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Guide to Energy Production

The 'Guide to Energy Production in the Yorkshire Dales National Park' is for developers and householders.

It was written to ensure that appropriate renewable energy developments can be supported within the Yorkshire Dales National Park and to encourage sustainability in building development. The Guide has been adopted as a supplementary planning document in support of policies in the 'Yorkshire Dales Local Plan'.

Electronic version

The Energy Production Guide is best viewed electronically.

Printer friendly version

In the spirit of sustainability we have not produced paper versions of the Guide. Please do not print copies unless you really need to and consider only printing the sections or pages that you are particularly interested in, rather than the whole document.

  1. The purpose of the Guide

  2. Policy Context

  3. Adaptation of existing properties and new building development
    Basic improvements
    Double and secondary glazing of windows
    Passive solar heating, without pumps
    Hydropower
    Ground, air and water source heat pumps
    Biomass
    Solar panels (water heating)
    Solar panels (photovoltaic cells)
    Wind Turbine

  4. Energy efficiency and sustainability through design

  5. Electricity and heat generation for profit
    Feed-in tariffs (FITS)
    Farm based anaerobic digestion plants
    Heat generation

  6. Sources of advice

  7. Contact information

  8. Bibliography

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Yorkshire Dales National Park

Malham Cove, © Príamo Melo.
Hardraw Force waterfall, © Britainonview / Martin Brent.
Limestone pavement, © Britainonview / Martin Brent.
Twisleton Scars, © Martin Priestley.
Swaledale sheep, © Britainonview.
Hay meadow in Malham, © Rick at Fortybelowzero.

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