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Projects: Projects for Region Projects in Northern Ireland involving Queen's University Belfast: ES/H031634/1
Reference Number	ES/H031634/1
Title	Delivering renewable energy under devolution
Status	Completed
Energy Categories	Renewable Energy Sources 25%; Renewable Energy Sources(Solar Energy) 5%; Renewable Energy Sources(Wind Energy) 5%; Renewable Energy Sources(Ocean Energy) 5%; Renewable Energy Sources(Bio-Energy) 5%; Renewable Energy Sources(Geothermal Energy) 2%; Renewable Energy Sources(Hydropower) 2%; Renewable Energy Sources(Other Renewables) 1%; Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research 25%; Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research(Environmental, social and economic impacts) 25%;
Research Types	Basic and strategic applied research 100%
Science and Technology Fields	SOCIAL SCIENCES (Economics and Econometrics) 25%; SOCIAL SCIENCES (Town and Country Planning) 25%; SOCIAL SCIENCES (Business and Management Studies) 25%; SOCIAL SCIENCES (Politics and International Studies) 25%;
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation	Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Policy and regulation) 100%
Principal Investigator	Professor R (Richard ) Cowell No email address given Cardiff School of Planning and Geography Cardiff University
Award Type	Standard
Funding Source	ESRC
Start Date	01 January 2011
End Date	31 January 2013
Duration	25 months
Total Grant Value	£217,426
Industrial Sectors	Manufacturing
Region	Wales
Programme
Investigators	Principal Investigator	Professor R (Richard ) Cowell , Cardiff School of Planning and Geography, Cardiff University (99.997%)
	Other Investigator	Professor PA (Peter ) Strachan , Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University (0.001%) Professor G Ellis , Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Queen's University Belfast (0.001%) Dr D (David ) Toke , School of Social Science, University of Aberdeen (0.001%)
Web Site	https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FH031634%2F1
Objectives	Objectives not supplied
Abstract	If the UK is to meet increasingly ambitious targets for renewable energy, then much depends on what happens not just in England, but in the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Thus the aim of this study is to assess the impacts of devolution on the provision of renewable energy, and address the following questions: To what extent has devolution affected the volume of new renewable energy being delivered in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland? Have the devolved institutions made different use of the powers and capacities for promoting renewable energy given to them by devolution? What lessons can be drawn for the effective delivery of renewable energy from these experiences across the UK? The research starts in 2012 and runs for two years. It focuses on how the devolved administrations have set targets for renewable energy, and coordinated this with national (UK) and EU-level targets. Careful attention is also given to two key sets of policy instruments for renewable energy: financial support mechanisms and planning policy. The research combines qualitative data, gathered from documentary sources and interviews with government, business and pressure groups, with quantitative data derived from data-bases of renewable energy development.
Publications	(none)
Final Report	(none)
Added to Database	06/12/11