Slide 1 Introduction to Renewable Energy Technologies Rural Cumbria Connects Consortium

Slide 2 Rural Cumbria Connects Committed to support community energy Consortium – expertise wide ranging o District Heating Systems o Anaerobic Digestion o Combined Heat and Power Units o Solar o Biomass o Hydro/Tidal

Slide 3 £25k pa £28-45k pa £20-30k pa DECC Methodology

Slide 4 Solar Panels (generating electricity and heat) Generate electricity through a Photo voltaic (PV) system Used on site; exported to the National Grid; stored Delivers electricity at the point of use Largest UK community owned project – 5MW solar park at Westmill, Oxfordshire By 2030 one of the cheapest ways to generate electricity Solar thermal panels generate heat at point of use

Slide 5 Hydropower (generating electricity) Produced from kinetic energy of flowing water Turbine connected to an electricity generator 1.3% of electricity from hydroelectric schemes Efficient and reliable technology – 90% efficiencies Depends on flow rates and volume of water Environmental Impact - emerging low head technologies Settle Hydro one of best known community owned

Slide 6 Ground and Air Source Heat Pumps Ultimately taking energy from the sun Low grade heat sources Ideal for underfloor heating in well insulated buildings Air Source heat pumps ideal for new build Work well with other renewables – Roweltown resident uses micro wind turbine to power ground source heat pump

Slide 7 Wind Power (generating electricity) Windmills, wind turbines and wind pumps Ranges from on site use to wind farms Equipment power outputs range from 100w to 3mW onshore Site conditions affect the size and type of turbine required First community owned wind farm at Haverigg

Slide 8 Anaerobic Digestion ( generating electricity, heat, vehicle fuel or injection to gas grid) Biogas produced from natural breakdown of organic matter in the absence of oxygen Currently most in UK generate electricity for the National Grid and heat for a range of local uses In Cumbria they are mainly agricultural based ADs ranging from 50kW to 1mW Community owned AD at Roweltown (North Cumbria)

Slide 9 Biomass (generating heat, electricity, combined heat and power, transport fuel and biomethane) Can be scaled from household level up to industrial level One of largest in operation in UK (44mW) is at Lockerbie Planned for Iggesund (Workington) – 50mW electricity and 134mW heat Fuel can be wood fuel, bioenergy crops, wastes and sewage gas Many community owned installations – emerging interest in district heating systems

Slide 10 RCEF Eligible Technologies Wind turbines Hydropower Solar (photo voltaic) Solar (thermal) Ground and air source heat pumps Anaerobic digestion, biomass, bio liquids, biogas and bio-CHP Low carbon/renewable heat networks Gas CHP