Regen SW is the renewable energy agency for South West England. Its functions are to help towards the development of renewable energy in the South West, by giving independent advice to decision makers, assisting independent developers, investing in trial microgeneration or utility scale projects and informing the public about renewable energy. Regen SW is funded by the South West of England Regional Development Agency. Unlike its parent agency, it is not a government department as such, but a not-for-profit company.[1]
Its Chief Executive, Matthew Spencer, was also the chair of the microgeneration working group of the now-abolished Renewables Advisory Board, part of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.[2]