ENERGY ISLAND 2017 OUTCOMES OF THE WORKSHOP Cornwall Energy Island - Summary Diagram Y M O AL N SU S U O S A C ES E IN US D B N A L S I Y G R E N E CARBON L JOBS WAGES HEALTH EDUCATION FOOTPRINT L A W N R CORNWALL O C ENERGY ISLAND 2017 OUTCOMES OF THE WORKSHOP 25 OCTOBER 2017 CORNWALL ENERGY ISLAND 2017 CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 3 2 KEY EVENTS IN CORNWALL SINCE ENERGY ISLAND 2015 4 3 THE PROGRAMME 5 4 SPEAKER SESSIONS 6 5 WORKSHOP SESSIONS 8 7 ACTION COMMITMENTS 14 8 NEXT STEPS 16 2 Outcomes of the Workshop BUROHAPPOLD ENGINEERING ENERGY ISLAND 2017 OUTCOMES OF THE WORKSHOP 1 INTRODUCTION On Monday 3rd July 2017, 80 people gathered at the Eden Project to discuss the progress on the Cornwall Energy Island initiative that has taken place over the last two years, following the Energy Island 2015 event. Two years ago, 130 people attended for two days, thinking deeply together about what Cornwall’s energy future should look like. We wanted to bring that community back together and see what had happened. This report presents the outcomes of the workshop, as a contribution to the ongoing energy vision for Cornwall. Many thanks to all of the participants for bringing energy and enthusiasm to the day, to our lunch sponsor Cornwall New Energy and event sponsor Good Energy. Photo of the participants at the end of the day “ THROUGH THE ORIGINAL ENERGY ISLAND WE SOUGHT TO HELP CORNWALL ORGANISE ITS ENERGY INDEPENDENCE. THERE WERE ALREADY MANY GREAT INITIATIVES, AND THE CONTINUED PACE OF COORDINATED CHANGE SINCE THEN HAS BEEN INSPIRING. WE ARE VERY HAPPY THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS SHARED GOAL.” ROGER NICKELLS, PARTNER BUROHAPPOLD ENGINEERING Copyright © 1976-2017 BuroHappold Engineering. All Rights Reserved 3 CORNWALL ENERGY ISLAND 2017 2 KEY EVENTS IN CORNWALL SINCE ENERGY ISLAND 2015 There has been significant progress on • Ambitious targets for Cornwall’s low carbon energy in Cornwall since the Energy Future published by Cornwall Energy Island 2015 event: Council, including: • Cornwall Council and the Isles of Scilly • Reduce fuel poverty to 5% (from (CIoS) have secured a Devolution Deal 15%) with a strong energy theme, including • 50% locally owned generation support for community energy, grid reinforcement, geothermally heated • 100% electricity demand met by Enterprise Zones, and locally delivered renewables energy efficiency. • 30% of energy spend retained in • ERDF low carbon investments totalling the Cornish economy circa £91.8m have been invested into • 4000 green jobs low carbon initiatives across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, including £24m • 20% reduction in fuel bills of match funding, and 200 jobs created • A number of innovative pilot projects to date: have been developed, for example the • CETO Wave Energy UK Ltd £14.7m Sunshine Tariff trial in Wadebridge, with WPD, RegenSW, WREN and • Local Energy Market £13m Tempus Energy. • Cornwall New Energy £6.5m • Cornwall Council has commissioned • Jubilee Pool Geothermal Heat a number of studies relating to £1.8m sustainable energy, including: • Smart Islands £11m • A county wide strategic heat opportunities study • Wave Hub cable extensions £3.2m • Energy storage masterplan • Marine Technology RD&I Hub £9.3m • Cornwall Council has started the process of setting up a Cornwall • United Downs Deep Geothermal Energy Company. £10.6m • Successful joint funding application from BEIS to deliver a 3 Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) energy strategy with the Heart of South West LEP and Dorset LEP. 4 Outcomes of the Workshop BUROHAPPOLD ENGINEERING 3 THE PROGRAMME The day started with a welcome from Councillor Bob Egerton, the new portfolio holder for Planning and Economy. He set WELCOME: Cllr Egerton, Cornwall Council the scene in terms of Cornwall Council’s WORKSHOP SESSION 1: What has happened in Cornwall’s energy ambition and the progress that has been development since 2015, and where is more progress needed? made at a Local Enterprise Partnership and Council level in the past two years. SPEAKER SESSION 1: We then wanted to give participants the • Hazel Williams – Regen chance to share their reflections on what • Sophie Orme – Centrica has happened in the past two years. This first workshop was structured around • Diana Mompoloki – Isles of Scilly Council the seven key actions identified in the • Andy O’Brien – Zero Carbon West of England Cornwall Energy Island 2015 White Paper and to highlight what further action is • Lunch Sponsor: Christine Coonick – Cornwall New Energy/BRE National needed. Solar Centre Following the first workshop session, we Event Sponsor presentation: Will Heinzelmann Good Energy heard from people involved in cutting- SPEAKER SESSION 2: edge energy projects in Cornwall, with speaker sessions before and after lunch. • Tim Sawyer - Carnegie Clean Energy Limited Each of the speaker sessions was following • Helen Fitzgerald - Wales and West Utilities by a panel discussion and Q&A session • Ben Smallwood – BuroHappold Engineering with all the presenters. • Lucy Cotton – Geothermal Engineering Ltd We ended the day with a focus on action. This included an interactive session where • Peter Armstrong – Mixergy participants voted for the actions they WORKSHOP SESSION 2: Identifying priorities for action thought would be most strategic, based upon the first workshop session, and then ACTION COMMITMENT made a personal commitment to take SUMMING UP AND CLOSE action following the event. Finally we closed with some summary reflections. Copyright © 1976-2017 BuroHappold Engineering. All Rights Reserved 5 CORNWALL ENERGY ISLAND 2017 4 SPEAKER SESSIONS Participants heard from twelve speakers SOPHIE ORME, CENTRICA ANDY O’BRIEN, ZERO CARBON through the day, each providing a concise WEST OF ENGLAND INITIATIVE Sophie spoke about Centrica’s Cornwall ten minute summary about their projects, Local Energy Market project, which is Andy described the Zero Carbon West of followed by discussion with questions trialling an ‘ebay style’ platform for selling England initiative, a collaboration aiming from the chair and from the audience. A and buying flexibility on the distribution to accelerate the transition to a low carbon short summary of each speaker’s talk is network. This aims to put consumers at society in the West of England area. This is provided below. the heart of reducing grid constraints, bringing together renewables developers, enabling greater renewable capacity community groups, the four West of COUNCILLOR BOB EGERTON, to be connected. Centrica are working England local authorities, financers, CORNWALL COUNCIL with delivery partners Wester Power lawyers, IT specialists, PR companies and Distribution, National Grid and the other interested parties. There has been Bob reflected on the task of progressing University of Exeter. They are learning a positive response to the project, and the low carbon agenda, and the progress by doing to try to build a future energy care is being taken not to re-invent the that has been made since 2009. The 2030 system, and make it easier for consumers wheel but rather to build on the work of target for 100% renewable electricity is to access DSO, TSO and wholesale existing organisations. An early win for a challenging target. If it is to be met, market revenues. Key challenges include the initiative is an agreed appetite to re- marine renewables and deep geothermal current regulatory constraints, planning assess the feasibility of the Atlantic Array will have to be successful and the permission for new renewable energy and offshore wind farm which was previously government’s restrictive planning rules having sufficient grid capacity to trade mothballed. The first meeting of the sub- relating to onshore wind will have to be flexibility. group for this will take place shortly. changed. Even if Cornwall achieved 100% renewable electricity, there would still be a demand for oil and gas in heating DIANA MOMPOLOKI, ISLES OF CHRISTINE COONICK, BRE and transport. Cllr Egerton also promised SCILLY COUNCIL NATIONAL SOLAR CENTRE, to promote the outcomes of the Energy CORNWALL NEW ENERGY – Diana talked about the Smart Islands Island workshop within Cornwall Council. LUNCH SPONSOR initiative for the Isles of Scilly. The IoS has the highest carbon intensity in the Cornwall New Energy is a part funded HAZEL WILLIAMS, REGEN UK, high fuel poverty and the highest ERDF project being delivered under the rate of domestic electricity usage at ESIF Growth Programme 2014-2020. The Hazel described the Sunshine Tariff trial, 6,610KWh in 2014. The smart island project provides support to businesses a research project carried out with WPD, project is developing a replicable model and community groups in Cornwall and WREN and Tempus Energy. This looked at for Cornwall, the UK and beyond, with the Isles of Scilly to develop, promote incentivising people to use more electricity solar panels on 100 homes, pilot of 10 and install renewable energy solutions. during the day in summer months, when smart homes with heat pumps, solar PV It also ensures that CIOS enterprises and solar output is greatest. Key insights from and batteries, two solar gardens, updated communities benefit from more local the trial were that customer recruitment energy controls for 200 businesses with ownership and operation of energy was very challenging. Households' support and energy efficiency advice, generation and supply. More information perception of swift in demand was bigger and island-wide energy control system can be found on the Cornwall New Energy than the actual, with around a 13% shift providing cheaper, reliable connections website: www.cornwallnewenergy.com on average. She also described Regen’s for renewable power. This will alleviate work on local supply models with a focus a number of current ‘pain points’, and on the options of a local energy club and provide opportunities for work and STEM a Cornwall generation tariff. There was skill development for young people. also discussion of Regen’s ongoing work in relation to electricity storage and the commercial market for this.