TheLondon Climate Change Agency Limited (LCCA), was a municipal company owned by theLondon Development Agency (LDA) that worked in partnership with private sector companies (notablyEDF Energy) to design, finance, construct, own and operatedecentralised low energy and zero-carbon projects forLondon, as well as providing services to others. It operated in the areas of energy, water, waste and transport. In 2009 it was integrated into the London Development Agency.
The Agency was launched on 20 June 2005 to implement amanifesto commitment byKen Livingstone in the2004 elections for theMayor of London. Its budget for 2006–07 was £815,000, 63% of which was funded directly by the LDA.[1] The Chief Executive Officer was Allan Jones, who previously led the development of the pioneeringsustainable community energy system inWoking. The London Climate Change Agency plans to create a similar system for London.
As of 2006, London produced 7% of theUK'scarbon emissions.[2] The LCCA was seen as one of the key vehicles for delivering the Mayor's energy strategy,[3] which targets cuts in these emissions of 20% by 2010 and 60% by 2050 (although achieving the first of these targets was unlikely). The Agency was also expected to play a role in ensuring that the2012 Summer Olympics in London were the first to be powered by low carbon technology.[4]
In 2007 the LCCA received planning permission for a number ofrenewable energy installations including:solarphotovoltaic cells atCity Hall,[5]the UK's first combined photovoltaic andwind turbine system at the Palestra building,Blackfriars Road[6]
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