Press Releases
SPECIAL aims to raise awareness of energy efficiency and the move to a low carbon economy through sustainable energy solutions.
Keep up to date with all the SPECIAL partner activities and comments by reading our press releases, newsletters and articles here.
Oct 2015
Planning and Delivering renewable energy solutions: What Lessons can we learn from Europe?Jul 2015
IPI Module 5 - Implementing renewable energy alternativesJun 2015
Spatial Planning & Energy for Communities in All Landscapes - Module 4 - Developing evidence based eMay 2015
Lessons from Europe: Planning for renewable energy solutionsMay 2015
Irish Planning Institute: SPECIAL planning and energy CPD moduel three: The departure pointApr 2015
Irish Planning Institute SPECIAL Planning and Energy CPDApr 2015
Large Scale Solar UK - Planners workshop 28 April 2015Mar 2015
Irish Planning Institute launches SPECIAL pilot trainingMar 2015
How can local authorities plan for district heating projectsMar 2015
How can we work together to plan for Community Renewable Energy Projects?Mar 2015
Delivering Community Renewable Energy Projects through the Planning SystemMar 2015
Planning for district heating: masterplanning, technical feasibility and economic viabilityDec 2014
Government’s politicisation of wind farm planning damaging for country, says TCPA chiefDec 2014
We must act immediately to save our communities from the catastrophic threat of climate changeKate Henderson, Chief Executive of the TCPA spoke at Planning Magazine's Planning for Energy and Environment Conference on 2 December
Oct 2014
Is it time for councils to buy back control of the energy grid?Sep 2014
The UK must find ways of planning and delivering renewable energy solutionsSep 2014
How can councils release the economic benefits of renewable energy?Aug 2014
Building a resilient environment event, Cambridge 9 September 2014Sustainability East, Climate UK, TCPA SPECIAL Event
Jul 2014
SPECIAL Planners’ Summit ‘Taking Stock of Planning for Sustainable Energy’Jul 2014
Derbyshire County Council aiming to generate money through renewable energy projectsJul 2014
APSE Energy SeminarFrom industrial legacy to future energy: Transforming the use of former industrial land for energy projects Thursday 3 July County Hall Matlock Derbyshire
Jun 2014
ECTP-CEU and SPECIAL Spatial Planning and Renewable Energy Awards ExhibitionJan 2014
Can Ireland become a world leader in renewable energy production?Aug 2013
Committee calls for greater government support for local energy projectsLeading planning charity, the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) has welcomed the Energy and Climate Change Committee’s report today calling for greater Government support for local energy projects.
Jul 2013
Government offers certainty for zero carbon transitionLeading housing and planning charity, the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) welcomes the announcement by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Baroness Hanham, today on the Government’s proposals to consult next on step towards zero carbon homes which ‘will contribute to national emission reduction targets and help to lower people’s fuel bills’
The UK Government’s publication of new planning guidance on renewable energy underplays both the global environmental imperative of low carbon technology and the local economic and social benefits of community-led renewable energy projects.
Jun 2013
Wind power vital to UK energy security, economy and environmentThe Government's decision to change planning guidance to allow for a local veto of onshore wind could have a profound impact on the environment and our economy, warns leading planning charity the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA).
Apr 2013
Energising Europe’s planners: New European energy project springs into actionTown Planning Associations (TPAs) from across the European Union will meet this week in London for the first time for the launch of a new IEE (Intelligent Energy Europe) funded project, SPECIAL.
Mar 2013
Powering the future: New European project to build UK planners’ renewable energy skillsLeading housing and planning charity, the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) is about to begin its most ambitious European project to date. SPECIAL (Spatial Planning & Energy for Communities in All Landscapes) will seek to build the capacity of planners and other built environment professionals in delivering local renewable energy solutions over the next three years.