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Single Topic Discussion: Renewable Energy

A new approach

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Sustainable Strategic; corporate Positive, enabling policies

We need some key outcomes today:

• What is the Vision for energy in South

Hams?

• Do we want a RE target?
• What kind of policy is best?
• What is our stance on community energy?

Key outcomes for today....

 Enhancing our contribution to energy generation  Managing RE development responsibly  Our vision for energy & local energy policies  Renewables rather than energy efficiency/sustainable construction X The need for/merits of renewable energy X The Government’s policy approach X Detail about the technologies

The scope of our debate today

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What does Government expect from Local Authorities?

Government aspirations?

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Key Legislation: Climate Change Act; Energy Acts Key themes:

• Energy security
• Diversity of

supply – including more RE

• More community

energy/local supply

National targets

• 15% energy from renewables by 2020
• 30% of electricity from renewable

sources;

• 12% heat demand; and
• 10% transport demand

Planning for low carbon and energy –Our Plan must cover.....

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A low carbon future Use/generation of energy (including heat) Renewables Spatial strategy Energy efficiency Sustainable construction

• have a positive strategy to promote energy from renewable and

low carbon sources;

• design their policies to maximise renewable and low carbon

energy... ensuring that adverse impacts are addressed;

• consider identifying suitable areas for renewable and low

carbon energy.....

• support community-led initiatives for renewable and low

carbon energy... including developments outside such areas being taken forward through neighbourhood planning

• identify opportunities where development can draw its energy

supply from decentralised, renewable or low carbon energy supply systems and for co-locating potential heat customers and suppliers

What does the NPPF ask us to do?

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Key Statements, in summary:

The Local Context...so why is energy important?

Why is energy important?....

Because it’s use impacts on household and business costs (as well as contributing to emissions)

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Proportion of homes with solid walls Proportion of households in fuel poverty South Hams - 19.6% (2011)

Why is energy important?

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South Hams has limited access to the gas grid.

Average domestic energy bill = £1,500 p.a. In South Hams energy spend by sector is:

Non-domestic £49,941,281 Domestic £56,015,694 Transport £110,133,926 By 2022 costs are forecast to rise by 10% Nearly all goes to large national/multi-national

• enterprises. Can we retain more locally?

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Why is energy important?

Indicative Renewable Energy Resources

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0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 30.0 35.0 wind wood/non domestic biomass hydro/geothermal solar pv farms domestic solar/heat (ex biomass) domestic biomass non domestic installations

• Installed capacity 2013 – 26MW; 5MWth
• Theoretical capacity – 940 MW

Only 3% of our theoretical capacity has been developed.

How are we doing?

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5 10 15 20 25 30 2007 2008 2010 2011 2013 S Hams W Devon

Our Plan: A vision for energy

Energy efficient homes: Old and new Eliminate fuel poverty Protection of nearby residents from impacts

Enabling renewable energy & contributing to national targets

Local, sustainable energy

IS ANYTHING MISSING?

Conservation

• f

biodiversity, habitat, landscape

Maximise employment from environmental technologies

Infrastructure to support energy development Retain income from energy generation locally Reduce carbon emissions Conservation

• f cultural and

built heritage

What do we want to achieve? Who do we need to work with? Which services are involved?

Energy security and resilience Community energy generation and use

What contribution could South Hams make to renewable energy generation?

The Future? Scenarios for the South West

(non domestic generation)

500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000

Current Trends Scenario 15% by 2020 Scenario

Installed Renewable Energy Generation, South West

Business as Usual

169% increase in capacity 2012-23

15% by 2020

358% increase in capacity 2012-23 Applying these forecasts pro-rata to South Hams............... Business as usual – 88MW by 2031 15% scenario – 140MW by 2031

S Hams, electricity consumption 2011 = 466.3 GWh

To achieve 30% of electricity generation from RE sources would mean generating 139.9GWh of renewable electricity.

The Future?

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30% electricity from renewables: 139.9GWh

The Future?

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20 40 60 80 100 120 140

balance required to achieve 30% existing planning permissions 50% roof mounted take up current generation

The “gap” is approximately 91GWh

The “gap” is equivalent to: 15 2.5MW wind turbines OR 21 5MW solar farms

The Future?

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balance required to achieve 30% existing planning permissions 50% roof mounted take up current generation

• In “maximising” our contribution SCALE is

important; 1 commercial turbine generates as much as 10 smaller ones. Wind is more efficient than solar.

• There are currently 2479 non-domestic projects

in South Hams – average 10.7KW each.

• Only 3% of resources have been exploited.
• Scope to use existing properties for generation,

as well as wind and solar resources. Not all development has to be greenfield.

But remember.....

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• 18.7% of S Hams is Dartmoor NP
• 38.4% is AONB
• 83% of S Hams is covered by some form
• f environmental designation (statutory

and non-statutory)

But....tensions....

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A renewable energy target for South Hams?

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A target for renewable energy? District-wide target? Community delivery target? OPPORTUNITIES

• A positive signal
• A means of measuring progress
• Focuses delivery

CHALLENGES

• Changing markets and innovation
• Relating targets to resources
• Discounting theoretical resource

without detailed landscape sensitivity work

• Not a ceiling on development
• How a target should be expressed

• Aspiration to increase delivery above ‘business

as usual’ can be expressed in Plan’s Objectives/positive policy phrasing;

• Take up of RE in existing buildings can be

promoted through partnership working/HECA;

• More active monitoring can demonstrate

progress;

• Work in hand to scope potential for community

schemes – target expressed as number of schemes may be possible.

A renewable energy target for South Hams? In summary

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• Do you support an objective led rather

than target led approach? If not, why not?

• Would you support a community led target

– perhaps expressed as numbers of projects coming forward?

Discussion 2: Targets

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What sorts of policies do we need?

What sort of policies do we need?

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3 inter-related policies........

• an overarching policy – high level to

support all low carbon policies in the plan

• a policy for renewable energy

development (all technologies)

• a policy for community led projects

Initial reference in overarching policy: Scope...

What sort of policies do we need?

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All development will be expected to contribute to:

• Reducing carbon emissions/adapting to extreme

weather;

• Increasing South Ham’s contribution to national

renewable energy targets;

• Energy conservation and generation consistent

with the energy hierarchy and emerging zero carbon proposals;

• Sustainable construction and resource

management.

What sort of policies do we need? Renewable energy

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Essential questions to answer

• Can we identify or direct technologies

to particular areas? Is there a role for mapping?

• What criteria could we use?
• How can we stimulate take up of

renewable technologies in existing (as well as new) development?

What sort of policy criteria 1 – Assessing Impacts

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Scope:

• Individual as well as cumulative

impacts;

• Covers all phases of development;
• Lists topics where impacts need

assessment.

Renewable energy policy criteria 2 – Landscape

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Scope:

• Signal large scale not likely to be

appropriate in AONB/close to it and DNPA

• Demonstrate how Devon landscape

advice has been taken into account

• Indicate support for use of brown field

land; existing buildings where possible

Renewable energy policy criteria 3 – other issues

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Scope:

• Early consultation with the community;
• Removal of technology on cessation;

restoration of site;

• For free standing technologies –

continued agricultural use.

Scope:

What sort of policies? Community Schemes

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State support for community energy projects:

• Where impacts acceptable or can be made acceptable;
• Deliver social and community benefits;
• Evidence of local engagement, community support

and/or brought forward by Neighbourhood Plan;

• There are administrative and financial structures to

deliver/manage project and monies.

• Circulate outcome of today’s discussion to

all members for comment;

• Continue to share developing policy work;
• Engage consultees and communities...

Next steps.....

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