Agenda

Sheryl French6:55 – 7:00Next Steps

ALL6:45 – 6:55Questions + Answers

ALL (in Groups)6:00 – 6:45What ideas do you have for community energy schemes and what support do you need?

Dr Tim Lunel, CEO, National Energy Foundation

5:55 – 6:00Workshop Introduction

Dr Tim Lunel, CEO, National Energy Foundation

5:20 – 5:55How can the community deliver energy projects in Cambridgeshire?

Sheryl French5:00 – 5:20Introduction

(Welcome & Agenda, Why we are doing this? What do we hope to achieve? Overview of CRIF, the Community Energy Fund)

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Cambridgeshire RenewablesInfrastructure Framework (CRIF)

The Key Driver for Change

• The Climate Change Act 2008 legally binds the UK to deliver its commitment

of 80% reduction of CO2 emissions by 2050

• Zero Carbon Policy for New Homes

• EU Renewable Energy Targets• Electricity Market Reform

• Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development

• The Green Deal

• Feed-in Tariffs• Energy Bill

The UK Energy Trilemma

Energy Security

Affordable Energy

Low carbon energy

£200 billion energy

investment required in Britain

over the next decade

(Ofgem, 2009)

Global competition for energy

Reducing supply of fossil

fuels

Global demand for energy

forecast to increase by 45%

between 2006 and 2030, (IAE 2008)

Climate Change Act 2008,

reduce CO2 emissions by 80%

by 2050 from 1990 levels

Securing alternative

energy suppliesUK

Global – Energy Demand

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The energy challenge Source: E.ON

ELECTRICITY

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What does this mean for

Cambridgeshire?

• We need to find a way of dealing with rising fuel

prices.

• We need to find a way of responding to targets – and

the policy framework it offers. If we don’t we’ll find

investment and opportunities go elsewhere.

• We need to know what options are on the table

- how much energy will we need to generate,

- how much will we have to rely on energy efficiency and

- what investment, skills and resources do we have to

tackle these problems

• CRIF is Cambridgeshire’s attempt to deal with this in

an honest, sensible and transparent way.

28% of energy from renewables

in Cambridgeshire by 2030.

Currently 7%.

The CRIF Project

Given that doing nothing is not an option, the project is looking at our current and future energy requirements and asking the following:

• What options are available to us?

• What choices make sense for us in Cambridgeshire?

SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE:

Renewable Energy

Infrastructure Opportunism

Cambourne 950

Northstowe Rampton

Drift

Retro-fit

Trumpington Meadows

Fen

Drayton

SP/11

PV Bulk

procurement –

Histon/Coton

South Cambs Hall &

other public/community

buildings

Village

Colleges

Carbon

Reduction Commitment

Wadlow Wind Farm

(permission on appeal)

Linton Wind Farm

(under appeal)

Agricultural

potential

MiltonGirton

Feasibility studies

SCDC Housing Stock

Housing Associations

Cambridge NW

South Cambs

homeowners Research &

Business Parks

Sustainable Parish

Energy Partnership

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CERT & Feed-in Tariff

This means knowing:

1. How much renewable energy do we need to generate locally?

2. What and where are the best renewable resources (sun, wind,

biomass etc.)?

3. What are the most appropriate renewable energy technologies

for making best use of these available resources (solar panels, turbines, heat pumps, district heating, £/tCO2 etc.)?

4. How much these technologies cost and how are they paid for

(supply, installation, servicing, grants, subsidies, etc.)?

5. Who are probably the best people to lead in making things

happen (local communities, public or commercial sector etc.)?

It’s going to help us understand how to make the best use of the renewable energy resourcesavailable to us in South Cambs and in relation to the whole county.

What will the CRIF

give us?

• An evidence base on which informed decisions can be taken

• A menu of technology options from which Cambridgeshire will need to choose how to move forward

• A view from stakeholders on how they can invest and deliver in Cambridgeshire to support the low carbon economy

Opportunities?

100% reduction

25% reduction

44% reduction

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– heating, hot-water,

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– appliances & cooking

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Zero Carbon

Zero Carbon policy could potentially increase the role of local authorities in delivering

low carbon growth.

Pathway to Zero Carbon Homes

Opportunities

Allowable Solutions – A range of on-,

near- or off-site measures to mitigate

the remaining regulated emissions.

The zero carbon policy introduced the concept of allowable solutions –

this creates the role for community energy funds

Carbon Compliance – the

level of CO2 reduction that

must be delivered through

on-site measures

Community energy fund is a means of channelling developer

investment in carbon reduction into the local area

Developer CO2 reduction

obligation

Developer CO2 reduction

obligation

On-site CO2 reduction

% of target met through on-

site measures

Payment to Fund

% of target met by payment

into an Energy Fund

Fund invests in local

CO2 reduction projects

The Community Energy Fund

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Fund invests in local

low carbon projects

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Community

Opportunities

• Take advantage of the feed in tariff (FIT) and other incentives

• Produce energy locally – less dependency on global markets to provide what you need

• Provide local benefits – rather than going global

• Provide local jobs

The process of doing this is starting to generate output…But reports, presentations and strategies about how we can have a more sustainable and secure energy future mean very little unless we’re:

� talking about them, � getting them into the mainstream, � making them normal, � drawing up village energy action plans, and � making them happen…

COMMUNICATION is everything…get people talking about

renewables…involve people…bring people on board…find the skills…mobilise communities…get the facts out…etc…