Site audience and purpose

This web site summarises the results of an ongoing study undertaken by AEA Energy & Environment on behalf of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) to update a database containing information on all relevant renewable energy sources in the United Kingdom.

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

Feedback

We welcome any feedback and suggestions on what you would like us to publish on the site.

If you have any queries about the work and policies surrounding RESTATS, please use the Contact us form located on the bottom of the screen.

Site navigation

As an aid to finding the information you want, we have provided a search engine

Searching

You can search the text files on the RESTATS website by using the Search engine located at the top right hand side of each page. Please enter the word or words to look for in the box, then start the search by pressing the icon

There is also an Advanced Search feature that allows for the following approaches to searching:

• Using logic operators
• Phrase Matching
• Wild Card Searches
• Using the Thesaurus
• Interpreting Results

Full details as to how this works is to be found on the Advanced Search page.

Page layout - finding your way around; printing

Pages on this site have been designed to be compatible on a variety of browsers and platforms. They are designed to display best with your monitor set at a screen resolution of 800 x 600 pixels (or higher).

On each page you can see which subject area of the site you are in by looking at the main heading in black (the site's major subject areas are listed on the tabs displayed across the top of the screen). Immediately below this heading you will find a number a drop down list of links to key pages with supplementary information related to the main topic. If this feature is disabled by the users system for security reasons, alternative navigation to these dropdown pages is available .

Downloading files or documents

In the case of relatively large files, or files that you need to work with (such as Word or Excel documents, or interactive .PDF forms), you are advised to save the file directly onto your own computer rather than opening it via your web browser. On a PC, and using the Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser right-click on the link, select "Save Target As", and choose a suitable location on your PC; using the Netscape web browser right-click on the link and choose "Save Link As".

If you do not have a PDF Reader, click on the icon below: