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The London Plan July 2011 – RTF version
POLICY 5.7 RENEWABLE ENERGY
Strategic
A The Mayor seeks to increase the proportion of energy generated from
renewable sources, and expects that the projections for installed renewable
energy capacity outlined in the Climate Change Mitigation and Energy
Strategy and in supplementary planning guidance will be achieved in
London.
Planning decisions
B Within the framework of the energy hierarchy (see Policy 5.2), major
development proposals should provide a reduction in expected carbon
dioxide emissions through the use of on-site renewable energy generation,
where feasible.
LDF preparation
C Within LDFs boroughs should, and other agencies may wish to, develop
more detailed policies and proposals to support the development of
renewable energy in London – in particular, to identify broad areas where
specific renewable energy technologies, including large scale systems and
the large scale deployment of small scale systems, are appropriate. The
identification of areas should be consistent with any guidelines and criteria
outlined by the Mayor.
D All renewable energy systems should be located and designed to minimise
any potential adverse impacts on biodiversity, the natural environment and
historical assets, and to avoid any adverse impacts on air quality.
5.39 Use of renewable energy presents a significant opportunity to reduce carbon
dioxide emissions, and its development will also contribute to the security of
energy supply in London. Energy generated from waste provides a
particularly significant opportunity for London to exploit in the future.
Preference should be given to using advanced conversion technologies
including anaerobic digestion, gasification and pyrolysis (see glossary) that
have the potential to achieve greater efficiencies and carbon dioxide
emissions savings.
5.40 The Mayor has outlined in the Climate Change Mitigation and Energy
Strategy projections for the installation of different renewable energy
technologies to increase London’s generation of both electricity and heat
from such sources up to 2031. These projections will be supported by
supplementary planning guidance. The Government has adopted a UK wide
target for 15 per cent of total energy to be generated by renewable sources
by 2020, and these projections represent London’s contribution to this 2020
target and beyond. Further detail is set out in the Climate Change
Mitigation Strategy and alterations to the Plan will be brought forward as
appropriate.
5.41 Boroughs are encouraged to identify opportunities for developing renewable
energy systems in their areas, including large scale systems. Where land is
needed for the provision of renewable energy technologies, such as anaerobic
digesters and biomass plants, boroughs should encourage this provision
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