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 (also called green energy) is energy made from renewable resource, renewable natural resources that are replenished on a human lifetime, human timescale. The most widely used renewable energy types are solar energy, wind pow ...
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 ra ...
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 turbines ...
or
utility scale projects and informing the public about renewable energy.
Regen SW was funded by the
South West of England Regional Development Agency 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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