The collection of renewable energy statistics began in 1989 via a project carried out by ETSU (now AEA Energy & Environment) on behalf of the UK Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) and the Statistical Office of the European Communities (SOEC, also referred to as Eurostat).
The project identified all relevant renewable energy sources and, where possible, information was collected on the amounts of energy derived from each. The database now contains 18 years of data from 1989 to 2006.
RESTATS currently holds information on heat and electricity generated from all the following sources:
- Biofuels, including the combustion of biomass and wastes, co-firing, gas from landfill sites and digestion processes
- Hydro-electricity, both large and small-scale
- Wave power
- Wind turbines and wind-farms - onshore and offshore
- Solar - active solar heating and photovoltaics
- Geothermal aquifers
The UK production and consumption of biofuels for transport (biodiesel and bioethanol) were researched for the first time this year. The results are reported as part of the road transport use of diesel in Chapter 3 of DUKES.
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Information contained in the RESTATS database provides support to Government and Industry in a range of activities related to renewable energy. In particular, it is perhaps the most reliable means by which the success of the UK New and Renewable Energy Programme can be measured and monitored.
The results of the survey are published annually in the Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES). We also provide data to Eurostat (European perspective), the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the World Energy Council (World perspectives).
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RESTATS provides accurate up-to-date energy statistics from UK renewable energy sources
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Means of monitoring progress against the UK target of 10% of electricity from renewables by 2010
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Assess UK’s performance to both Europe and World-wide
- Credible data for Government and industry
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Effects of legislative changes; eg clinical incineration
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Vital project, key to assessing success of the New & Renewable Energy Programme and progress to 2010
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