How can the regions renewable energy targets be met?
The region’s targets are not technology specific but are for renewable energy as a whole. The region, and the UK as a whole, needs a mix of new and existing renewable technologies and energy efficient measures as quickly as possible. The government has committed £500m to develop longer term renewables, such as biomass, offshore wind, wave, tidal and solar. Within the region’s 2010 timeframe for generating 10% of energy from renewable sources, the main technologies that can deliver significant amounts of renewable energy are onshore wind, biomass and energy from waste. (This is based on what can be technically, economically and practically achieved taking into account such issues as national landscape designations, connections to the grid, road access and fuel availability.) Other technologies like wave, solar PV and hydro are not in a position to make large contributions to the 2010 target, although solar PV and wave technologies do have the potential to make a contribution to the targ
