Feed-In Tariffs for the United Kingdom: Accelerating the Transition to a Low Carbon Economy

INVITATION
New York – 25th March

Feed-in Tariffs for the United Kingdom: Accelerating the Transition to a Low Carbon Economy

On April 1, 2010, the United Kingdom will launch a new feed-in tariff policy, providing an additional boost to its advanced clean energy market. As the first country in the world to make carbon reduction targets legally binding, the United Kingdom has nearly a decade’s experience implementing its strategic commitment to a low carbon economy.

Now, with the introduction of feed-in tariffs for small scale renewable electricity generation, the UK has established a financial framework to drive investment and stimulate clean energy adoption on a much broader scale. Under the scheme, many UK households, communities and businesses will become eligible to receive guaranteed payment – “clean energy cashback” – for the low carbon electricity they generate from wind, solar PV, hydro, and new anaerobic digestion installations. It is expected that by 2020 the scheme will support over 750,000 small scale low carbon electricity installations and will have saved 7 million tons of carbon dioxide.

UK Trade & Investment, in cooperation with the New York City Accelerator for a Clean and Renewable Economy (NYC ACRE) at NYU-Poly, the New York Association for Energy Economics and Solar One, invite you to a presentation on the new policy and the opportunities it creates for investment in clean energy. The discussion will analyze the policy in reference to the experiences of other countries and focus on its implications for growth in the UK’s clean energy sector.

Thursday, March 25, 2010
6:00 – 8:00pm

Keynote presentation by:
John Moriarty, Assistant Director, Feed-in Tariffs Policy, Department of Energy and Climate Change, United Kingdom

In discussion with Nils Mellquist, Vice President, Senior Research Analyst, Deutsche Bank Climate Change Advisors

Moderated by Jonathan McClelland, President, New York Association for Energy Economics

Introduced by Rebecca Lewis, Vice-Consul and Trade & Investment Officer, British Consulate-General New York

A networking reception will follow.

NYC ACRE
Steelcase Room
160 Varick Street, 12th Floor
New York City
Space is limited.

Please RSVP to NYUKTI-RSVP@fco.gov.uk


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