These provide up to date information (October 2009) on the measures that Dorset residents can incorporate into their homes, businesses and community buildings, including:

• Background to each renewable energy technology

• The approximate amount of your household heat and power requirements that each technology can provide

• The best place to site an installation

• The maintenance required (if any)

• How much each technology costs

• What grants are available, grants and financial assistance

• How long the technology must be used before it pays back its extra cost

• Grid connection issues (where appropriate)

• Planning issues

• The potential for each technology in Dorset

• A summary of pros and cons of each technology

• Installers operating in the South West

• Where to find more information

Please find the pdf's listed below for downloading.

1. Renewable Energy [432kb] (opens in a new window) 

2. Saving energy [300kb] (opens in a new window) 

3. Solar Water Heating [384kb] (opens in a new window) 

4. Solar photovoltaics [381kb] (opens in a new window)

5. Biomass heating [358kb] (opens in a new window)

6. Small scale wind energy [270kb] (opens in a new window)

7. Heat Pumps [422kb] (opens in a new window) 

8. Micro-Hydro [301kb] (opens in a new window)

For general enquiries relating to renewable energy please use the contact listed below for the renewable energy development officer, Pete West.

• Renewable Energy Development Officer
  Name: Pete West
  Email: p.west@dorsetcc.gov.uk
  Tel: 01305 228530
  Fax: 01305 224258
  Full details for Pete West