Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology

The Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology, previously identifying as Renewable Energy Association (REA), is a renewable energy and clean technology trade association in the UK encompassing all of renewables industry in the United Kingdom. REA claims to cover renewable power & flexibility, heat and cooling, circular bioresources and transport.[1] The REA is a not-for-profit company.[2]

The Association For Renewable Energy and Clean Technology
AbbreviationREA
Formation26 June 2001
TypeTrade association
Legal statusNon-profit company (No. 04241430)
PurposeRenewable energy industry in the UK
HeadquartersThe Strand, London
Region served
UK
Membership
c. 500 companies
Chief Executive
Nina Skorupska
Main organ
REA Board
Staff
20-30

History

REA claims it was established in 2001 as a not-for-profit trade association, representing British renewable energy producers and promoting the use of renewable energy in the UK.[2] The original company name was The Renewable Power Association, changing to Renewable Energy Association from November 2005.[3] REA was merged with the Association for Organics Recycling (AfOR) in 2012, the latter becoming the "Organics Recycling Group" under REA.[2] The Company name was officially changed again to The Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology from October 2019.[3]

Biofuels

Biofuels are one area within REA's scope and some elements have proved controversial.[4] REA has reported significant reduction in greenhouse gases can be obtained by use of biofuels rather than fossil fuels.[5] In 2014 REA was criticised for encouraging reliance on large non renewable energy company members including the operators of Drax power station and Eggborough power station and lobbying to expand the use of food crops as biofuels including palm oil and soya.[4]

Electric vehicles

EA, through its subsidiary, launched the UK's first Electric Vehicle Consumer Code (EVCC) in 2020, a voluntary scheme for domestic charge point installers.[6]

Electricity grid

On 21 September 2021 REA published its report Energy Transition Readiness Index 2021 and warned that urgent action was needed make the UK Electricity grid more flexible to cate for more variable types of energy coming online, one of the points raised that as electricity storage facilities were treated as generators and charge both for transmission of electricity to and from the storage over the grid which was a disincentive for investment in the technology.[7]

References

Footnotes
  1. REA 2021.
  2. Quinault 2012.
  3. Companies House 2021.
  4. Bastable 2014.
  5. Xiyan 2020, p. 4.
  6. FleetNews 2020.
  7. GridBeyond 2021.

Sources
  • Bastable, Sophie (7 April 2014). "Fighting the Big Biomass Baddies". theecologist.org. The Ecologist. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  • Companies House (October 2021). "The Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology". Gov.UK. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  • Fleetnews (3 March 2020). "UK's first EV Consumer Code launched". fleetnews.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  • GridBeyond (October 2021). "Urgent action needed on grid flexibility, says REA". GridBeyond.com. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  • Quinault, Caelia (3 September 2012). "AfOR members approve merger with REA". LetsRecycle.com. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  • REA (2021). "About the REA". Renewable Energy Association.
  • Xiyan, Li (2020). Kær, Søren Knudsen; Condra, Thomas Joseph (eds.). CFD modeling of biomass thermo-chemical conversion and its experimental study (PDF) (PhD thesis). Aalborg University. ISBN 978-87-7210-676-2.
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