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An hour of dArknessTo proTecT our brilliAnT plAneT
WWfrsquos eArTh hour
Get involved sign up at wwforgukearthhour WWFrsquoS
GLOBAL EVENT
We can change our planetrsquos future 830pm on Saturday 23rd March 2013 Switch out your lights to show yoursquore switched on to a better energy future
HEADLINE NEWSPolicies are putting a cushion between energy prices and household bills
OUR ENERGY ECONOMYInvestment in UK Energy Infrastructure
THE GLOBAL CHALLENGEEarth Hour 2013
IN THE SPOTLIGHTThe Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
HELPING CONSUMERSGreen Deal and Feed-in-Tariffs
OUT AND ABOUTBack to the classroom in Manchester
01 02
04 06
03
05
COMING UPEvents amp Consultations
07
| March 2013 | Edition 13 |
More information on the CCS Commercialisat ion Competition can be found here
storage of harmful carbon emissions from coal and gas fired power stations and heavy industry to help the UK meet its climate change targets
Energy Minister John Hayes said
ldquoWe are working quickly to reach our goal of a cost competitive Carbon Capture and Storage industry ndash and these projects are just the start It is my intention to work with industry beyond these two projects to ensure we have further Carbon Capture and Storage projects by the end of the decade supported by the innovative changes we are making to the energy market to encourage investment in low carbon electricityrdquo
On 19 March the Secretary of State forEnergy and Climate Change gave planningconsent for construction of the first newnuclear power station in the UK since1995 in a boost to the move to a lowcarbon energy mix
The planned multi-billion pound project atHinkley Point Somerset ndash to be operatedby NNB Generation Company (a subsidiary of EdF Energy) ndash willgenerate enough low carbon electricityto power the equivalent of five millionhouseholds making it one of the largestpower stations in the UK
Two new reactors are proposed supportingbetween 20000 and 25000 jobs duringconstruction and 900 permanent jobsduring operation
The Government is in on-going discussions with NNB Generation over the financial terms of the Hinkley Point C project
The full decision document is available here More information on new nuclear in the UK
On 27 March DECC published analysis which highlights the extent to which energy and climate change policies are tempering the impact on household energy bills of global gas prices and network costs Although global gas prices and network costs have driven household energy bills up in recent years and are predicted to continue to do so the Government is pursuing policies aimed at putting a cushion between the price of energy and the bills paid by householders
Preferred bidders announced for Carbon Capture and Storage
New nuclear power station gets planning permission
Policies are putting a cushion between energy prices and household bills
The Government will now undertake discussions with the two preferred bidders to agree terms for the 18 month engineering design study A final investment decision will be taken by the Government in early 2015 on the construction of up to two projects
Captain Clean Energy and Teesside Low Carbon the remaining two bidders in discussion with Government will be appointed as reserve projects
Todayrsquos householders are paying on average pound64 or 5 less for their gas and electricity bills as a result of energy and climate change policies compared to if no policies had existed and in 2020 the net saving against the do-nothing scenario will reach pound166 or 11
Secretary of State Edward Davey saidldquoWe are doing all we can to offset global energy price rises but this new study shows our policies are putting a cushion between global prices and the bills we all payrdquo
Ann Robinson Director of Consumer Policy at uSwitchcom said ldquoThe winners will be those who take action to make their homes as energy efficient as possible to cushion themselves from the impact of
On 20 March the Department of Energy and Climate Change announced two preferred bidders in the UKrsquos pound1bn Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) competition
They are the Peterhead Project in Aberdeenshire and the White Rose Project in Yorkshire
CCS technology if commercially developed at scale could allow the safe removal and
policies on their bills This means taking advantage of schemes such as Green Deal which can help them to lsquofuture-proofrsquo their homesrdquo
Read the full report DECC Policy Impacts on Price and Bills
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT
PAGE 01
COMING UP
| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
Developers of renewable electricity projects will now be able to apply for support to enable them to commission and build projects more quickly
The Governmentrsquos Final Investment Decision Enabling programme guidance published on 14 March supports developers of low carbon electricity projects in making final investment decisions ahead of changes to the electricity market in the second half of 2014 It explains the support available to developers and the qualification procedure
By helping developers make final investment decisions this year this process
should allow early construction to start on a number of projects
Read the full guidance The Final Investment Decision Enabling programme
Support for renewables to accelerate project development
On 7 March the Prime Minister David Cameron and Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey met with 30 global investors to promote the UK as Europersquos leading location for investment in energy infrastructure
Global investors such as Macquarie Aviva Master and other financial institutions that have already made significant investments in low carbon electricity infrastructure in the UK A new range of investors who currently do not invest in the UK are also starting to take a more active role in financing energy assets
The UK continues to offer a unique investment opportunity that is supported by a stable transparent and supportive environment pound110 billion investment in electricity generation and transmission is likely to be required by 2020 more than double the current rate of investment The scale of the market opportunity in the energy sector is larger than any other
On 27 February DECC awarded two British companies a share of pound20 million to help drive forward growth in the UKrsquos marine energy industry MeyGen Ltd and Sea Generation Wales Ltd have both won funding under the Governmentrsquos Marine Energy Array Demonstrator scheme (MEAD) launched in April 2012 to support the development and testing of pre-commercial marine devices in array formations out at sea The projects are based in Pentland Firth in Scotland and Anglesey Wales and will be up and running by the end of March 2016Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg
Barker said ldquoThese projects will provide valuable insight into how best to harness the power of the sea and take us one vital step closer to realising the full potential of marine in our future energy mixrdquo
Marine energy has huge potential as a clean green source of power and could provide up to 20 of current UK electricity demand by 2050 as well as help cut carbon emissions and support thousands of UK jobs
Find out more about DECCrsquos marine energy work
Investment in UK Energy Infrastructure pound20 million Government boost for UK marine powerinfrastructure sector in the UK It makes up over half the total infrastructure investment pipeline in the UK and nearly double the amount for transport
In recent years traditional investors in energy infrastructure have experienced tough operating conditions driven by ongoing issues around deteriorating power markets political risk pressure on credit ratings and unsupportive commodity trends combined with weak demand and oversupply
The Governments aim now is to develop investor understanding and confidence in energy reforms without which we will not secure the private sector investment necessary to meet our legally binding carbon and renewables target
DECC wants to hear from investors about the issues and barriers they face so we can get the mechanics of our policies right Email us here
Source ndash Cabinet Office
PAGE 02
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT COMING UP
| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
The Green Deal can be used to help fund the cost of installing Feed-in-Tariff (FITs) technologies such as Solar PV wind and hydro Under the Green Deal individuals and businesses can borrow the amount that they will save by generating their own electricity and spread the re-payments over 20 years They will also benefit from free electricity used in the home and they will get an income from exporting excess generation to the grid
A householder fitting a typical pound7000 4kW Solar PV could get a pound2600 loan After deducting loan repayments this could over 20 years give them a net income
of over pound7600 ndash or more if energy bills continue to increase
So it makes sense for businesses and householders to combine the Green Deal and Feed-In-Tariffs to help insulate themselves against rising energy bills Even greater savings could be achieved if you use Green Deal funding to install other energy saving measures such as cavity wall insulation or an energy efficient boiler
Visit our website for further information on Feed-In-Tariffs and the Green Deal
The Governmentrsquos vision is for every home and smaller business in Great Britain to have smart electricity and gas meters Smart Meters will give consumers near real time information on their energy consumption and help them to manage their energy use to avoid wasting money and reduce emissions Smart Meters will also remove the need to manually read meters and bring an end to estimated billings helping consumers to budget more easily
We are working with industry to prepare for mass roll-out of smart meters beginning from late 2014 with rollout completed by the end of 2019 This will include 30 million visits to domestic and smaller non-domestic properties where 53 million gas and electricity meters will be replaced
As part of Climate Week Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Baroness Verma visited Landis + Gyr one of the principal manufacturers of Smart Meters This was an opportunity to see first-hand the precision required to assemble a smart meter as well as the positive role they play in the regional economy
Find out more about smart meters
Green Deal and Feed-in-Tariffs Driving down consumer bills
First Green Deal statistics publishedldquoWersquore seeing clear signs of a promising new market gathering momentum In little more than a month there have been 1803 Green Deal assessments and that shows genuine interest from consumers Some householders in older properties and those on benefits or low incomes may qualify for extra financial assistance from the new Energy Company Obligation and this has also started really well with pound269 million worth of contracts signedrdquo Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey
Read the Green Deal statistics in full
Smart Meters
PAGE 03
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT COMING UP
| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
An hour of dArknessTo proTecT our brilliAnT plAneT
WWfrsquos eArTh hour
Get involved sign up at wwforgukearthhour WWFrsquoS
GLOBAL EVENT
We can change our planetrsquos future 830pm on Saturday 23rd March 2013 Switch out your lights to show yoursquore switched on to a better energy future
As part of the Governmentrsquos participation in WWFrsquos Earth Hour 2013 at 830pm on Saturday 23rd March DECC joined hundreds of millions of people around the world who turned off their lights for one hour on the same night in a huge symbolic show of support to protect our planet To participate in the event buildings across the Government estate turned off non-essential lighting and external signage for an hour
Earth Hour is a global campaign uniting an extraordinary number of people across the world Last year 152 countries and 6950 towns and cities took part In the UK over 76 million people got involved joining 3500 schools and more than 1200 businesses and organisations
Tackling the twin challenges of climate change and energy security goes hand in
hand Increasing our energy efficiency and moving to a more diverse energy system can both cut carbon emissions and reduce our dependence on imported fossil fuels And pressing for other countries to do likewise can restrain international demand enhance price stability and so increase UK energy security
Minister of State Gregory Barker saidldquoEarth Hour is a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate solidarity in the fight against climate change one of the biggest challenges of our generation Businesses communities schools and millions of individuals across the world take part
See Minister Barkers video message supporting the WWF campaign
You can sign up to support Earth Hour on the WWF Website
On 12 March the UK hosted the signing of a joint communiqueacute between 12 EU member states who believe that nuclear energy can play a part of the EUrsquos future low carbon energy mix and committed to collaborate on safety and creating greater certainty for investors in low carbon infrastructure projects
The signatories also agreed that Member States should continue to be free to determine their own energy mixes and to press ahead with their decarbonisation objectives through the deployment of the fullest possible range of low carbon technologies This could include renewables carbon capture and storage and nuclear power
A pledge by the UK and France to work closely on research and development was underlined by a pound125M funding commitment to the Jules Horowitz research reactor
Edward Davey UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary said ldquoThis communiqueacute signals a move to a stronger better and closer working relationship between Member States on nuclear energy By working together to enable low carbon energy projects to come forward we will go some way to reducing the EUrsquos carbon emissions and ensuring greater energy securityrdquo
Find out more about new nuclear in the UK and look out for the Governmentrsquos forthcoming Nuclear Industry Strategy
Earth Hour 2013
UK at forefront of European nuclear expansion
PAGE 04
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT COMING UPTHE GLOBAL CHALLENGE
| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
Climate Week partnered with Ecobuild to present Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey with the Climate Week Declaration at the Ecobuild trade exhibition at Londons ExCel Centre The Climate Week Declaration shows the huge range and strength of support for tackling climate change and moving Britain towards a low carbon economy
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Baroness Vermarsquos first session of Climate Week was the public launch of Manchesterrsquos Carbon Literacy programme
Everyone living studying or working in Manchester will get one full day of carbon training before the end of 2014
That meanrsquos about 25 million people will have access to training to understand the carbon impacts of our activities and be able to make informed choices about the most energy and resource efficient and lowest carbon options available
Her second event of the day was with the Manchester Black and Minority Ethnic Network where she took part in a discussion hosted at the Wai Yin Womenrsquos Society meeting several local charities all looking after specific communities and groups and engaging them in being more energy efficient
From 4 to 10 March 2013 the Department of Energy amp Climate Change took part in a series of events to mark Climate Week
Making a mark at Ecobuild Back to the classroom in Manchester
Ministerial activity and regional highlights from last month
PAGE 06
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT COMING UP
| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
On 11 March Secretary of State Edward Davey spoke at an event to introduce the Office of Unconventional Oil and Gas
The Office of Unconventional Oil and Gas is being set up in DECC to develop a safe and effective unconventional gas and oil industry in the UK It will join up responsibilities across government providing a single point of contact for investors and ensuring a streamlined regulatory process
In welcoming stakeholders at the event Edward Davey saidldquoWith the formal establishment of the new Office of Unconventional Gas and Oil now imminent it is important we bring the people in this room together right from the
start We want the spirit of the new Office to be not of protagonists or protestors but of partners working through what will sometime be difficult issuesrdquo
The new office wants a collaborative approach to think through the opportunities that it needs to grasp the challenges it needs to tackle and the barriers we need to overcome Early feedback from attendees focused the new Office on the key issues of explaining the community benefits from exploring the potential of shale gas the importance of coordinated and efficient regulation and support and guidance from central Government for local planners
Read the full script of Edward Daveyrsquos speech here
Two historic nuclear sites owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority have completed significant milestones on their road to decommissioning Chapelcross in Scotland just completed a four-year programme to send its spent fuel for reprocessing at Sellafield removing 99 of site radioactivity
More than 38000 fuel elements were systematically removed from the reactors which stopped generating in 2004
Meanwhile Berkeley in Gloucestershire sent 15 giant boilers to a specialist smelting plant in Sweden enabling
95 of the metal to be reclaimed Each boiler as heavy as 25 London buses was transported at walking pace through the nearby town dwarfing buildings to riverside docks
Steve McNally Berkeley Site Director saidldquoThe early removal of the boilers is a great achievement for the site Its not only a huge visual change but also takes the site a step closer to care and maintenance which is our goalrdquo
To find out more about the work of the NDA visit their website
Introducing the Office of Unconventional Oil and Gas
Old nuclear plants on decommissioning journey
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority The Nuclear Decommissioning Agency (NDA) was established in 2005 to drive forward the decommissioning and clean-up of 19 historic UK nuclear sites some dating back to the early post-war years These include the 11-strong Magnox fleet of power stations ndash all except one are now closed ndash together with a number of old research centres and fuel-related sites
Funded by the Department of Energy and Climate Change plus some operational revenue half of the NDArsquos annual budget of around pound3 billion is focused on Sellafield Europersquos largest and most complex nuclear site where ageing plant and infrastructure pose hazardous challenges
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT COMING UP
PAGE 07| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
Forthcoming events The British Energy ChallengeBritain faces major choices about how it is going to power itself whilst moving to secure low carbon energy Using DECCrsquos 2050 Calculator the Chief Scientist David Mackay and environmental media commenter Mark Lynas will be hosting a series of public discussions across the country addressing these choices Liverpool will be the first city hosting lsquoThe British Energy Challengersquo on 18 April closely followed by Nottingham on 17 May Hay Festival 30 May Sheffield 20 June Leeds 28 June Manchester 6 September Newcastle 20 September and more cities to be confirmed In addition to the discussion some events will have a dynamic exhibition about the lsquoEnergy Storyrsquondash generation and demand through current and future innovation
Get involved by ndash attending exhibiting or becoming a partner of The British Energy Challenge email
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Open ConsultationsImplementing the Aviation Emissions Trading System lsquostop the clockrsquo Decision in UK Regulations
Starts 18 March 2013Closes 1 April 2013
Hydro Benefit Replacement Scheme and Common Tariff Obligation three year review of statutory schemes ndash call for comments
Starts 1 March 2013Closes 12 April 2013
Click here for more information on DECC consultations
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For further information on this and other events contact us
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT COMING UP
PAGE 08| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
More information on the CCS Commercialisat ion Competition can be found here
storage of harmful carbon emissions from coal and gas fired power stations and heavy industry to help the UK meet its climate change targets
Energy Minister John Hayes said
ldquoWe are working quickly to reach our goal of a cost competitive Carbon Capture and Storage industry ndash and these projects are just the start It is my intention to work with industry beyond these two projects to ensure we have further Carbon Capture and Storage projects by the end of the decade supported by the innovative changes we are making to the energy market to encourage investment in low carbon electricityrdquo
On 19 March the Secretary of State forEnergy and Climate Change gave planningconsent for construction of the first newnuclear power station in the UK since1995 in a boost to the move to a lowcarbon energy mix
The planned multi-billion pound project atHinkley Point Somerset ndash to be operatedby NNB Generation Company (a subsidiary of EdF Energy) ndash willgenerate enough low carbon electricityto power the equivalent of five millionhouseholds making it one of the largestpower stations in the UK
Two new reactors are proposed supportingbetween 20000 and 25000 jobs duringconstruction and 900 permanent jobsduring operation
The Government is in on-going discussions with NNB Generation over the financial terms of the Hinkley Point C project
The full decision document is available here More information on new nuclear in the UK
On 27 March DECC published analysis which highlights the extent to which energy and climate change policies are tempering the impact on household energy bills of global gas prices and network costs Although global gas prices and network costs have driven household energy bills up in recent years and are predicted to continue to do so the Government is pursuing policies aimed at putting a cushion between the price of energy and the bills paid by householders
Preferred bidders announced for Carbon Capture and Storage
New nuclear power station gets planning permission
Policies are putting a cushion between energy prices and household bills
The Government will now undertake discussions with the two preferred bidders to agree terms for the 18 month engineering design study A final investment decision will be taken by the Government in early 2015 on the construction of up to two projects
Captain Clean Energy and Teesside Low Carbon the remaining two bidders in discussion with Government will be appointed as reserve projects
Todayrsquos householders are paying on average pound64 or 5 less for their gas and electricity bills as a result of energy and climate change policies compared to if no policies had existed and in 2020 the net saving against the do-nothing scenario will reach pound166 or 11
Secretary of State Edward Davey saidldquoWe are doing all we can to offset global energy price rises but this new study shows our policies are putting a cushion between global prices and the bills we all payrdquo
Ann Robinson Director of Consumer Policy at uSwitchcom said ldquoThe winners will be those who take action to make their homes as energy efficient as possible to cushion themselves from the impact of
On 20 March the Department of Energy and Climate Change announced two preferred bidders in the UKrsquos pound1bn Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) competition
They are the Peterhead Project in Aberdeenshire and the White Rose Project in Yorkshire
CCS technology if commercially developed at scale could allow the safe removal and
policies on their bills This means taking advantage of schemes such as Green Deal which can help them to lsquofuture-proofrsquo their homesrdquo
Read the full report DECC Policy Impacts on Price and Bills
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT
PAGE 01
COMING UP
| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
Developers of renewable electricity projects will now be able to apply for support to enable them to commission and build projects more quickly
The Governmentrsquos Final Investment Decision Enabling programme guidance published on 14 March supports developers of low carbon electricity projects in making final investment decisions ahead of changes to the electricity market in the second half of 2014 It explains the support available to developers and the qualification procedure
By helping developers make final investment decisions this year this process
should allow early construction to start on a number of projects
Read the full guidance The Final Investment Decision Enabling programme
Support for renewables to accelerate project development
On 7 March the Prime Minister David Cameron and Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey met with 30 global investors to promote the UK as Europersquos leading location for investment in energy infrastructure
Global investors such as Macquarie Aviva Master and other financial institutions that have already made significant investments in low carbon electricity infrastructure in the UK A new range of investors who currently do not invest in the UK are also starting to take a more active role in financing energy assets
The UK continues to offer a unique investment opportunity that is supported by a stable transparent and supportive environment pound110 billion investment in electricity generation and transmission is likely to be required by 2020 more than double the current rate of investment The scale of the market opportunity in the energy sector is larger than any other
On 27 February DECC awarded two British companies a share of pound20 million to help drive forward growth in the UKrsquos marine energy industry MeyGen Ltd and Sea Generation Wales Ltd have both won funding under the Governmentrsquos Marine Energy Array Demonstrator scheme (MEAD) launched in April 2012 to support the development and testing of pre-commercial marine devices in array formations out at sea The projects are based in Pentland Firth in Scotland and Anglesey Wales and will be up and running by the end of March 2016Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg
Barker said ldquoThese projects will provide valuable insight into how best to harness the power of the sea and take us one vital step closer to realising the full potential of marine in our future energy mixrdquo
Marine energy has huge potential as a clean green source of power and could provide up to 20 of current UK electricity demand by 2050 as well as help cut carbon emissions and support thousands of UK jobs
Find out more about DECCrsquos marine energy work
Investment in UK Energy Infrastructure pound20 million Government boost for UK marine powerinfrastructure sector in the UK It makes up over half the total infrastructure investment pipeline in the UK and nearly double the amount for transport
In recent years traditional investors in energy infrastructure have experienced tough operating conditions driven by ongoing issues around deteriorating power markets political risk pressure on credit ratings and unsupportive commodity trends combined with weak demand and oversupply
The Governments aim now is to develop investor understanding and confidence in energy reforms without which we will not secure the private sector investment necessary to meet our legally binding carbon and renewables target
DECC wants to hear from investors about the issues and barriers they face so we can get the mechanics of our policies right Email us here
Source ndash Cabinet Office
PAGE 02
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT COMING UP
| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
The Green Deal can be used to help fund the cost of installing Feed-in-Tariff (FITs) technologies such as Solar PV wind and hydro Under the Green Deal individuals and businesses can borrow the amount that they will save by generating their own electricity and spread the re-payments over 20 years They will also benefit from free electricity used in the home and they will get an income from exporting excess generation to the grid
A householder fitting a typical pound7000 4kW Solar PV could get a pound2600 loan After deducting loan repayments this could over 20 years give them a net income
of over pound7600 ndash or more if energy bills continue to increase
So it makes sense for businesses and householders to combine the Green Deal and Feed-In-Tariffs to help insulate themselves against rising energy bills Even greater savings could be achieved if you use Green Deal funding to install other energy saving measures such as cavity wall insulation or an energy efficient boiler
Visit our website for further information on Feed-In-Tariffs and the Green Deal
The Governmentrsquos vision is for every home and smaller business in Great Britain to have smart electricity and gas meters Smart Meters will give consumers near real time information on their energy consumption and help them to manage their energy use to avoid wasting money and reduce emissions Smart Meters will also remove the need to manually read meters and bring an end to estimated billings helping consumers to budget more easily
We are working with industry to prepare for mass roll-out of smart meters beginning from late 2014 with rollout completed by the end of 2019 This will include 30 million visits to domestic and smaller non-domestic properties where 53 million gas and electricity meters will be replaced
As part of Climate Week Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Baroness Verma visited Landis + Gyr one of the principal manufacturers of Smart Meters This was an opportunity to see first-hand the precision required to assemble a smart meter as well as the positive role they play in the regional economy
Find out more about smart meters
Green Deal and Feed-in-Tariffs Driving down consumer bills
First Green Deal statistics publishedldquoWersquore seeing clear signs of a promising new market gathering momentum In little more than a month there have been 1803 Green Deal assessments and that shows genuine interest from consumers Some householders in older properties and those on benefits or low incomes may qualify for extra financial assistance from the new Energy Company Obligation and this has also started really well with pound269 million worth of contracts signedrdquo Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey
Read the Green Deal statistics in full
Smart Meters
PAGE 03
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT COMING UP
| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
An hour of dArknessTo proTecT our brilliAnT plAneT
WWfrsquos eArTh hour
Get involved sign up at wwforgukearthhour WWFrsquoS
GLOBAL EVENT
We can change our planetrsquos future 830pm on Saturday 23rd March 2013 Switch out your lights to show yoursquore switched on to a better energy future
As part of the Governmentrsquos participation in WWFrsquos Earth Hour 2013 at 830pm on Saturday 23rd March DECC joined hundreds of millions of people around the world who turned off their lights for one hour on the same night in a huge symbolic show of support to protect our planet To participate in the event buildings across the Government estate turned off non-essential lighting and external signage for an hour
Earth Hour is a global campaign uniting an extraordinary number of people across the world Last year 152 countries and 6950 towns and cities took part In the UK over 76 million people got involved joining 3500 schools and more than 1200 businesses and organisations
Tackling the twin challenges of climate change and energy security goes hand in
hand Increasing our energy efficiency and moving to a more diverse energy system can both cut carbon emissions and reduce our dependence on imported fossil fuels And pressing for other countries to do likewise can restrain international demand enhance price stability and so increase UK energy security
Minister of State Gregory Barker saidldquoEarth Hour is a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate solidarity in the fight against climate change one of the biggest challenges of our generation Businesses communities schools and millions of individuals across the world take part
See Minister Barkers video message supporting the WWF campaign
You can sign up to support Earth Hour on the WWF Website
On 12 March the UK hosted the signing of a joint communiqueacute between 12 EU member states who believe that nuclear energy can play a part of the EUrsquos future low carbon energy mix and committed to collaborate on safety and creating greater certainty for investors in low carbon infrastructure projects
The signatories also agreed that Member States should continue to be free to determine their own energy mixes and to press ahead with their decarbonisation objectives through the deployment of the fullest possible range of low carbon technologies This could include renewables carbon capture and storage and nuclear power
A pledge by the UK and France to work closely on research and development was underlined by a pound125M funding commitment to the Jules Horowitz research reactor
Edward Davey UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary said ldquoThis communiqueacute signals a move to a stronger better and closer working relationship between Member States on nuclear energy By working together to enable low carbon energy projects to come forward we will go some way to reducing the EUrsquos carbon emissions and ensuring greater energy securityrdquo
Find out more about new nuclear in the UK and look out for the Governmentrsquos forthcoming Nuclear Industry Strategy
Earth Hour 2013
UK at forefront of European nuclear expansion
PAGE 04
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT COMING UPTHE GLOBAL CHALLENGE
| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
Climate Week partnered with Ecobuild to present Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey with the Climate Week Declaration at the Ecobuild trade exhibition at Londons ExCel Centre The Climate Week Declaration shows the huge range and strength of support for tackling climate change and moving Britain towards a low carbon economy
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Baroness Vermarsquos first session of Climate Week was the public launch of Manchesterrsquos Carbon Literacy programme
Everyone living studying or working in Manchester will get one full day of carbon training before the end of 2014
That meanrsquos about 25 million people will have access to training to understand the carbon impacts of our activities and be able to make informed choices about the most energy and resource efficient and lowest carbon options available
Her second event of the day was with the Manchester Black and Minority Ethnic Network where she took part in a discussion hosted at the Wai Yin Womenrsquos Society meeting several local charities all looking after specific communities and groups and engaging them in being more energy efficient
From 4 to 10 March 2013 the Department of Energy amp Climate Change took part in a series of events to mark Climate Week
Making a mark at Ecobuild Back to the classroom in Manchester
Ministerial activity and regional highlights from last month
PAGE 06
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT COMING UP
| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
On 11 March Secretary of State Edward Davey spoke at an event to introduce the Office of Unconventional Oil and Gas
The Office of Unconventional Oil and Gas is being set up in DECC to develop a safe and effective unconventional gas and oil industry in the UK It will join up responsibilities across government providing a single point of contact for investors and ensuring a streamlined regulatory process
In welcoming stakeholders at the event Edward Davey saidldquoWith the formal establishment of the new Office of Unconventional Gas and Oil now imminent it is important we bring the people in this room together right from the
start We want the spirit of the new Office to be not of protagonists or protestors but of partners working through what will sometime be difficult issuesrdquo
The new office wants a collaborative approach to think through the opportunities that it needs to grasp the challenges it needs to tackle and the barriers we need to overcome Early feedback from attendees focused the new Office on the key issues of explaining the community benefits from exploring the potential of shale gas the importance of coordinated and efficient regulation and support and guidance from central Government for local planners
Read the full script of Edward Daveyrsquos speech here
Two historic nuclear sites owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority have completed significant milestones on their road to decommissioning Chapelcross in Scotland just completed a four-year programme to send its spent fuel for reprocessing at Sellafield removing 99 of site radioactivity
More than 38000 fuel elements were systematically removed from the reactors which stopped generating in 2004
Meanwhile Berkeley in Gloucestershire sent 15 giant boilers to a specialist smelting plant in Sweden enabling
95 of the metal to be reclaimed Each boiler as heavy as 25 London buses was transported at walking pace through the nearby town dwarfing buildings to riverside docks
Steve McNally Berkeley Site Director saidldquoThe early removal of the boilers is a great achievement for the site Its not only a huge visual change but also takes the site a step closer to care and maintenance which is our goalrdquo
To find out more about the work of the NDA visit their website
Introducing the Office of Unconventional Oil and Gas
Old nuclear plants on decommissioning journey
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority The Nuclear Decommissioning Agency (NDA) was established in 2005 to drive forward the decommissioning and clean-up of 19 historic UK nuclear sites some dating back to the early post-war years These include the 11-strong Magnox fleet of power stations ndash all except one are now closed ndash together with a number of old research centres and fuel-related sites
Funded by the Department of Energy and Climate Change plus some operational revenue half of the NDArsquos annual budget of around pound3 billion is focused on Sellafield Europersquos largest and most complex nuclear site where ageing plant and infrastructure pose hazardous challenges
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT COMING UP
PAGE 07| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
Forthcoming events The British Energy ChallengeBritain faces major choices about how it is going to power itself whilst moving to secure low carbon energy Using DECCrsquos 2050 Calculator the Chief Scientist David Mackay and environmental media commenter Mark Lynas will be hosting a series of public discussions across the country addressing these choices Liverpool will be the first city hosting lsquoThe British Energy Challengersquo on 18 April closely followed by Nottingham on 17 May Hay Festival 30 May Sheffield 20 June Leeds 28 June Manchester 6 September Newcastle 20 September and more cities to be confirmed In addition to the discussion some events will have a dynamic exhibition about the lsquoEnergy Storyrsquondash generation and demand through current and future innovation
Get involved by ndash attending exhibiting or becoming a partner of The British Energy Challenge email
Follow DECC
FLICKR
TWITTER YOUTUBE
DECC WEBSITE DECC BLOG
Open ConsultationsImplementing the Aviation Emissions Trading System lsquostop the clockrsquo Decision in UK Regulations
Starts 18 March 2013Closes 1 April 2013
Hydro Benefit Replacement Scheme and Common Tariff Obligation three year review of statutory schemes ndash call for comments
Starts 1 March 2013Closes 12 April 2013
Click here for more information on DECC consultations
If you are not on our mailing list you can register online which allows you to manage your subscriptions to our newsletters in a secure manner
We want your feedback contributions and opinions on the DECC Review
Email Editorial teamEditor Charlotte Williams
For further information on this and other events contact us
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT COMING UP
PAGE 08| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
Developers of renewable electricity projects will now be able to apply for support to enable them to commission and build projects more quickly
The Governmentrsquos Final Investment Decision Enabling programme guidance published on 14 March supports developers of low carbon electricity projects in making final investment decisions ahead of changes to the electricity market in the second half of 2014 It explains the support available to developers and the qualification procedure
By helping developers make final investment decisions this year this process
should allow early construction to start on a number of projects
Read the full guidance The Final Investment Decision Enabling programme
Support for renewables to accelerate project development
On 7 March the Prime Minister David Cameron and Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey met with 30 global investors to promote the UK as Europersquos leading location for investment in energy infrastructure
Global investors such as Macquarie Aviva Master and other financial institutions that have already made significant investments in low carbon electricity infrastructure in the UK A new range of investors who currently do not invest in the UK are also starting to take a more active role in financing energy assets
The UK continues to offer a unique investment opportunity that is supported by a stable transparent and supportive environment pound110 billion investment in electricity generation and transmission is likely to be required by 2020 more than double the current rate of investment The scale of the market opportunity in the energy sector is larger than any other
On 27 February DECC awarded two British companies a share of pound20 million to help drive forward growth in the UKrsquos marine energy industry MeyGen Ltd and Sea Generation Wales Ltd have both won funding under the Governmentrsquos Marine Energy Array Demonstrator scheme (MEAD) launched in April 2012 to support the development and testing of pre-commercial marine devices in array formations out at sea The projects are based in Pentland Firth in Scotland and Anglesey Wales and will be up and running by the end of March 2016Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg
Barker said ldquoThese projects will provide valuable insight into how best to harness the power of the sea and take us one vital step closer to realising the full potential of marine in our future energy mixrdquo
Marine energy has huge potential as a clean green source of power and could provide up to 20 of current UK electricity demand by 2050 as well as help cut carbon emissions and support thousands of UK jobs
Find out more about DECCrsquos marine energy work
Investment in UK Energy Infrastructure pound20 million Government boost for UK marine powerinfrastructure sector in the UK It makes up over half the total infrastructure investment pipeline in the UK and nearly double the amount for transport
In recent years traditional investors in energy infrastructure have experienced tough operating conditions driven by ongoing issues around deteriorating power markets political risk pressure on credit ratings and unsupportive commodity trends combined with weak demand and oversupply
The Governments aim now is to develop investor understanding and confidence in energy reforms without which we will not secure the private sector investment necessary to meet our legally binding carbon and renewables target
DECC wants to hear from investors about the issues and barriers they face so we can get the mechanics of our policies right Email us here
Source ndash Cabinet Office
PAGE 02
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT COMING UP
| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
The Green Deal can be used to help fund the cost of installing Feed-in-Tariff (FITs) technologies such as Solar PV wind and hydro Under the Green Deal individuals and businesses can borrow the amount that they will save by generating their own electricity and spread the re-payments over 20 years They will also benefit from free electricity used in the home and they will get an income from exporting excess generation to the grid
A householder fitting a typical pound7000 4kW Solar PV could get a pound2600 loan After deducting loan repayments this could over 20 years give them a net income
of over pound7600 ndash or more if energy bills continue to increase
So it makes sense for businesses and householders to combine the Green Deal and Feed-In-Tariffs to help insulate themselves against rising energy bills Even greater savings could be achieved if you use Green Deal funding to install other energy saving measures such as cavity wall insulation or an energy efficient boiler
Visit our website for further information on Feed-In-Tariffs and the Green Deal
The Governmentrsquos vision is for every home and smaller business in Great Britain to have smart electricity and gas meters Smart Meters will give consumers near real time information on their energy consumption and help them to manage their energy use to avoid wasting money and reduce emissions Smart Meters will also remove the need to manually read meters and bring an end to estimated billings helping consumers to budget more easily
We are working with industry to prepare for mass roll-out of smart meters beginning from late 2014 with rollout completed by the end of 2019 This will include 30 million visits to domestic and smaller non-domestic properties where 53 million gas and electricity meters will be replaced
As part of Climate Week Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Baroness Verma visited Landis + Gyr one of the principal manufacturers of Smart Meters This was an opportunity to see first-hand the precision required to assemble a smart meter as well as the positive role they play in the regional economy
Find out more about smart meters
Green Deal and Feed-in-Tariffs Driving down consumer bills
First Green Deal statistics publishedldquoWersquore seeing clear signs of a promising new market gathering momentum In little more than a month there have been 1803 Green Deal assessments and that shows genuine interest from consumers Some householders in older properties and those on benefits or low incomes may qualify for extra financial assistance from the new Energy Company Obligation and this has also started really well with pound269 million worth of contracts signedrdquo Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey
Read the Green Deal statistics in full
Smart Meters
PAGE 03
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT COMING UP
| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
An hour of dArknessTo proTecT our brilliAnT plAneT
WWfrsquos eArTh hour
Get involved sign up at wwforgukearthhour WWFrsquoS
GLOBAL EVENT
We can change our planetrsquos future 830pm on Saturday 23rd March 2013 Switch out your lights to show yoursquore switched on to a better energy future
As part of the Governmentrsquos participation in WWFrsquos Earth Hour 2013 at 830pm on Saturday 23rd March DECC joined hundreds of millions of people around the world who turned off their lights for one hour on the same night in a huge symbolic show of support to protect our planet To participate in the event buildings across the Government estate turned off non-essential lighting and external signage for an hour
Earth Hour is a global campaign uniting an extraordinary number of people across the world Last year 152 countries and 6950 towns and cities took part In the UK over 76 million people got involved joining 3500 schools and more than 1200 businesses and organisations
Tackling the twin challenges of climate change and energy security goes hand in
hand Increasing our energy efficiency and moving to a more diverse energy system can both cut carbon emissions and reduce our dependence on imported fossil fuels And pressing for other countries to do likewise can restrain international demand enhance price stability and so increase UK energy security
Minister of State Gregory Barker saidldquoEarth Hour is a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate solidarity in the fight against climate change one of the biggest challenges of our generation Businesses communities schools and millions of individuals across the world take part
See Minister Barkers video message supporting the WWF campaign
You can sign up to support Earth Hour on the WWF Website
On 12 March the UK hosted the signing of a joint communiqueacute between 12 EU member states who believe that nuclear energy can play a part of the EUrsquos future low carbon energy mix and committed to collaborate on safety and creating greater certainty for investors in low carbon infrastructure projects
The signatories also agreed that Member States should continue to be free to determine their own energy mixes and to press ahead with their decarbonisation objectives through the deployment of the fullest possible range of low carbon technologies This could include renewables carbon capture and storage and nuclear power
A pledge by the UK and France to work closely on research and development was underlined by a pound125M funding commitment to the Jules Horowitz research reactor
Edward Davey UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary said ldquoThis communiqueacute signals a move to a stronger better and closer working relationship between Member States on nuclear energy By working together to enable low carbon energy projects to come forward we will go some way to reducing the EUrsquos carbon emissions and ensuring greater energy securityrdquo
Find out more about new nuclear in the UK and look out for the Governmentrsquos forthcoming Nuclear Industry Strategy
Earth Hour 2013
UK at forefront of European nuclear expansion
PAGE 04
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT COMING UPTHE GLOBAL CHALLENGE
| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
Climate Week partnered with Ecobuild to present Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey with the Climate Week Declaration at the Ecobuild trade exhibition at Londons ExCel Centre The Climate Week Declaration shows the huge range and strength of support for tackling climate change and moving Britain towards a low carbon economy
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Baroness Vermarsquos first session of Climate Week was the public launch of Manchesterrsquos Carbon Literacy programme
Everyone living studying or working in Manchester will get one full day of carbon training before the end of 2014
That meanrsquos about 25 million people will have access to training to understand the carbon impacts of our activities and be able to make informed choices about the most energy and resource efficient and lowest carbon options available
Her second event of the day was with the Manchester Black and Minority Ethnic Network where she took part in a discussion hosted at the Wai Yin Womenrsquos Society meeting several local charities all looking after specific communities and groups and engaging them in being more energy efficient
From 4 to 10 March 2013 the Department of Energy amp Climate Change took part in a series of events to mark Climate Week
Making a mark at Ecobuild Back to the classroom in Manchester
Ministerial activity and regional highlights from last month
PAGE 06
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT COMING UP
| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
On 11 March Secretary of State Edward Davey spoke at an event to introduce the Office of Unconventional Oil and Gas
The Office of Unconventional Oil and Gas is being set up in DECC to develop a safe and effective unconventional gas and oil industry in the UK It will join up responsibilities across government providing a single point of contact for investors and ensuring a streamlined regulatory process
In welcoming stakeholders at the event Edward Davey saidldquoWith the formal establishment of the new Office of Unconventional Gas and Oil now imminent it is important we bring the people in this room together right from the
start We want the spirit of the new Office to be not of protagonists or protestors but of partners working through what will sometime be difficult issuesrdquo
The new office wants a collaborative approach to think through the opportunities that it needs to grasp the challenges it needs to tackle and the barriers we need to overcome Early feedback from attendees focused the new Office on the key issues of explaining the community benefits from exploring the potential of shale gas the importance of coordinated and efficient regulation and support and guidance from central Government for local planners
Read the full script of Edward Daveyrsquos speech here
Two historic nuclear sites owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority have completed significant milestones on their road to decommissioning Chapelcross in Scotland just completed a four-year programme to send its spent fuel for reprocessing at Sellafield removing 99 of site radioactivity
More than 38000 fuel elements were systematically removed from the reactors which stopped generating in 2004
Meanwhile Berkeley in Gloucestershire sent 15 giant boilers to a specialist smelting plant in Sweden enabling
95 of the metal to be reclaimed Each boiler as heavy as 25 London buses was transported at walking pace through the nearby town dwarfing buildings to riverside docks
Steve McNally Berkeley Site Director saidldquoThe early removal of the boilers is a great achievement for the site Its not only a huge visual change but also takes the site a step closer to care and maintenance which is our goalrdquo
To find out more about the work of the NDA visit their website
Introducing the Office of Unconventional Oil and Gas
Old nuclear plants on decommissioning journey
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority The Nuclear Decommissioning Agency (NDA) was established in 2005 to drive forward the decommissioning and clean-up of 19 historic UK nuclear sites some dating back to the early post-war years These include the 11-strong Magnox fleet of power stations ndash all except one are now closed ndash together with a number of old research centres and fuel-related sites
Funded by the Department of Energy and Climate Change plus some operational revenue half of the NDArsquos annual budget of around pound3 billion is focused on Sellafield Europersquos largest and most complex nuclear site where ageing plant and infrastructure pose hazardous challenges
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT COMING UP
PAGE 07| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
Forthcoming events The British Energy ChallengeBritain faces major choices about how it is going to power itself whilst moving to secure low carbon energy Using DECCrsquos 2050 Calculator the Chief Scientist David Mackay and environmental media commenter Mark Lynas will be hosting a series of public discussions across the country addressing these choices Liverpool will be the first city hosting lsquoThe British Energy Challengersquo on 18 April closely followed by Nottingham on 17 May Hay Festival 30 May Sheffield 20 June Leeds 28 June Manchester 6 September Newcastle 20 September and more cities to be confirmed In addition to the discussion some events will have a dynamic exhibition about the lsquoEnergy Storyrsquondash generation and demand through current and future innovation
Get involved by ndash attending exhibiting or becoming a partner of The British Energy Challenge email
Follow DECC
FLICKR
TWITTER YOUTUBE
DECC WEBSITE DECC BLOG
Open ConsultationsImplementing the Aviation Emissions Trading System lsquostop the clockrsquo Decision in UK Regulations
Starts 18 March 2013Closes 1 April 2013
Hydro Benefit Replacement Scheme and Common Tariff Obligation three year review of statutory schemes ndash call for comments
Starts 1 March 2013Closes 12 April 2013
Click here for more information on DECC consultations
If you are not on our mailing list you can register online which allows you to manage your subscriptions to our newsletters in a secure manner
We want your feedback contributions and opinions on the DECC Review
Email Editorial teamEditor Charlotte Williams
For further information on this and other events contact us
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT COMING UP
PAGE 08| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
The Green Deal can be used to help fund the cost of installing Feed-in-Tariff (FITs) technologies such as Solar PV wind and hydro Under the Green Deal individuals and businesses can borrow the amount that they will save by generating their own electricity and spread the re-payments over 20 years They will also benefit from free electricity used in the home and they will get an income from exporting excess generation to the grid
A householder fitting a typical pound7000 4kW Solar PV could get a pound2600 loan After deducting loan repayments this could over 20 years give them a net income
of over pound7600 ndash or more if energy bills continue to increase
So it makes sense for businesses and householders to combine the Green Deal and Feed-In-Tariffs to help insulate themselves against rising energy bills Even greater savings could be achieved if you use Green Deal funding to install other energy saving measures such as cavity wall insulation or an energy efficient boiler
Visit our website for further information on Feed-In-Tariffs and the Green Deal
The Governmentrsquos vision is for every home and smaller business in Great Britain to have smart electricity and gas meters Smart Meters will give consumers near real time information on their energy consumption and help them to manage their energy use to avoid wasting money and reduce emissions Smart Meters will also remove the need to manually read meters and bring an end to estimated billings helping consumers to budget more easily
We are working with industry to prepare for mass roll-out of smart meters beginning from late 2014 with rollout completed by the end of 2019 This will include 30 million visits to domestic and smaller non-domestic properties where 53 million gas and electricity meters will be replaced
As part of Climate Week Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Baroness Verma visited Landis + Gyr one of the principal manufacturers of Smart Meters This was an opportunity to see first-hand the precision required to assemble a smart meter as well as the positive role they play in the regional economy
Find out more about smart meters
Green Deal and Feed-in-Tariffs Driving down consumer bills
First Green Deal statistics publishedldquoWersquore seeing clear signs of a promising new market gathering momentum In little more than a month there have been 1803 Green Deal assessments and that shows genuine interest from consumers Some householders in older properties and those on benefits or low incomes may qualify for extra financial assistance from the new Energy Company Obligation and this has also started really well with pound269 million worth of contracts signedrdquo Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey
Read the Green Deal statistics in full
Smart Meters
PAGE 03
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT COMING UP
| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
An hour of dArknessTo proTecT our brilliAnT plAneT
WWfrsquos eArTh hour
Get involved sign up at wwforgukearthhour WWFrsquoS
GLOBAL EVENT
We can change our planetrsquos future 830pm on Saturday 23rd March 2013 Switch out your lights to show yoursquore switched on to a better energy future
As part of the Governmentrsquos participation in WWFrsquos Earth Hour 2013 at 830pm on Saturday 23rd March DECC joined hundreds of millions of people around the world who turned off their lights for one hour on the same night in a huge symbolic show of support to protect our planet To participate in the event buildings across the Government estate turned off non-essential lighting and external signage for an hour
Earth Hour is a global campaign uniting an extraordinary number of people across the world Last year 152 countries and 6950 towns and cities took part In the UK over 76 million people got involved joining 3500 schools and more than 1200 businesses and organisations
Tackling the twin challenges of climate change and energy security goes hand in
hand Increasing our energy efficiency and moving to a more diverse energy system can both cut carbon emissions and reduce our dependence on imported fossil fuels And pressing for other countries to do likewise can restrain international demand enhance price stability and so increase UK energy security
Minister of State Gregory Barker saidldquoEarth Hour is a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate solidarity in the fight against climate change one of the biggest challenges of our generation Businesses communities schools and millions of individuals across the world take part
See Minister Barkers video message supporting the WWF campaign
You can sign up to support Earth Hour on the WWF Website
On 12 March the UK hosted the signing of a joint communiqueacute between 12 EU member states who believe that nuclear energy can play a part of the EUrsquos future low carbon energy mix and committed to collaborate on safety and creating greater certainty for investors in low carbon infrastructure projects
The signatories also agreed that Member States should continue to be free to determine their own energy mixes and to press ahead with their decarbonisation objectives through the deployment of the fullest possible range of low carbon technologies This could include renewables carbon capture and storage and nuclear power
A pledge by the UK and France to work closely on research and development was underlined by a pound125M funding commitment to the Jules Horowitz research reactor
Edward Davey UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary said ldquoThis communiqueacute signals a move to a stronger better and closer working relationship between Member States on nuclear energy By working together to enable low carbon energy projects to come forward we will go some way to reducing the EUrsquos carbon emissions and ensuring greater energy securityrdquo
Find out more about new nuclear in the UK and look out for the Governmentrsquos forthcoming Nuclear Industry Strategy
Earth Hour 2013
UK at forefront of European nuclear expansion
PAGE 04
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT COMING UPTHE GLOBAL CHALLENGE
| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
Climate Week partnered with Ecobuild to present Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey with the Climate Week Declaration at the Ecobuild trade exhibition at Londons ExCel Centre The Climate Week Declaration shows the huge range and strength of support for tackling climate change and moving Britain towards a low carbon economy
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Baroness Vermarsquos first session of Climate Week was the public launch of Manchesterrsquos Carbon Literacy programme
Everyone living studying or working in Manchester will get one full day of carbon training before the end of 2014
That meanrsquos about 25 million people will have access to training to understand the carbon impacts of our activities and be able to make informed choices about the most energy and resource efficient and lowest carbon options available
Her second event of the day was with the Manchester Black and Minority Ethnic Network where she took part in a discussion hosted at the Wai Yin Womenrsquos Society meeting several local charities all looking after specific communities and groups and engaging them in being more energy efficient
From 4 to 10 March 2013 the Department of Energy amp Climate Change took part in a series of events to mark Climate Week
Making a mark at Ecobuild Back to the classroom in Manchester
Ministerial activity and regional highlights from last month
PAGE 06
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT COMING UP
| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
On 11 March Secretary of State Edward Davey spoke at an event to introduce the Office of Unconventional Oil and Gas
The Office of Unconventional Oil and Gas is being set up in DECC to develop a safe and effective unconventional gas and oil industry in the UK It will join up responsibilities across government providing a single point of contact for investors and ensuring a streamlined regulatory process
In welcoming stakeholders at the event Edward Davey saidldquoWith the formal establishment of the new Office of Unconventional Gas and Oil now imminent it is important we bring the people in this room together right from the
start We want the spirit of the new Office to be not of protagonists or protestors but of partners working through what will sometime be difficult issuesrdquo
The new office wants a collaborative approach to think through the opportunities that it needs to grasp the challenges it needs to tackle and the barriers we need to overcome Early feedback from attendees focused the new Office on the key issues of explaining the community benefits from exploring the potential of shale gas the importance of coordinated and efficient regulation and support and guidance from central Government for local planners
Read the full script of Edward Daveyrsquos speech here
Two historic nuclear sites owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority have completed significant milestones on their road to decommissioning Chapelcross in Scotland just completed a four-year programme to send its spent fuel for reprocessing at Sellafield removing 99 of site radioactivity
More than 38000 fuel elements were systematically removed from the reactors which stopped generating in 2004
Meanwhile Berkeley in Gloucestershire sent 15 giant boilers to a specialist smelting plant in Sweden enabling
95 of the metal to be reclaimed Each boiler as heavy as 25 London buses was transported at walking pace through the nearby town dwarfing buildings to riverside docks
Steve McNally Berkeley Site Director saidldquoThe early removal of the boilers is a great achievement for the site Its not only a huge visual change but also takes the site a step closer to care and maintenance which is our goalrdquo
To find out more about the work of the NDA visit their website
Introducing the Office of Unconventional Oil and Gas
Old nuclear plants on decommissioning journey
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority The Nuclear Decommissioning Agency (NDA) was established in 2005 to drive forward the decommissioning and clean-up of 19 historic UK nuclear sites some dating back to the early post-war years These include the 11-strong Magnox fleet of power stations ndash all except one are now closed ndash together with a number of old research centres and fuel-related sites
Funded by the Department of Energy and Climate Change plus some operational revenue half of the NDArsquos annual budget of around pound3 billion is focused on Sellafield Europersquos largest and most complex nuclear site where ageing plant and infrastructure pose hazardous challenges
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT COMING UP
PAGE 07| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
Forthcoming events The British Energy ChallengeBritain faces major choices about how it is going to power itself whilst moving to secure low carbon energy Using DECCrsquos 2050 Calculator the Chief Scientist David Mackay and environmental media commenter Mark Lynas will be hosting a series of public discussions across the country addressing these choices Liverpool will be the first city hosting lsquoThe British Energy Challengersquo on 18 April closely followed by Nottingham on 17 May Hay Festival 30 May Sheffield 20 June Leeds 28 June Manchester 6 September Newcastle 20 September and more cities to be confirmed In addition to the discussion some events will have a dynamic exhibition about the lsquoEnergy Storyrsquondash generation and demand through current and future innovation
Get involved by ndash attending exhibiting or becoming a partner of The British Energy Challenge email
Follow DECC
FLICKR
TWITTER YOUTUBE
DECC WEBSITE DECC BLOG
Open ConsultationsImplementing the Aviation Emissions Trading System lsquostop the clockrsquo Decision in UK Regulations
Starts 18 March 2013Closes 1 April 2013
Hydro Benefit Replacement Scheme and Common Tariff Obligation three year review of statutory schemes ndash call for comments
Starts 1 March 2013Closes 12 April 2013
Click here for more information on DECC consultations
If you are not on our mailing list you can register online which allows you to manage your subscriptions to our newsletters in a secure manner
We want your feedback contributions and opinions on the DECC Review
Email Editorial teamEditor Charlotte Williams
For further information on this and other events contact us
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT COMING UP
PAGE 08| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
An hour of dArknessTo proTecT our brilliAnT plAneT
WWfrsquos eArTh hour
Get involved sign up at wwforgukearthhour WWFrsquoS
GLOBAL EVENT
We can change our planetrsquos future 830pm on Saturday 23rd March 2013 Switch out your lights to show yoursquore switched on to a better energy future
As part of the Governmentrsquos participation in WWFrsquos Earth Hour 2013 at 830pm on Saturday 23rd March DECC joined hundreds of millions of people around the world who turned off their lights for one hour on the same night in a huge symbolic show of support to protect our planet To participate in the event buildings across the Government estate turned off non-essential lighting and external signage for an hour
Earth Hour is a global campaign uniting an extraordinary number of people across the world Last year 152 countries and 6950 towns and cities took part In the UK over 76 million people got involved joining 3500 schools and more than 1200 businesses and organisations
Tackling the twin challenges of climate change and energy security goes hand in
hand Increasing our energy efficiency and moving to a more diverse energy system can both cut carbon emissions and reduce our dependence on imported fossil fuels And pressing for other countries to do likewise can restrain international demand enhance price stability and so increase UK energy security
Minister of State Gregory Barker saidldquoEarth Hour is a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate solidarity in the fight against climate change one of the biggest challenges of our generation Businesses communities schools and millions of individuals across the world take part
See Minister Barkers video message supporting the WWF campaign
You can sign up to support Earth Hour on the WWF Website
On 12 March the UK hosted the signing of a joint communiqueacute between 12 EU member states who believe that nuclear energy can play a part of the EUrsquos future low carbon energy mix and committed to collaborate on safety and creating greater certainty for investors in low carbon infrastructure projects
The signatories also agreed that Member States should continue to be free to determine their own energy mixes and to press ahead with their decarbonisation objectives through the deployment of the fullest possible range of low carbon technologies This could include renewables carbon capture and storage and nuclear power
A pledge by the UK and France to work closely on research and development was underlined by a pound125M funding commitment to the Jules Horowitz research reactor
Edward Davey UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary said ldquoThis communiqueacute signals a move to a stronger better and closer working relationship between Member States on nuclear energy By working together to enable low carbon energy projects to come forward we will go some way to reducing the EUrsquos carbon emissions and ensuring greater energy securityrdquo
Find out more about new nuclear in the UK and look out for the Governmentrsquos forthcoming Nuclear Industry Strategy
Earth Hour 2013
UK at forefront of European nuclear expansion
PAGE 04
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT COMING UPTHE GLOBAL CHALLENGE
| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
Climate Week partnered with Ecobuild to present Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey with the Climate Week Declaration at the Ecobuild trade exhibition at Londons ExCel Centre The Climate Week Declaration shows the huge range and strength of support for tackling climate change and moving Britain towards a low carbon economy
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Baroness Vermarsquos first session of Climate Week was the public launch of Manchesterrsquos Carbon Literacy programme
Everyone living studying or working in Manchester will get one full day of carbon training before the end of 2014
That meanrsquos about 25 million people will have access to training to understand the carbon impacts of our activities and be able to make informed choices about the most energy and resource efficient and lowest carbon options available
Her second event of the day was with the Manchester Black and Minority Ethnic Network where she took part in a discussion hosted at the Wai Yin Womenrsquos Society meeting several local charities all looking after specific communities and groups and engaging them in being more energy efficient
From 4 to 10 March 2013 the Department of Energy amp Climate Change took part in a series of events to mark Climate Week
Making a mark at Ecobuild Back to the classroom in Manchester
Ministerial activity and regional highlights from last month
PAGE 06
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT COMING UP
| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
On 11 March Secretary of State Edward Davey spoke at an event to introduce the Office of Unconventional Oil and Gas
The Office of Unconventional Oil and Gas is being set up in DECC to develop a safe and effective unconventional gas and oil industry in the UK It will join up responsibilities across government providing a single point of contact for investors and ensuring a streamlined regulatory process
In welcoming stakeholders at the event Edward Davey saidldquoWith the formal establishment of the new Office of Unconventional Gas and Oil now imminent it is important we bring the people in this room together right from the
start We want the spirit of the new Office to be not of protagonists or protestors but of partners working through what will sometime be difficult issuesrdquo
The new office wants a collaborative approach to think through the opportunities that it needs to grasp the challenges it needs to tackle and the barriers we need to overcome Early feedback from attendees focused the new Office on the key issues of explaining the community benefits from exploring the potential of shale gas the importance of coordinated and efficient regulation and support and guidance from central Government for local planners
Read the full script of Edward Daveyrsquos speech here
Two historic nuclear sites owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority have completed significant milestones on their road to decommissioning Chapelcross in Scotland just completed a four-year programme to send its spent fuel for reprocessing at Sellafield removing 99 of site radioactivity
More than 38000 fuel elements were systematically removed from the reactors which stopped generating in 2004
Meanwhile Berkeley in Gloucestershire sent 15 giant boilers to a specialist smelting plant in Sweden enabling
95 of the metal to be reclaimed Each boiler as heavy as 25 London buses was transported at walking pace through the nearby town dwarfing buildings to riverside docks
Steve McNally Berkeley Site Director saidldquoThe early removal of the boilers is a great achievement for the site Its not only a huge visual change but also takes the site a step closer to care and maintenance which is our goalrdquo
To find out more about the work of the NDA visit their website
Introducing the Office of Unconventional Oil and Gas
Old nuclear plants on decommissioning journey
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority The Nuclear Decommissioning Agency (NDA) was established in 2005 to drive forward the decommissioning and clean-up of 19 historic UK nuclear sites some dating back to the early post-war years These include the 11-strong Magnox fleet of power stations ndash all except one are now closed ndash together with a number of old research centres and fuel-related sites
Funded by the Department of Energy and Climate Change plus some operational revenue half of the NDArsquos annual budget of around pound3 billion is focused on Sellafield Europersquos largest and most complex nuclear site where ageing plant and infrastructure pose hazardous challenges
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT COMING UP
PAGE 07| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
Forthcoming events The British Energy ChallengeBritain faces major choices about how it is going to power itself whilst moving to secure low carbon energy Using DECCrsquos 2050 Calculator the Chief Scientist David Mackay and environmental media commenter Mark Lynas will be hosting a series of public discussions across the country addressing these choices Liverpool will be the first city hosting lsquoThe British Energy Challengersquo on 18 April closely followed by Nottingham on 17 May Hay Festival 30 May Sheffield 20 June Leeds 28 June Manchester 6 September Newcastle 20 September and more cities to be confirmed In addition to the discussion some events will have a dynamic exhibition about the lsquoEnergy Storyrsquondash generation and demand through current and future innovation
Get involved by ndash attending exhibiting or becoming a partner of The British Energy Challenge email
Follow DECC
FLICKR
TWITTER YOUTUBE
DECC WEBSITE DECC BLOG
Open ConsultationsImplementing the Aviation Emissions Trading System lsquostop the clockrsquo Decision in UK Regulations
Starts 18 March 2013Closes 1 April 2013
Hydro Benefit Replacement Scheme and Common Tariff Obligation three year review of statutory schemes ndash call for comments
Starts 1 March 2013Closes 12 April 2013
Click here for more information on DECC consultations
If you are not on our mailing list you can register online which allows you to manage your subscriptions to our newsletters in a secure manner
We want your feedback contributions and opinions on the DECC Review
Email Editorial teamEditor Charlotte Williams
For further information on this and other events contact us
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT COMING UP
PAGE 08| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
Climate Week partnered with Ecobuild to present Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey with the Climate Week Declaration at the Ecobuild trade exhibition at Londons ExCel Centre The Climate Week Declaration shows the huge range and strength of support for tackling climate change and moving Britain towards a low carbon economy
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Baroness Vermarsquos first session of Climate Week was the public launch of Manchesterrsquos Carbon Literacy programme
Everyone living studying or working in Manchester will get one full day of carbon training before the end of 2014
That meanrsquos about 25 million people will have access to training to understand the carbon impacts of our activities and be able to make informed choices about the most energy and resource efficient and lowest carbon options available
Her second event of the day was with the Manchester Black and Minority Ethnic Network where she took part in a discussion hosted at the Wai Yin Womenrsquos Society meeting several local charities all looking after specific communities and groups and engaging them in being more energy efficient
From 4 to 10 March 2013 the Department of Energy amp Climate Change took part in a series of events to mark Climate Week
Making a mark at Ecobuild Back to the classroom in Manchester
Ministerial activity and regional highlights from last month
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HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT COMING UP
| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
On 11 March Secretary of State Edward Davey spoke at an event to introduce the Office of Unconventional Oil and Gas
The Office of Unconventional Oil and Gas is being set up in DECC to develop a safe and effective unconventional gas and oil industry in the UK It will join up responsibilities across government providing a single point of contact for investors and ensuring a streamlined regulatory process
In welcoming stakeholders at the event Edward Davey saidldquoWith the formal establishment of the new Office of Unconventional Gas and Oil now imminent it is important we bring the people in this room together right from the
start We want the spirit of the new Office to be not of protagonists or protestors but of partners working through what will sometime be difficult issuesrdquo
The new office wants a collaborative approach to think through the opportunities that it needs to grasp the challenges it needs to tackle and the barriers we need to overcome Early feedback from attendees focused the new Office on the key issues of explaining the community benefits from exploring the potential of shale gas the importance of coordinated and efficient regulation and support and guidance from central Government for local planners
Read the full script of Edward Daveyrsquos speech here
Two historic nuclear sites owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority have completed significant milestones on their road to decommissioning Chapelcross in Scotland just completed a four-year programme to send its spent fuel for reprocessing at Sellafield removing 99 of site radioactivity
More than 38000 fuel elements were systematically removed from the reactors which stopped generating in 2004
Meanwhile Berkeley in Gloucestershire sent 15 giant boilers to a specialist smelting plant in Sweden enabling
95 of the metal to be reclaimed Each boiler as heavy as 25 London buses was transported at walking pace through the nearby town dwarfing buildings to riverside docks
Steve McNally Berkeley Site Director saidldquoThe early removal of the boilers is a great achievement for the site Its not only a huge visual change but also takes the site a step closer to care and maintenance which is our goalrdquo
To find out more about the work of the NDA visit their website
Introducing the Office of Unconventional Oil and Gas
Old nuclear plants on decommissioning journey
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority The Nuclear Decommissioning Agency (NDA) was established in 2005 to drive forward the decommissioning and clean-up of 19 historic UK nuclear sites some dating back to the early post-war years These include the 11-strong Magnox fleet of power stations ndash all except one are now closed ndash together with a number of old research centres and fuel-related sites
Funded by the Department of Energy and Climate Change plus some operational revenue half of the NDArsquos annual budget of around pound3 billion is focused on Sellafield Europersquos largest and most complex nuclear site where ageing plant and infrastructure pose hazardous challenges
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT COMING UP
PAGE 07| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
Forthcoming events The British Energy ChallengeBritain faces major choices about how it is going to power itself whilst moving to secure low carbon energy Using DECCrsquos 2050 Calculator the Chief Scientist David Mackay and environmental media commenter Mark Lynas will be hosting a series of public discussions across the country addressing these choices Liverpool will be the first city hosting lsquoThe British Energy Challengersquo on 18 April closely followed by Nottingham on 17 May Hay Festival 30 May Sheffield 20 June Leeds 28 June Manchester 6 September Newcastle 20 September and more cities to be confirmed In addition to the discussion some events will have a dynamic exhibition about the lsquoEnergy Storyrsquondash generation and demand through current and future innovation
Get involved by ndash attending exhibiting or becoming a partner of The British Energy Challenge email
Follow DECC
FLICKR
TWITTER YOUTUBE
DECC WEBSITE DECC BLOG
Open ConsultationsImplementing the Aviation Emissions Trading System lsquostop the clockrsquo Decision in UK Regulations
Starts 18 March 2013Closes 1 April 2013
Hydro Benefit Replacement Scheme and Common Tariff Obligation three year review of statutory schemes ndash call for comments
Starts 1 March 2013Closes 12 April 2013
Click here for more information on DECC consultations
If you are not on our mailing list you can register online which allows you to manage your subscriptions to our newsletters in a secure manner
We want your feedback contributions and opinions on the DECC Review
Email Editorial teamEditor Charlotte Williams
For further information on this and other events contact us
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT COMING UP
PAGE 08| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
On 11 March Secretary of State Edward Davey spoke at an event to introduce the Office of Unconventional Oil and Gas
The Office of Unconventional Oil and Gas is being set up in DECC to develop a safe and effective unconventional gas and oil industry in the UK It will join up responsibilities across government providing a single point of contact for investors and ensuring a streamlined regulatory process
In welcoming stakeholders at the event Edward Davey saidldquoWith the formal establishment of the new Office of Unconventional Gas and Oil now imminent it is important we bring the people in this room together right from the
start We want the spirit of the new Office to be not of protagonists or protestors but of partners working through what will sometime be difficult issuesrdquo
The new office wants a collaborative approach to think through the opportunities that it needs to grasp the challenges it needs to tackle and the barriers we need to overcome Early feedback from attendees focused the new Office on the key issues of explaining the community benefits from exploring the potential of shale gas the importance of coordinated and efficient regulation and support and guidance from central Government for local planners
Read the full script of Edward Daveyrsquos speech here
Two historic nuclear sites owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority have completed significant milestones on their road to decommissioning Chapelcross in Scotland just completed a four-year programme to send its spent fuel for reprocessing at Sellafield removing 99 of site radioactivity
More than 38000 fuel elements were systematically removed from the reactors which stopped generating in 2004
Meanwhile Berkeley in Gloucestershire sent 15 giant boilers to a specialist smelting plant in Sweden enabling
95 of the metal to be reclaimed Each boiler as heavy as 25 London buses was transported at walking pace through the nearby town dwarfing buildings to riverside docks
Steve McNally Berkeley Site Director saidldquoThe early removal of the boilers is a great achievement for the site Its not only a huge visual change but also takes the site a step closer to care and maintenance which is our goalrdquo
To find out more about the work of the NDA visit their website
Introducing the Office of Unconventional Oil and Gas
Old nuclear plants on decommissioning journey
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority The Nuclear Decommissioning Agency (NDA) was established in 2005 to drive forward the decommissioning and clean-up of 19 historic UK nuclear sites some dating back to the early post-war years These include the 11-strong Magnox fleet of power stations ndash all except one are now closed ndash together with a number of old research centres and fuel-related sites
Funded by the Department of Energy and Climate Change plus some operational revenue half of the NDArsquos annual budget of around pound3 billion is focused on Sellafield Europersquos largest and most complex nuclear site where ageing plant and infrastructure pose hazardous challenges
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT COMING UP
PAGE 07| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
Forthcoming events The British Energy ChallengeBritain faces major choices about how it is going to power itself whilst moving to secure low carbon energy Using DECCrsquos 2050 Calculator the Chief Scientist David Mackay and environmental media commenter Mark Lynas will be hosting a series of public discussions across the country addressing these choices Liverpool will be the first city hosting lsquoThe British Energy Challengersquo on 18 April closely followed by Nottingham on 17 May Hay Festival 30 May Sheffield 20 June Leeds 28 June Manchester 6 September Newcastle 20 September and more cities to be confirmed In addition to the discussion some events will have a dynamic exhibition about the lsquoEnergy Storyrsquondash generation and demand through current and future innovation
Get involved by ndash attending exhibiting or becoming a partner of The British Energy Challenge email
Follow DECC
FLICKR
TWITTER YOUTUBE
DECC WEBSITE DECC BLOG
Open ConsultationsImplementing the Aviation Emissions Trading System lsquostop the clockrsquo Decision in UK Regulations
Starts 18 March 2013Closes 1 April 2013
Hydro Benefit Replacement Scheme and Common Tariff Obligation three year review of statutory schemes ndash call for comments
Starts 1 March 2013Closes 12 April 2013
Click here for more information on DECC consultations
If you are not on our mailing list you can register online which allows you to manage your subscriptions to our newsletters in a secure manner
We want your feedback contributions and opinions on the DECC Review
Email Editorial teamEditor Charlotte Williams
For further information on this and other events contact us
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT COMING UP
PAGE 08| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |
Forthcoming events The British Energy ChallengeBritain faces major choices about how it is going to power itself whilst moving to secure low carbon energy Using DECCrsquos 2050 Calculator the Chief Scientist David Mackay and environmental media commenter Mark Lynas will be hosting a series of public discussions across the country addressing these choices Liverpool will be the first city hosting lsquoThe British Energy Challengersquo on 18 April closely followed by Nottingham on 17 May Hay Festival 30 May Sheffield 20 June Leeds 28 June Manchester 6 September Newcastle 20 September and more cities to be confirmed In addition to the discussion some events will have a dynamic exhibition about the lsquoEnergy Storyrsquondash generation and demand through current and future innovation
Get involved by ndash attending exhibiting or becoming a partner of The British Energy Challenge email
Follow DECC
FLICKR
TWITTER YOUTUBE
DECC WEBSITE DECC BLOG
Open ConsultationsImplementing the Aviation Emissions Trading System lsquostop the clockrsquo Decision in UK Regulations
Starts 18 March 2013Closes 1 April 2013
Hydro Benefit Replacement Scheme and Common Tariff Obligation three year review of statutory schemes ndash call for comments
Starts 1 March 2013Closes 12 April 2013
Click here for more information on DECC consultations
If you are not on our mailing list you can register online which allows you to manage your subscriptions to our newsletters in a secure manner
We want your feedback contributions and opinions on the DECC Review
Email Editorial teamEditor Charlotte Williams
For further information on this and other events contact us
HEADLINE NEWS OUR ENERGY ECONOMY HELPING CONSUMERS THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT COMING UP
PAGE 08| MARCH 2013 | EDITION 13 |