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Cheltenham Challenging Climate Change
Conference, Monday 23rd July 2007
Energy Solutions for Business
Pete West
Sustainable Energy Projects Manager
Severn Wye Energy Agency
Severn Wye Energy Agency
•Severn Wye Energy Agency is an
independent not-for-profit local Energy
Agency and registered charity established in
1997
•We actively promote renewable energy and
energy efficiency, part funded by Local
Authorities, the Energy Saving Trust,
consultancy and EU projects
16,000 households given energy advice 2002-2006
and 9,000 houses insulated in Gloucestershire
1979
The ProblemClimate
Change is
already
happening
2003
National
Geographic
Magazine,
Sept 2004
North Pole
summer ice
coverage is
shrinking by
9% per
decade
“Today the cost of flood
and coastal defence in
the UK amounts to
around £13 per person
per year. By 2080 this
could increase to
between £300 and £1100
per person”
Source- RTPI and RSPB
“Planning for Climate Change”
Tewkesbury
Friday 20th July 2007
2,000 people have to spend the night
in emergency rescue centres
Moreton-in- Marsh
The worst flooding in Gloucestershire in living memory. The insurance
costs of UK flooding in June and July 2007 is estimated at more than
£3billion – equivalent to nearly £60 per person
Stern Review of the Economics of
Climate Change – October 2006
To reduce CO2 levels to avoid the
worst impact of climate change will
cost 1% of global gross domestic
product. Without action the cost of
structural, environmental and
social damage due to climate
change will be between 5% and
20% of the global economy.
In perspective, 1% of UK GDP
represents an investment of £17
billion per year, or £700 per UK
taxpayer per year 20% of GDP will
require an additional £14,000 per
year from every UK taxpayer.
“Climate change is the biggest market failure of all time”
Sir Nicolas Stern, former Chief
Economist at the World Bank,
also said the green challenge
was also an opportunity "for
new markets, for new jobs, new
technologies, new exports
where companies, universities
and social enterprises in Britain
can lead the world".
Business opportunities and challenges
Saving energy
Using renewable energy
Usually very cost
effective
Very little financial
support available
to businesses.
Construction sector
Building Regulations
Planning policies for
new build
(less than 5 year
payback)
5-25 year payback
www.carbontrust.co.uk
Wind
Low Carbon Buildings
www.envisionsw.org.uk
Biomass
Programme grants
Resource Efficiency Club
Biofuels (RTO)
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Energy Survey
A practical way to reduce carbon emissions, tackle climate change and cut
costs.
As more and more businesses are discovering, the environmental and financial
benefits of saving energy go hand-in-hand. By finding ways to use less energy you
can reduce your company’s carbon footprint, combat climate change and lower your
bills.
We can help you start reducing your company’s carbon footprint with a free on-site
energy survey*.
Does your company qualify?
We provide free surveys* to organisations with annual energy bills of over £50,000.
Our carbon experts will visit your premises to identify energy saving opportunities and
offer practical advice on how to achieve them, usually in the form of a 10-step action
plan.
Interest Free loans
Interest-free, unsecured Energy-Efficiency Loans, for small and medium sized
enterprises* looking to purchase energy-saving equipment.
If you have any queries about the Energy-Efficiency Loans Scheme, please call us on
0800 085 2005.
envision
Business Support
“Depending on your businesses size and location you may be eligible for
subsidised business support in the from of 5 flexible days of dedicated
support and high quality advice. Prices range from £100 upwards,
depending upon the size and turnover of the business.To find out if your
organisation is eligible click HERE.Envision provides dedicated
professional mentors, working with you to develop a tailored programme
of practical advice suiting your business operations and needs. Envisions
flexible, step-by-step approach will fit your time scales allowing you to
move on to the next step when your ready. An environmental audit
identifies the use of resources, energy, water, waste disposal and
transport to highlight business improvement and cost saving
opportunities.
Gloucestershire Resource Efficiency
Club
Environmental Business Support Programme
How the REC works
• BREW funding provides 75% of the costs, giving
£6,000 worth of support to each company at a
cost of £1,500
• Other support from Business Link, Envirowise,
Parklife and the Environment Agency
• Managed by University of Gloucestershire with
Severn Wye Energy Agency
Who’s in the club?
MWC
Solutions to
climate
change- real
world
examples
Gussing, South East Austria, town of 4000 population in
a rural county of 10,000 inhabitants. Carbon neutral in
heat, electricity and transport fuels. 1000 jobs created in
renewable energy related industries over 10 years.
Sweden plans to be
fossil fuel free by
2020.
This wood chip
fuelled power plant
provides heat and
electricity to a town
of 20,000 people.
There are more than
100 similar biomass
CHP power plants in
Sweden.
Some RE facts and figures from Germany
• 5000 plants produce electricity from biomass including 3000 biogas CHP
plants
• 7.5 % of total energy supply in Germany is from renewable energy (2006)
(n.b. - approx 2.5 % in UK. The European Union binding target agreed by
the Council of Ministers in March 2007 is 20% of all EU energy requirements
from renewable energy by 2020)
• Of the German 7.5 % energy from renewables, 16% is wind energy and
70% biomass.
• Currently there are 91,900 jobs in Germany in the bioenergy sector.
• Public subsidy to support 7.5% of energy from renewables in Germany is
currently approx £16 per person per year.
Gloucestershire Wood Fuels Ltd- Severn Wye Energy Agency obtained a
Defra grant to set up a local wood chip supply co-operative . Any
woodland owner in the county can sell wood chip through the cooperative. The hire of a wood chipper is subsidised for 3 years.
Wood chip boiler supplying district heating, Rhone-Alpes, France
£200,000 installed cost
for a 10 year old
refurbished 550kW
wind turbine- sufficient
to supply average
electricity requirements
of 250 households.
Income approx £60,000
per year. Electrical
generation 1,100,000
kWh per year. Payback
period 4 years
including interest and
maintenance.
Thank you for your attention
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