The collection of renewable energy statistics began in 1989 via a project carried out by ETSU (now AEA) on behalf of the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) 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 20 years of data from 1989 to 2008.

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
• UK production and consumption of liquid biofuels for transport (biodiesel and bioethanol) - Chapter 3 of DUKES

Information contained in the RESTATS database provides support to Government and Industry in a range of activities related to renewable energy.

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).

These data are needed because RESTATS:

• Provides accurate up-to-date energy statistics from UK renewable energy sources
• Holds information on electricity and heat
• Provides a means of monitoring progress against the UK target of 10% of electricity from renewables by 2010
• Is used to assess the UK’s performance to both Europe and World-wide
• Is a source of credible data for Government and industry
• Shows the effects of legislative changes; eg clinical incineration
• Is a vital project, key to assessing the success of the Emerging Energy Technologies (EET) and progress to the new 2020 targets.

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