Tuesday, June 29, 2004

Regulator Removes Barriers to UK Distributed Generation

UK energy regulator Ofgem and the Government's Department of Trade and Industry have published the second annual report of the Distributed Generation Co-ordination Group (DGCG), which shows that at least half of the 24 barriers to the development of small-scale distributed generation (DG) identified by the DGCG when it was founded have been removed. Many, but not all, of these distributed generators are wind farms or other renewable generation schemes.

UK Energy Minister Stephen Timms said: 'The DGCG has made real progress in addressing many of the barriers faced by distributed generation and is to be congratulated on its work to date. However, much more remains to be done, particularly in addressing the significant barriers to the connection of smaller-scale generation that remain in place.'

The focus of the DGCG has been...(Full Story)

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