properly assessed. This book provides that insight. * Practical text detailing the litigation that may pursue and hinder a progression in to Renewable Energy. * Providing sound alternatives to Energy crises. * Giving solid information to Farmers landowners that may affect their businesses.

Economics

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Renewable Energy in the Countryside

Renewable Energy in the Countryside (Eg Practice)

Renewable Energy in the Countryside