House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee (HC180). Local Energy: Sixth Report of Session 2013-14. Volume II: Additional Written Evidence Ordered by the House of Commons to be published 9 May and 16 July 2013. Written evidence submitted by Geoffrey Wood, Ev w48-w54

Citation

Wood G (2013) House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee (HC180). Local Energy: Sixth Report of Session 2013-14. Volume II: Additional Written Evidence Ordered by the House of Commons to be published 9 May and 16 July 2013. Written evidence submitted by Geoffrey Wood, Ev w48-w54. London: The Stationery Office. https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmselect/cmenergy/180/180vw.pdf

Abstract
Renewable electricity technologies represent a distinctly heterogeneous category of technologies and fuels with very different attributes that can be deployed at a wide range of scales (from the micro to the large, industrialised scale). One scale that has been relatively ignored until recently is the medium or meso-scale (5–50MW installed capacity). This can be seen by the lack of clarity regarding both the use of the terms and the definitions of what medium-sized or meso-scale developments actually are: is it simply a matter of scale? What level of community and local involvement should there be in the project decision-making process? What type of ownership model (partial/full/community and/or locally-owned only or third party (commercial, multinational) involvement?