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Sustainable energy: in the hands of local government

Explore the transformation of the UK energy system, from centralization to local empowerment. Discover how local authorities can capitalize on renewable resources, waste streams, and heat networks to meet sustainability goals.

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Sustainable energy: in the hands of local government

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  1. Sustainable energy: in the hands of local government Hywel Lloyd Facilitating the Future

  2. Back to the future ? A previous energy offer

  3. Centralization From 1947 - nationalisation From 1986 - privatisation Sale of British Gas, break up of CEGB (supply side) Creation of regional energy retailers Creation of Ofgem Exclusion of local authorities from electricity sales • From 600+ local and municipal electricity companies to CEGB &12 regional electricity boards • From 1,000+ gas companies to 12 gas boards, with the Gas Council • Greater role for transmission & significant thermal plant ‘away’ from urban centres • Creation of the CEGB; British Gas (bulk suppliers)

  4. Emerging energy system drivers • Digital technology, measurement, feedback, management • Climate change, and the Climate Change Act & Carbon Budgets (2008) 80% reduction by 2050 • EU Renewable energy commitments, 20% by 2020 (of final energy consumption (to 27% by 2030) • AND • The Localism Act 2011 (Wales Well-being FG Act 2015) • LA electricity sales restrictions removed • DECC/BEIS HNDU

  5. A DE Future for the UK energy system At IPPR.org

  6. Don’t forget the Heat, and other resources Hywel Lloyd Advisor, the Stoke-on-Trent Green Enterprises Team

  7. Taking a whole system view

  8. Taking a strategic view of ‘place’

  9. All energy, all uses Quantifying the city’s energy requirements

  10. Our geothermal potential Infinite untapped reserves?

  11. Capitalizing on our waste streams Anaerobic Digestion

  12. “More heat than we know what to do with” Capturing Waste Heat

  13. Local Heat Networks • Waste Industrial Heat • An effective ingredient in the approach to sustainable district heating?

  14. CoRE – Centre of Refurbishment Excellence People, skills and reducing demand

  15. The future role of local authorities Characteristics of an Enterprising Council • A clear, distinctive and ambitious vision with associated priority outcomes & allocated lead responsibility. • Proactive relationships with local private sector employers e.g. through Local Enterprise Partnerships, Combined Authority Structures, or other arrangements. • A clear asset management plan to maximise the economic and social impact of council owned land, buildings and public space. Commission on the future of local government - 21st Century action

  16. Four Futures for Local Government (Credit John Flowers – Veredus) • Taking control of your own destiny

  17. Work out what’s right for your place . . • Don’t blindly follow 2050 route map • Consider your ‘assets’ and potential • Geography, geology, lie of the land • Community, Commerce, • For Stoke-on-Trent their energy plan reflects a city committed to growth, building on existing business sectors . .

  18. Questions to be answered . . . . • Can we better understand the impact and efficiency of converting and transporting fuels and energy? • What is the right balance of local – national supply - of heat, gas, vehicle fuels and electricity? • Can ‘we’ maximise the benefits of Heat Networks? Every conurbation? • What is the best role for biogas – better used as gas, or transport than for electricity . . . We will always have biological wastes to ‘use’ . .

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