LOCAL ENERGY EAST STRATEGY: AN ENERGY STRATEGY FOR THE TRI-LEP AREA WINTER 2018
LOCAL The Local Energy East Network was established in ENERGY response to the Department EAST of Business, Energy and NETWORK Industrial Strategy (BEIS) offering each Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) funding to develop a Local Energy Strategy. 3
The three LEP areas of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough (formerly Greater Cambridge and Greater Peterborough), Hertfordshire and New Anglia have joined together to create a tri-LEP area project. The project also involves their their constituent local authorities, the Distribution Network Operator (DNO), universities, third sector and energy sector businesses. Those involved in the Steering Group and Project Delivery Group, other than the LEPs, included: • Allia • UK Power Networks a huge potential to collaboratively take the fjndings and ambitions • Anglia Ruskin University • University of East Anglia of this strategy and deliver • Cambridge City Council • West Suffolk Councils future work using a mix of public • Cambridgeshire County Council The Extended Stakeholder sector leadership and business • East Herts District Council Group included more than 400 knowledge. • Nautilus Associates people from all 38 constituent • Norfolk County Council local authority areas and related • Peterborough City Council organisations who had been • Peterborough Environment engaged and involved in the project. City Trust This wide group of local and sub-national organisations provides • Suffolk County Council 3 3
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CONTENTS Executive Summary 6 7 1 Introduction 9 2 Our objectives 11 3 Context 23 4 Clean economic growth 31 5 Housing growth and commercial site infrastructure 45 6 Secure, affordable, low-carbon consumption 7 Clean transport networks 50 56 8 Future work 61 9 Glossary 5 5
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Local Energy East (LEE) area is • Clean Economic Growth (over- • Clean transport networks – one of the most important energy arching) – we will support growth we will work with local partners producing areas in the UK and a in our local energy sector, ensure and businesses to support the leading area for renewable energy. We local people benefjt from the transition to electric vehicles (EVs). are well-positioned to benefjt from the employment opportunities this We will continue to support global energy revolution that is now creates and support the transfer of behavioural change and modal under way and to make a signifjcant the benefjts of new energy shift that improves transport contribution to the UK’s energy technologies across sectors as part sustainability. economy. The Government’s Industrial of our wider drive to boost Success will only be achieved if all Strategy and Clean Growth Strategy productivity partners play their role in delivering the both present signifjcant opportunities • Housing growth and commercial strategy. It will be delivered through at a local level to capitalise on local site infrastructure – we will work actions taken by a wide range of local energy growth initiatives. with UK Power Networks (UKPN) partners, through new delivery models and partners to ensure the grid to enable distributed energy This strategy sets out our collective enables our housing and generation and supply and be ambitions to 2030. These are commercial development supported by innovative funding underpinned by a range of activities ambitions. We will support new models to enable the investment that the LEE Network and the Greater smart grid systems our infrastructure needs. South East Energy Hub will take forward to ensure that we remain at • Secure, local, affordable, low- the forefront of Clean Growth in the UK carbon consumption – we will and grasp the opportunities ahead. We work to increase energy effjciency have agreed the following themes that and improve energy affordability, are the basis for this strategy: reducing fuel poverty. We will work to reduce carbon emissions and improve air quality, 6 6
1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Local Energy East (LEE) is 1.3 Our combined LEP area is an capacity in this sector. We are a partnership covering the three important part of the UK the only part of the UK with Local Enterprise Partnership economy. Home to 3.9m people, expertise and operations in all (LEP) areas of Cambridgeshire 1.8m jobs and with a total areas of energy generation. New and Peterborough, Hertfordshire, economic output of £98bn (6.2% techniques and technologies and New Anglia (Norfolk and of the UK total) we have an offer major opportunities across Suffolk) collectively known as extremely broad range of different parts of the sector. the ‘LEE area’. businesses, universities, research 1.5 Business and political leaders in centres and other major UK 1.2 In early 2017, the Department for our area have high ambitions for economic assets. Business, Energy and Industrial growth, both in the energy sector Strategy (BEIS) invited LEPs to 1.4 We are a signifjcant producer and wider economy. Having the produce a Local Energy Strategy. and distributor of energy. The right energy infrastructure is This built on the work that we Bacton gas terminal is one of the essential for this growth so it is had begun locally in our main points for receiving gas from able to meet the needs of our Strategic Economic Plans (SEPs) the North Sea, while the Sizewell businesses and support the and other local strategies and B nuclear reactor supplies more development of well-functioning, initiatives. Over the past year than 1000 megawatts to the attractive places to live and work. we have worked with a range of national grid. The offshore wind Already there are areas where stakeholders and experts to farms at Sheringham Shoal, further development and growth develop this strategy. We have Scroby Sands, Dudgeon, Race locations are signifjcantly engaged with more than 400 Bank and Greater Gabbard constrained due to lack of people representing more than contribute a third of the UK’s electricity capacity. The expected 50 organisations locally, to offshore wind power. Future shift towards electric vehicles ensure that our objectives and planned offshore wind projects in (EVs) will add further pressure to actions have been developed and our region, including Hornsea, the network as well as creating co-designed with a wide range of Vanguard and Boreas, will more new opportunities. We also want partners. than double UK generating to ensure that improvements in 7 7
energy infrastructure benefjt created using multiple layers of • Section 4 sets out our plan to our residents, increasing the energy-related data. The portal is achieve clean economic growth affordability of supply and able to display energy data at a • Section 5 describes how we will contributing to addressing granular level. Feedback from support housing growth and fuel poverty. local authorities and other commercial site infrastructure stakeholders so far has been very 1.6 We are a clean growth region. • Section 6 explains how we will positive. The portal is a solid base We have superb natural assets support secure, affordable, low- to take delivery activities forward. and a high quality of life in our carbon consumption It enables planners, developers, cities, towns and rural areas. Our • Section 7 sets out our plans to land owners and other strategic Local Energy Strategy shows our support clean transport networks decision makers to better commitment to the need to reduce • Section 8 explains our future understand where the challenges carbon emissions and pollution, work and how we will progress and opportunities exist. to improve air quality and ensure our objectives a healthy environment. 1.9 To accompany this strategy there • Section 9 is a glossary of terms is a companion Mapping Analysis 1.7 This strategy has been developed Report, which provides greater 1.11 Throughout this strategy there at a time of huge change in the detail on the online energy are brief case studies to highlight way that energy is being data-mapping portal used and where a noteworthy activity in generated, stored and evidence derived from it. the LEE area supports a distributed. New technology particular priority or endeavour. provides signifjcant opportunities 1.10 The rest of this document is Case studies from outside the but also requires careful structured as follows: LEE area are also referenced navigation and investment to • Section 2 sets out our objectives where learning and delivery in maximise the potential for the for this strategy another area is worth considering LEE area. • Section 3 explains the broader for replication to support a 1.8 To inform this strategy, an online context – in terms of policy, particular ambition or priority in energy data-mapping portal was economics and wider trends the strategy. 8 8
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