From 1999 to 2001, the (then) Department of Trade and Industry conducted a series of consultations in the run-up to the introduction of the Renewables Obligation in 2002. The papers, which were published under the generic title 'New and Renewable Energy for the 21st Century', can be found by the determined researcher on the BERR web site but, for a limited time, will be available here.

New and Renewable Energy for the 21st Century

• Introduction (March 1999)

• Supporting Analysis (May 1999)

• Analysis of Responses to the Consultation Paper (July 1999)

• Conclusions in Response to the Public Consultation (January 2000)

• The Renewables Obligation - Preliminary Consultation (October 2000)

• Analysis of the Responses to the Consultation Paper (March 2001)

• The Renewables Obligation - Statutory Consultation (August 2001)

(The petitioners are unable to find a record of the responses to the consultation.)

• The Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Order 2002 (26 March 2002)

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