Energy and Renewables
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| 1 | Energy efficiency in products and appliances: overview This note provides an overview of the various measures in place in the EU and UK aimed at increasing energy efficiency in products and appliances. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | Biofuels This note explains what biofuels are, how they fit in with wider climate change and energy policy, and the key environmental and social impacts of producing biofuels. It briefly summarises EU and UK legislation for promoting biofuels. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 3 | Carbon capture and storage: overview This note explains what carbon capture and storage (CCS) is and the various demonstration (pilot) projects currently underway in the UK and the EU to develop CCS on a commercial scale. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 4 | Renewable Energy Directive 2009 This note provides a summary of the Renewable Energy Directive 2009 and explains how the UK plans to meet the targets under the Directive. The full title of the Directive is Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC. The Directive is also known as RED. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 5 | Renewable energy: overview This note provides an overview of renewable energy in the UK, including targets and what the UK is doing to promote renewables. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 6 | Renewable energy: types of technology This practice note provides a summary of the various types of renewable energy, including wind, solar, wave, tidal, biofuels and other biomass technologies. | Practice notes | Maintained |