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EGS ETV System Expectations – SME perspectives from England’s Northwest. Nick Storer Envirolink Northwest. SME Issues. Cost of technology development Relatively expensive Cost of commercialisation Often prohibitive Additional cost burden of Verification
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EGS ETV System Expectations – SME perspectives from England’s Northwest Nick Storer Envirolink Northwest
SME Issues • Cost of technology development • Relatively expensive • Cost of commercialisation • Often prohibitive • Additional cost burden of Verification • May hinder new technology development
SME Requirements of EGS ETV System • Quick • Simple • Robust • Consistent • Low cost • Universally recognised • Rigorously policed
Practical Solutions? • Graduated verification process • Step by step approach • Each step being costed separately • Graded certificate system • Relating to progress in the verification process • Specified-technology-list system • Technologies matching published criteria are listed
Specified-Technology-List System Example from UK • Enhanced Capital Allowance Scheme for Energy Efficient Technologies • Energy Technology List • ECA only available for technologies on ETL • 14 designated technologies • 55 sub-technologies • Must meet prescribed criteria to go on list
Administration • “Local” verification • Market/technology focussed? • Member/Regional based? • Central administration • Single database of verified technologies • Ensure local administration / policing is standardised • Universal recognition of verification in one member-country
Thank you Nick Storer Envirolink Northwest www.envirolinknorthwest.co.uk