Renewable Energy & Local Opportunities Event Highlights Local Projects

Renewable Energy & Local Opportunities
National programme of free events during June and July 2013 from
Climate UK in partnership with the Department for Energy and Climate Change
25th June 2013 - Chelmsford

Welcome
Robert Overall
Deputy Chief Executive & Director of
Environment, Sustainability & Highways
Essex County Council

Introduction
Dr Hugh Ellis
Chair
Chief Planner
Town and County Planning Association

Video message from the Secretary of State for
Energy and Climate Change

Policy Perspective
Michael Rutter
Department for Energy and Climate Change

UK Renewable Energy Policy
Office for Renewable Energy Deployment, Department of Energy
and Climate Change
6

Why do we need renewable energy?
7

Ambitious, legally binding targets:
•The Climate Change Act set a target to
reduce emissions by at least 80% by 2050
relative to 1990 levels and by at least 34%
by 2020
•The EU Renewable Energy Directive
requires the UK to meet 15% of energy
demand from renewable sources by 2020
(from 3.8% in 2011)
Legal framework

Key renewable technologies
Can be widely
deployed, but issues
with their placement
and public desirability
4. Onshore Wind
In 2020: 24–32TWh/yr
Very large deployment
potential - but deeper /
further out sites are
expensive. Working to
reduce cost by 2020
1. Offshore Wind
In 2020: 33–58TWh/yr
Small contribution to
2020, but potential to
provide much more in
future.
7. Marine Energy
In 2020: 1TWh/yr
Contributes around
40% of total renewable
electricity
3. Biomass Electricity
In 2020: 32–50TWh/yr
The EU defines „renewables‟ widely, as “energy from renewable non-fossil sources.
We can use any of these to meet a target of 15% of energy use in 2020, equal to 220 –
230 TWh of generation. But the following eight technologies will be most important.
Heat from
wood, waste, sewage
etc. mainly for
industrial and
commercial use.
2. Biomass Heat
In 2020: 36–50TWh/yr
Uses electricity to pull
heat from air or ground
(‘reverse refrigerator’).
5. Heat Pumps
In 2020: 16 -22TWh/yr
Classic panels on roofs
to generate electricity
from sunlight. Small to
industrial scale
6. Solar PV
In 2020: 6–18TWh/yr
Much theoretical
potential but must
ensure sustainability.
8. Renewable Transport
In 2020: < 44TWh/yr
Sources: Definition from EU, Directive 2009/28/EC; TWh figures from DECC(2011 and 2012), Renewables Roadmap

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EnergyGeneratedfromRenewableSources
(TWh)
Target Range through to 2020
Electricity
Heat
Transport
Renewable Energy in the UK: Historic and Projected, 2007 - 2020
Because of the low starting
point, deployment needs to be steep
Sources: DECC(2012), Renewables Roadmap; indicative contribution based on possible sharing of burden as set out in HMG(2009), Renewable Energy Strategy
Electricity
30%Heat
12%
Transport
10%
Indicative contribution: demand
needed from renewables in 2020
Of the three sectors
making up our 2020 goal:
 Renewable electricity
has made a good start.
 Heat and transport
have challenges
Renewable electricity generation increased from 9.4% in 2011 to 12.5% by the end of 2012.

• The Renewables Obligation is currently the
main policy for supporting large scale
renewable electricity deployment. The Feed
in tariff supports smaller scale projects (up
to 5MW).
• RO closes to new generation in 2017
• Contracts for Difference will take over as
our main source of support for large scale
electricity generation projects
• Between 2014 and 2017, new renewable
energy projects will be able to make a one-
off choice between the two mechanisms
Financial Support

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Impact on energy prices and bills

Delivering investment and jobs
Since 2010 DECC has
recorded investments in large
scale renewable energy
totalling over £29 billion, with
the potential to support
around 30,000 jobs.
Job figures based on ORED analysis of developer announcements

What influences people‟s views on
renewables?
14

Call for Evidence: Part A- on how communities can have more of a
say over, and receive greater economic and wider social benefits
from, hosting onshore wind farms. Part B - examined the latest UK
onshore wind costs.
Over 1000 response from members of the public, NGOs
developers, Local Authorities etc.
Our response was published in June and announced:
• Maintained level of financial support for onshore wind;
• Fivefold increase in community benefits payments;
• Compulsory pre-application consultation;
• Commitment to clear and reliable evidence on the impacts of
onshore wind, through an evidence toolkit;
• Best practice guidance for use by those parties involved in
onshore wind developments;
• Register of community benefits on offer.
Onshore Wind Community
Engagement and Benefits

Low Carbon Innovation for the Area
Dr Aled Jones
Global Sustainability Institute

"According to a new U.N. report, the global
warming outlook is much worse than
originally predicted. Which is pretty bad
when they originally predicted it would
destroy the planet." --Jay Leno

Climate action
• It is estimated that $1 trillion a year
globally will be invested in „climate
solutions‟ by 2030
• UK Climate Change Bill
• EU 2020 and 2030 targets
• Decarbonise energy by 2050

East of England growth
• The East of England has a market value of
£12.9 billion, with 6,234 companies
employing about 103,000 people.
• How much of the $1 trillion investment per
year does it want to attract?

Generating capacity investment ($billion)
Fossil fuel
Clean
energy
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Investments on the rise
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BillionUS$
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Innovation on the rise
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Year-by-Year Comparison: 6 Low-Carbon Energy Technologies: 1976-2007
Wind CST Biomass Photovoltaic Clean Coal Carbon Capture
Application year
Nrofpatents

Knowledge generation
• Discover
• Develop
• Deploy

Knowledge partnership
• Discover University
• Develop University - Business
• Deploy Business
Government enabled
Local and national

Strategic opportunities
• Feed-in-Tariff
• Renewable Heat Incentive
• Green Deal
• Planning changes
• Local authority strategic plans
• Low cost technologies
– In particular following investments over last 4 years

However…
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50000
60000
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East of England: knowledge hub
Clean-tech innovation
Environmental management
Energy technologies
„Green‟ finance
„Green‟ manufacturing Transport innovation

East of England: knowledge hub

Contact details
Dr Aled Jones, Director
Tel: 0845 196 2931 (direct)
aled.jones@anglia.ac.uk
http://www.anglia.ac.uk/gsi

Planning Policy Framework
Dr Hugh Ellis
Chair

Local Authority Examples
John Preston - Epping Forest District Council
Paul Hinsley – Essex County Council

Renewable Energy and
Local Opportunities
A Presentation by
John de Wilton Preston
25 June 2013

John Preston 25 June 2013
Introduction
 John de Wilton Preston
 Director of Planning and Economic Development
for Epping Forest District Council
 Chairman of Essex Planning Officer Association
(EPOA)
 Chairman of Epping Forest District Council Green
Corporate Working Party

Epping Forest District Council
Civic Offices

Lights

Windows - before

Windows - after

Southend YMCA

Design
 The newly refurbished eco-hub
facility provides affordable
workspace, meeting rooms and
conference facilities.
 The exterior space maximises
on the flexibility of the eco-
hub. It has been designed to
allow the remediation of the
existing grounds whilst
increasing the ecological value
of the local area.

Blending the historical contest of the
existing stables with contemporary interior
space
 Benching and planters
made from re-used
timber
 Naturally lit spaces

Design achieves a “very good” BREEAM rating
 Designed to compliment
the Victoriana

Evogreen Photo Votaic site survey
– Buckhurst Court
 Location specific
irradiance model
 Structural suitability
 Electrical capacity
 Shade modelling
 This information is then assessed to design a unique system
specific to site needs

PV site survey Buckhurst Court
 The amount of energy produced is guaranteed
for 20 years. Most sites exceed this by around
20%

PV site survey Jessop Court
 The amount of energy produced is guaranteed
for 20 years.

My own efforts…

Credits to:
 Sarah Creitzman, Environmental Coordinator, EFDC
 Stuart Mitchell, Senior Building Surveyor, EFDC
 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
 Chris Redman, Management Assistant, EFDC
 www.ledhut.co.uk
 www.southendymca.org.uk
 www.ecohub.org

Questions?

Paul Hinsley
Environmental Project Officer
Planning, Environment & Economic
Growth
paul.hinsley@essex.gov.uk

Allowable Solutions &
Community Energy Funds
Jonathan Galton
Climate Consulting

Making energy efficiency our businessMaking energy efficiency our business
Allowable Solutions and
Community Energy Funds
An analysis of viewpoints from
local authorities in the East of England
Jonathan Galton
Climate Consulting (part of the Climate Energy Group)
25th June 2013

Making energy efficiency our business
Background
• Proposal for Building Regulations Part L 2016 to include a zero carbon requirement
for new dwellings.
• “Zero carbon” (proposed definition) includes mandatory energy efficiency standard
and “carbon compliance” target.
• Beyond carbon compliance, developers can either meet full zero carbon target
onsite or offset remaining emissions through offsite carbon reduction projects called
“Allowable Solutions”

Background
Allowable Solutions:
Options for Developers
Direct Delivery
Contract an AS
Provider
Pay into Fund
Route A Route B
(Local authority list) (No local authority list)
Community
Energy Fund
Private
Provider
Private Energy
Fund
•Investing in social housing
retrofitting initiatives
•Investing in renewable
energy projects
•Investing in district heating
projects
•Investing via Green Deal
•Investing in embodied
carbon initiatives
• Investing in low-carbon
lighting projects

Objectives and
Methodology
• Research project conducted with three key objectives in mind:
 To explain government proposals for Allowable Solutions and Community Energy
Funds to local authorities.
 Collect feedback and opinion from local authorities on these proposals
 To learn from local authorities with existing “Carbon Offset Funds”.
• Research methods used:
• Desktop literature review
• Telephone interviews with 13 local authority officers (planners, building
control, sustainability officers).

Results and Analysis (1)
• Most local authorities are open to benefitting from Part L 2016 legislation
with local Allowable Solutions…
No. of responses
Social housing
retrofit
Renewable
energy
Decentralised
energy
Green
deal
Low
energy
lighting
Em
bodied
energy
11
5
4 4
2
0
85% of local authorities
interviewed express a
preference for simple
Allowable Solutions
which are easy to deliver
and provide clear benefit
to the community.

• … but many have concerns over limited internal resources and knowledge
and current lack of government clarity
• Limited internal resource was identified a key challenge in implementing
Allowable Solutions.
• However, local authorities with established Carbon Offset Funds have not reported
a significant strain on resourcing when establishing their funds.
• All interview respondents expressed a need for more clarity from
government on its proposals
• NB: We are expecting a further announcement prior to the summer
recess.
• Some respondents doubted whether carbon offset payments could
generate enough income to fund worthwhile projects
• NB: Of the Carbon Offset Funds investigated, one had accrued £2.6
million (since 2008) while another had accrued £65,000 (since 2012)

• Some views on using Allowable Solution funding to finance Renewable
Energy installations:
“Solar thermal panels on social housing or larger scale standalone projects
would be most appropriate”
“…small-scale renewable energy projects seem most appropriate for the
district.”
“ Councillors not keen unless direct community benefit from electricity.”
“Renewable energy projects are unlikely to meet tests of additionality as
they are fairly low risk and already receive significant funding.”

Next Steps
• Think about where your organisation fits in:
• How can you benefit from the legislation?
What challenges might you face?
• What can you start doing now?
• Respond to the government’s next consultation on Part L 2016 proposals.
Contact details:
Jonathan Galton
Principal Consultant - Sustainable Planning and Policy
jonathan.galton@climate-consulting.co.uk
020 8633 9807
www.climate-consulting.co.uk

Community Benefits Discussion
Michael Rutter
Department for Energy and Climate Change

1. Which example do you think brings the most positive
benefits to the community? Why?
1. In each example, how would you define the
community? Is this appropriate?
2. How would you administer the community fund in
each example?
3. What could be done to improve these schemes?
4. What benefits do you think renewable energy can
bring to an area? What does this need to be balanced
against?

Developing Renewables in Harmony
with Nature
Alex Cooper
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

Developing renewable energy
in harmony with nature
Renewable Energy
& Local Opportunities,
Chelmsford, 25th June 2013

Introduction
• The RSPB‟s response to climate
change and the need to reduce
emissions
• The risks posed to wildlife by
renewable energy deployment
• Ways these risks can be either
avoided or mitigated for
• Plus the potential opportunities
for delivering a net biodiversity
gain

Climate change: the greatest
long term threat to wildlife
Black tailed godwit Lapwing
AndyHay(rspb-images.com)
ChrisGomersall(rspb-images.com)

What are we doing about it?
Installing solar panels at RSPB Sandwell
Valley, Birmingham
AndyHay,(rspb-images.com)

Risks to wildlife
from renewable
energy
• Direct habitat loss and damage
• Disturbance and displacement
• Collision mortality
• Cumulative impacts of multiple
developments
Blanket bog
Curlew
Noctule bat
Blanket bog: Eleanor Bentall (rspb-images.com)
Curlew: Chris Gomersall (rspb-images.com)
Noctule: Steve Knell (rspb-images.com
)

Renewable
energy
in harmony
with nature
• Strategic planning
• Project level considerations
• Potential to deliver positive
biodiversity gain
Nick Upton (rspb-images.com)

From RSPB Research report no.35
“Mapped and written guidance in relation
to birds and onshore wind energy
development in England”
Strategic
planning for
renewables
Key elements from a nature
conservation point of view:
• Robust evidence base
• Spatially-explicit approach
• Sensitivity mapping
• Community and stakeholder
engagement

Strategic planning
for renewables:
delivering positives
“Habitat creation or restoration
conforms to the principles contained
in the Clocaenog Statement of
Environmental Planning Principles
(SEMP)...”

Project Level
Considerations
• Good siting and design
• Mitigation of predicted impacts
• Early and close collaboration
• Post construction monitoring
John Bridges (rspb-images.com)

Take-home messages
• Climate change is here, now. We need renewable energy
projects to happen.
• Strategic planning saves time (and tempers!)
• Project level planning – plan, do, review
• Create harmony: deliver renewables and look
for opportunities to benefit wildlife directly
Nick Upton (rspb-images.com)

The RSPB is the country’s largest nature
conservation charity, inspiring everyone to
give nature a home.

Planning for Wind Energy
Robin Basten
RWE npower renewables

RWE Innogy PAGE 84
PLANNING FOR WIND ENERGY
Robin Basten
Regional Development Manager
East of England
18.07.2013

RWE Innogy PAGE 85
RWE npower renewables
> UK subsidiary of RWE Innogy and one of the UK‟s leading
renewable energy developers and operators
> We operate 21 hydroelectric power schemes, 27 onshore wind
farms and 2 offshore wind farms
– including the UK‟s first major offshore wind farm, North Hoyle
> Employ 453 staff in the UK, from Development to Operation
> During 2012 our renewable energy sites contributed >£1m into
local communities
18/07/2013

RWE Innogy PAGE 86
Background
> The NPPF – “Development that is
sustainable should go ahead,
without delay”
> Prime Minister David Cameron
claimed last year that applications
for judicial review hamper economic
growth and that many are
"completely pointless".
– http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/nov/19/david-cameron-
clampdown-judicial-review
> Unprecedented number of onshore
wind planning decisions called in by
the Secretary of State this year
18/07/2013

RWE Innogy PAGE 87
NPPF – para 97
> To help increase the use and supply of renewable and low carbon
energy, local planning authorities should recognise the
responsibility on all communities to contribute to energy generation
from renewable or low carbon sources. They should:
– have a positive strategy to promote energy from renewable and
low carbon sources;
– design their policies to maximise renewable and low carbon
energy development while ensuring that adverse impacts are
addressed satisfactorily, including cumulative landscape and
visual impacts
18/07/2013

RWE Innogy PAGE 88
Renewable energy mapping
site selection
> Regional capacity studies undertaken such as the East of
England Renewable Energy Capacity Study & Maps [Aecom]
the evidence base
> Study undertaken by RWE nrl earlier this year
– 236 LPAs policy documents scrutinised – looking at regional
guidance and more detailed local planning documents
– 65 LPAs carried site specific guidance
– Application of high level constraints – wind speed, cumulative
impact, proximity to settlements and site size
• Reduced total of 22 LPAs and 108 sites
18/07/2013

RWE Innogy PAGE 89
A plan led system?
> Are these studies recognised?
> Council statements about renewable
energy and Economic
Development?
> „the proposal is not therefore
considered to be sustainable
development‟
> Community acceptance?
> Adverse impacts?
18/07/2013

RWE Innogy PAGE 90
The planning balance
> Current planning decisions on onshore wind are not always
reflecting a locally-led planning system. New planning guidance
supporting the planning framework from DCLG will make clear that
the need for renewable energy does not automatically override
environmental protections and the planning concerns of local
communities. [DECC/DCLG 06-06-2013]
> When determining planning applications, local planning authorities
should:
– approve the application if its impacts are (or can be made)
acceptable. [NPPF para 98]
18/07/2013

RWE Innogy PAGE 91
“adverse impacts”
> My attention was drawn to places where the turbines would be
seen in juxtaposition with Churches. However, a wind turbine and
a Church are legible as different objects with different functions. I
do not consider that there would be any significant competition
between them or any visual confusion as a result of the
juxtaposition. [Para 27, APP/F2415/A/09/2109745]
> As individual objects, if carefully designed and proportioned a wind
turbine or a meteorological mast can attain a degree of elegance
as a sculptural object, notwithstanding their scale and consequent
landscape impact. [Para 28, APP/F2415/A/09/2109745]
> The current landscape is what it is… [Para 39,
APP/Y2810/A/11/2164759]
18/07/2013

RWE Innogy PAGE 92
Engagement
> As part of the measures, the Government will make pre-
application consultation with local communities compulsory for
the more significant onshore wind applications [DECC/DCLG 06-
06-2013]
> Preparation of planning applications already involves consultation
with a wide range of statutory stakeholders and communities
> National stakeholders suffering from financial curtailment
> Community consultation – early & meaningful
18/07/2013

RWE Innogy PAGE 93
Localism
> Not much has changed – excepting increased
expectation from local communities!
> Pre-determination changes now enable Local
Councillors to engage in discussions – to
better represent constituents and encourage
democratic debate
– This is a change that has not really worked
its way into practice
– Implementation will facilitate engagement
18/07/2013

RWE Innogy PAGE 94
Community Benefit –bribe or benefit?
> an increase in the recommended
community benefit package in England
from £1,000/MW of installed capacity per
year, to £5,000/MW/year for the lifetime
of the windfarm. [DECC/DCLG 06-06-
2013]
> Little Cheyne Court wind farm
– £60,000 pa community fund
– Decisions about grant applications are
made by a panel of local community
members.
> >£1m pa paid into community initiatives
18/07/2013

RWE Innogy PAGE 95
Economic Development
> In 2010/2011 RWE npower renewables invested almost £1 billion
into renewable energy projects in the UK. During 2012 we invested
a further £500 million into UK renewable energy projects.
> For every £1 spent by our Civils contractors for our Novar II wind
farm in Scotland, between £1.93 to £2.31 was generated in the
wider region. The multiplier effect on the Scottish economy as a
whole is estimated as between £2.30 to £2.44. More than double
the initial £1 spend!
> For our onshore wind farms we generally agree:
– four major contracts – turbines, electrical, civil, grid
– up to 40 minor contracts – for example, site investigation,
resident engineers, tree felling
– the entire project might contain up to 200 contracts, large and
small.
18/07/2013

RWE Innogy PAGE 96
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
YOUR ATTENTION.
18.07.2013

Workshop Session
Positive and Proactive Action:
Barriers, Opportunities and Help Needed

Please nominate a scribe to capture group a discussion
about the following points:
The Barriers
Please consider organisational barriers and those with
stakeholder engagement as well as barriers in technology
and public perception.
The Opportunities
Please consider opportunities for organisations and for areas
as a whole, e.g. reputational and financial opportunities as
well as jobs, growth, investment into an area, etc.
What would help?
At the end of the session you will be asked to feedback one
point to the group as a whole.

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