Welcome to the Micropower Council

We represent companies and organisations active in the microgeneration sector and campaign on behalf of our members for a genuine mass market for small scale, low and zero carbon electricity and heat generating technologies.

Micropower Council members include manufacturers and installers of microgeneration technologies as well as energy suppliers and other trade associations active in the sector.

We act as the industry's main contact point for government, opinion formers, the press, and the public. Our campaigning agenda is determined by our Executive Committee. All members are encouraged to actively participate in policy development and political campaigning work via our Strategy Groups. Strategy Groups are chaired by Sponsoring Members with expertise in that particular policy area.

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Scottish Permitted Development Consultation Published

The Scottish Government recently published their consultation on Permitted Development Rights for Microgeneration Equipment on Non-Domestic Properties. This consultation will create a framework that will make it easier for businesses and communities to install Microgeneration technologies without having to go through the rigours of the planning system. The consultation can be found here, and closes on the 8th October 2010.

The Micropower Council will be liaising with Scottish Renewables and other relevant stakeholders in line with our responses to the English and Welsh consultations on PD - please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any points that you would like me to feed in.

MPs Back New Parliamentary Solar PV Forum

London, 19th July 2010 - Leading figures in the UK solar PV sector have warmly welcomed the launch of a new Parliamentary forum for the technology. The Associate Parliamentary Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group (PRASEG) Solar PV Forum has been established at a time when demand for solar PV is rising thanks to the impact of the new Feed-In Tariff scheme. By 2020, the Government expects hundreds of thousands of households to have installed systems under the new scheme, with a total PV market nearly 100 times greater than today. To read this full press release click the link below

Press Release

New Energy Focus: Government accused of failing to meet microgeneration deadline

Climate change minister Greg Barker was last night (July 12) forced to respond to allegations that the government has missed its deadline for introducing permitted development rights - which remove the need for a planning application - for micro-wind turbines and air source heat pumps.

During the Micropower Council's summer reception in London, which was timed to coincide with the government's launch of the new Micropower Strategy for consultation yesterday (see this NewEnergyFocus.com story), the chief executive of the Council, Dave Sowden, began his speech with a scathing attack on the government for "breaking the law". Click the link below to read the full article

http://www.newenergyfocus.com/do/ecco/view_item?listid=1&listcatid=32&listitemid=4158&section=On-site%20%26%20Micro

Microgeneration: Cleaner energy begins at home - Launch of new Government Consultation

The Microgeneration industry today welcomed the Government’s root and branch review of Microgeneration policy in the UK and publication of a new Microgeneration Strategy early next year. To read this full article click the link below.

> Download this Press Release