Regen is a not-for-profit organisation which promotes renewable energy and energy efficiency across the UK.
The organisation works with industry, communities and the public sector to change the way we generate, supply and use energy. Its functions are to help towards the development of
renewable energy
Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources that are naturally replenished on a human timescale. It includes sources such as sunlight, wind, the movement of water, and geothermal heat. Although most renewable energy ...
in the South West, by giving independent advice to
decision maker
In psychology, decision-making (also spelled decision making and decisionmaking) is regarded as the cognitive process resulting in the selection of a belief or a course of action among several possible alternative options. It could be either rati ...
s, assisting independent developers, investing in trial
microgeneration
Microgeneration is the small-scale production of heat or electric power from a "low carbon source," as an alternative or supplement to traditional centralized grid-connected power.
Microgeneration technologies include small-scale wind turbine ...
or
utility scale projects and informing the public about renewable energy.
Regen SW was funded by the
South West of England Regional Development Agency
The South West of England Regional Development Agency (SWRDA) was one of the nine Regional Development Agencies set up by the United Kingdom government in 1999. Its purpose was to lead the development of a sustainable economy in South West Engla ...
until that agency was abolished in March 2012. Since then, funding has come from subscription-based membership and partner organisations, advisory work, and grant funding.
Its Chief Executive, Merlin Hyman, was previously director of the Environmental Industries Commission, where he worked to help British companies in the rapidly growing worldwide market for low-carbon products and services. He sits on the government’s Shared Ownership Taskforce, working to provide communities with a right to buy into commercial projects,
and the National Solar Strategy group.
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Private companies limited by guarantee of the United Kingdom
South West England
Energy development
Renewable energy policy
Renewable energy commercialization
Renewable energy in England
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