Evaluating The Impacts Of Community Renewable Energy Initiatives
Abstract
The UK is encouraging the adoption of distributed renewable energy technologies (RETs) in order to achieve carbon reduction targets and deliver on other energy policy objectives such as energy security. Latterly, through the adoption of a Feed-in Tariff (FiT) mechanism, RETs are now diffusing rapidly into local communities. There is therefore an urgent need to understand the rate and patterns of adoption of these technologies, and evaluate their impacts in specific community contexts.