Wind turbines on the campus?

1. Wind turbines on the campus? Consultation meeting 4 by the CRed network of partners Trevor Davies Keith Tovey

2. Future Global Warming Rates

4. Local impacts • Norfolk in that part of the UK which is likely to be most impacted. • Re-distribution of rainfall; lower summer rainfall. • Landscape/agriculture changes • Lower summer riverflows; reedbeds under stress

5. Government Response • Energy White Paper – aspiration for 60% cut in CO2 emissions by 2050 • Will require unprecedented partnership activity in local communities to ensure on track by 2020s (– but no indication of how this will be undertaken) “There will be much more localgeneration, in part from medium to small local/community power plant, fuelled by locally grown biomass, from locally generatedwaste, and from local wind sources. These will feed local distributed networks, which can sell excess capacity into the grid.’’ - Energy White Paper: February 2003

6. The CRed ambition To engage, enthuse and empower a large, diverse community to debate, plan and execute a programme to reduce carbon emissions by up to 60% by 2025 • Can a local community take on the responsibility for starting to confront the challenge of climate change and make a difference? • Or will it continue to be - someone/somewhere else? • Can we encourage politicians/officials to be bolder on our behalf? • “exemplar for the world”

7. The CRed Community • Participatory/inclusive • Partnerships • Modes of participation (targets/methods) • Matrix of modes of participation = representative of real-world complexity • Spark imaginations • Centred on Norwich/Norfolk, but links across the region, country, the world….

8. The right language? 5 hot air balloons full of CO2 per person per year (4 million per year over Norfolk)

11. How do we know the CRed community represents our region? Liftshare Suffolk C. Council Strattons Global Commodities Powergen Deepdale Farm SLP Energy Woody’s Powergen Banham Poultry Eastern Heatpumps Camelot Craft Norwich Union EEDA Kingswood School NEWS Norwich 21 Norwich Colour Print Farmers link Norfolk C.Council LEA SERCO The Broads Auth. May Gurney The RSPB BPS 100 + Sth Norfolk D. C. Alpha Schools R.Bilbie SUSTRANS AEEAC Amicus Jarvis LSI SMS EDP

12. Trail-blazing a new approache.g. renewables (wind) • Major energy company and the CRed community • Community involvement/ownership of electricity generation • Community benefits – financial surplus for CRed community initiatives • Data/observation transmitted directly to Schools • Long-term relationship with Norfolk to significant local benefit (in areas of energy efficiency, biomass, etc)

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15. View from approach from Earlham Road - Viewpoint 3

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17. View from across Broad - Viewpoint 2

18. Emphasised turbines – from Broad

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20. View from View point 1

21. Turbines will be off to left and unlikely to be visible View from Yare Valley Drive

22. Reduction in CO2 emissions (yr-1) Each 1.5MW turbine: 1800 tonnes (1000 balloons) – avge. mix of generation 3900 tonnes (2167 balloons) – coal generation Each turbine will provide electricity for 1000 homes (e.g. whole of Cringleford). Or - both turbines would make UEA’s consumption of electricity carbon-neutral.

24. Perception Survey done in June 2003 in Swaffham Before construction of 1st Turbine Reasons for Choice After construction of Turbine

25. Would you oppose further development in this area or an urban area? 62% of people said they would be more in favour if the community were directly involved and had a direct benefit. The responses to different benefits are shown above.

26. Swaffham - Attitudes to Wind Turbine with distance of house from turbine Most houses in Cringleford are > 900m A few houses on Colney Lane ~ 500m

27. Whilst the wind turbine is considered 'ugly' by some residents of Swaffham, most consider it a unique landmark and see it as an asset to the town. Most of the local population are proud of the turbine and it seems to have had a positive impact on the town in a number of ways. I do believe that were it not for the number of visitors to Swaffham, coming to see the turbine for whatever reason, we would not have such a high influx of buyers from out of the area.This has increased house prices, and the prosperity of the area.

28. Options for Electricity Generation in 2020 - Non-Renewable Methods

29. Options for Electricity Generation in 2020 - Renewable

30. Our Choices: They are difficult • Do we want to exploit available renewables i.e onshore/offshore wind and biomass. • If our answer is NO • Do we want to see a renewal of nuclear power • Are we happy on this and the other attendant risks? • If our answer is NO • Do we want to return to using coal? • then carbon dioxide emissions will rise significantly • unless we can develop carbon sequestration within 10 years which is unlikely If our answer to coal is NO Do we want to leave things are they are and see continued exploitation of gas for both heating and electricity generation? >>>>>>

31. Our Choices: They are difficult If our answer is YES By 2020 we will be dependent on around 70% of our heating and electricity from GAS which will have to be imported from countries like Russia, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Algeria Are we happy with this prospect? >>>>>> • If not: • We need even more substantial cuts in energy use which could affect both industry and our ability to heat an light our homes in the future. • Unless we are prepared to sacrifice our future to effects of Global Warming Do we wish to reconsider our stance on renewables? Inaction or delays in decision making will lead us down the GAS option route and all the attendant Security issues that raises.

32. Despite Government announcements this week we still need significant development of onshore wind. GOVERNMENT EFFORTS to quadruplepower generated from offshorewind farms by 2010will fail because it isassuming unproven technology will deliver higher capacity turbines, contractors warned this week. There have been many proposals in past (e.g. off Wells, 1988), but only Blyth has been completed, and only one other is under construction. Offshore wind looses up to 8% of electricty compared to onshore. New Civil Engineer: 17th July 2003

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