Renewable energy targets

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The Energy Strategy for London encourages greater use of renewable energy as an essential component of London’s energy mix.

London’s renewable energy targets aim to generate at least

665GWh of electricity and
280GWh of heat, from up to 40,000 renewable energy schemes by 2010.

This would generate enough power for the equivalent of more than 100,000 homes, and would heat more than 10,000 homes.

To meet this target, London should aim to install at least

7,000 domestic photovoltaic installations, converting daylight into electricity;
250 photovoltaic applications on commercial and public buildings;
six large wind turbines;
500 small wind generators associated with public or private sector buildings;
25,000 domestic solar water heating schemes;
2,000 solar water heating schemes associated with swimming pools;
and more anaerobic digestion plants with energy recovery and biomass-fuelled combined heat and power plants.

These capacities should then be at least tripled by 2020.

The London Plan requires major developments to show how the development would generate a proportion of the site’s energy needs from renewables, where feasible.

In the Energy Strategy the Mayor expects major developments to generate at least ten per cent of their energy needs from renewable sources. Boroughs are encouraged to introduce similar policies and to establish at least one showcase renewable energy project in their area and one zero carbon development

For more information please see the Energy Strategy paragraphs 4.81-4.111 and 5.48-5.149. For energy related policy in the London Plan see section 4A paragraphs 4.18-4.21.

These targets were developed within a national context set out in the government’s Energy White Paper, published in February 2003. This looked to increased energy efficiency and use of renewable energy as two of the main mechanisms by which government energy policy could be delivered.

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