A statement from the trade association said it “strongly supports the government in its desire to increase massively renewable energy generation in the UK”.
The statement argues that a key area is the Renewables Obligation and says that the government is right to set a tough target for this.
EWA director Tony Hirons said: “the introduction of the obligation, which EWA has long advocated, provides a potentially elegant mechanism for encouraging the renewable generating industry to rise to the challenge.
“What must be clear however is that whilst offshore wind, solar and biomass will all have a major role to play, the government's assumptions about the profile of the renewables obligation to 2010, echoed in the Prime Ministers speech last week, and the rate at which new renewable capacity can be brought on stream will not be achieved without the vital role to be played by Energy from Waste.”
The association calculates that without RO support, the EfW industry is unlikely to deliver more than 180 MW of new capacity by 2010 – about half of what could be achieved within the RO.
“We would also urge that the study to be undertaken by the Performance and Innovation Unit into the future of UK renewable energy should not only include Energy from Waste but also pay particular attention to emerging technologies, such as pyrolysis and gasification, both of which fall within the EfW field,” Mr Hirons added.
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