Case study for Cornwall by REOC Renewable energy for commercial and industrial buildings in Cornwall. REOC report WP5 “Contribution to the planning process” for SEIPLED TECHNO-ECONOMICAL PLANNING DOSSIER (TEP) November 2007 Contents 1 PROJECT AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ..................................................................................................... 4 2 LOCAL CONDITIONS............................................................................................................................... 4 2.1 CORNWALL ECONOMIC STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT............................................................................ 4 2.2 CONVERGENCE PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT ...................................................................................... 6 2.3 CORNWALL INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL SECTORS........................................................................ 7 2.4 CORNWALL INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS..................................................................... 8 3 CORNWALL INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ENERGY USE ............................................. 14 3.1 HEAT DEMAND .................................................................................................................................... 16 4 BARRIERS TO RE IN INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE IN CORNWALL..................................... 18 5 OVERCOMING OBSTACLES TO RE IN CORNISH INDUSTRY.................................................. 19 5.1 DEVELOPMENT PHASE......................................................................................................................... 19 5.1.1 Assistance with local strategy process......................................................................................... 19 5.1.2 Assistance with Convergence Programme Development............................................................ 21 5.2 LOCAL PLANNING POLICIES................................................................................................................. 22 5.2.1 Methodology .................................................................................................................................. 23 5.2.2 Planning Policy.............................................................................................................................. 23 5.2.3 Penwith District Council............................................................................................................... 25 5.2.4 Kerrier Council.............................................................................................................................. 25 5.2.5 Carrick District Council................................................................................................................ 25 5.2.6 Restormel Borough Council.......................................................................................................... 25 5.2.7 Caradon District Council............................................................................................................... 26 5.2.8 North Cornwall District Council .................................................................................................. 26 5.2.9 Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................... 26 5.3 TRAINING FOR RE DESIGNERS, INSTALLERS AND OPERATORS .......................................................... 26 6 OPTIONS FOR GRANT PROGRAMME APPLICATION ................................................................ 27 6.1 CONVERGENCE ................................................................................................................................... 27 6.2 SW REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY ........................................................................................... 28 6.3 STRUCTURE OF LOCAL CONVERGENCE PROGRAMME ........................................................................ 28 6.4 POTENTIAL FOR RE IN NEW/REFURBISHED COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS .................. 29 6.5 PROGRAMME EXPECTED OUTCOMES................................................................................................... 29 7 RE TECHNOLOGY CHOICES............................................................................................................... 30 7.1 BIOMASS BOILERS ............................................................................................................................... 31 7.1.1 Benefits to companies.................................................................................................................... 32 7.1.2 Integration with buildings ............................................................................................................ 34 7.1.3 Planning issues ............................................................................................................................. 35 7.1.4 Operation and maintenance.......................................................................................................... 35 7.1.7 Energy, and CO2 savings.............................................................................................................. 36 7.2 GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMPS ........................................................................................................... 37 7.2.1 Benefits to companies.................................................................................................................... 38 7.2.2 Integration into buildings.............................................................................................................. 39 7.2.3 Planning issues .............................................................................................................................. 40 7.2.4 Operation and maintenance.......................................................................................................... 40 7.2.5 Energy, and CO2 savings............................................................................................................... 40 7.3 WIND TURBINES .................................................................................................................................. 41 7.3.1 Benefits to companies.................................................................................................................... 42 7.3.2 Integration with buildings ............................................................................................................ 43 7.3.3 Planning......................................................................................................................................... 43 7.3.4 Operation and maintenance.......................................................................................................... 45 7.3.5 Energy and CO2 savings................................................................................................................ 46 7.4 HEAT MAINS ........................................................................................................................................ 46 7.4.1 Benefits to companies................................................................................................................... 48 7.4.2 Integration into buildings issues ................................................................................................... 49 7.4.3 Planning issues .............................................................................................................................. 49 2 7.4.4 Installation, operation and maintenance..................................................................................... 49 7.4.5 Energy, and CO2 savings............................................................................................................... 49 REFERENCES....................................................................................................................................................... 50 3 1 Project aims and objectives The aim of the project is to develop a programme of encouraging the installation of RE on all new and refurbished industrial and commercial buildings in Cornwall. Specifically this is to be achieved through the following three deliverables: • Setting up training for designers and installers • Helping develop local planning polices for new industrial and commercial buildings to incorporate RE • Preparing and submitting a grant application for a programme to assist the installation of RE in all new industrial and commercial buildings in the region 2 Local conditions Cornwall is a poor area with low GDP (65% of UK average in 2005), enabling it to gain a new EU Convergence grant. The £500m grant programme will have sustainable energy as one of its main themes, providing an ideal opportunity to set up a grant scheme to encourage R.E industrial and commercial building integration. Energy costs Cornwall around £600 million a year (euro 870 million), nearly all of which is imported, amounting to 16% of the local economic output. There is a high proportion of small companies in the industrial sector and because the local area is predominantly rural and agricultural, the major part of the local manufacturing industry is food processing, which has high energy needs. Cornwall is renowned for its beautiful environment, its beaches and moorland, and is surrounded by sea on three sides, restricting access to markets for industry. At present most new industrial buildings are grant aided, so the option to install R.E with grant aid is a natural extension of the present