Richard DaviesDirector

<It’s the delivery stupid!> <A shared journey to a low carbon future?>

<Presentation to Climate Change Scrutiny Task Group: Worcestershire County Council>

Good Morning

Why?

West Midlandspopulation: 5.3 million

CO2 : 50 million tonnes

West Midlandspopulation: 5.3 million

CO2 : 50 million tonnes

Sources: Energy4All, WDM, IEA

Nigeriapopulation: 140 millionCO2 : 52 million tonnes

Jeroen van der Veer, CEO Shell

28th January 2008

"Regardless

of which route we

choose, the world'scurrent predicament

limits our maneuvering room. We are

experiencing a

step-change in the growthrate of energy demand

due to population growth

and economicdevelopment, and Shell

estimates that after2015 supplies of

easy-to-access oil

and gas will nolonger keep

up with

demand."

Fuels used in E generation/Mtoe

0.40.2Net imports

0.60.4Other renewables

0.40.2Hydro

14.020.0Nuclear

27.524.5Gas

0.80.7Oil

31.931.6Coal

20072003Fuel

We’re seeking to deliver on the 3Ds:

Demand Reduction

Decarbonisation

Decentralisation

To Address: Climate Change + Energy Security

+ Finite Fossil Fuel = The Same Actions

To help: deliver on the UK’s

commitment to the climate change challenge, whilst helping to ensure that

there is a sustainable, secure and affordable supply of energy for everyone.

We aim to contribute to these goals in ways that strengthen the economic

capability, social capital and reputation of the areas in which we work.

With some principles:1. We don’t seek to duplicate existing effective activity2. Seek to develop activity, product & service which meet an unmet need

(vacuum test)3. Need to inject some regional & sub-regional vision 4. We like portfolio funding (£1 = £5)

5. Not keen on ‘dominant’ contracts

(honest broker test)

What?

Who?

Where?

How?

What is 1% of GDP?

• UK GDP (08/09) = £1,463,000,000,000

• 1% = £14,630,000,000 (£14.6 billion)

• £243.83 per person

• British Taxpayers have just provided £600 billion of loans, guarantees and capital to

rescue the UK’s Banks

West Midlands

& Sustainable Energy

LEADERSHIP!

‘If the leader hath no vision the people will perish’ Proverbs 29:18

Case Studies

MPs to taste award-winning beer

A Shropshire brewery is to have one of its beers put on sale at the House of Commons.

Hobson’s Mild will be the guest beer in the Strangers Bar in the run up to Christmas after a request by MP for Ludlow, Philip Dunne.

The beer is brewed in his constituency in Cleobury Mortimer, near Ludlow, and was voted the best in Britain at the Great British Beer Festival in August.

The 3.2% drink was described by judges as having "plenty of hop character". It was selected ahead of more than 50 beers, some made by

major brewers, in eight different categories.

"It is good to see a decade of hard work bearing fruit so well in my constituency," Mr Dunne said. The Hobson's Brewery was established in 1993. Story from BBC NEWS:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/england/shropshire/7046428.stm

© BBC MMVIII

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What is it?• £1 million grant scheme (50/50

capital and revenue)

• 2 year pilot programme : Apr ’08 –Mar ’10

• partnership between SC and MEA funded via RRZ and AWM

• an evolution of Low Carbon Communities for Business

• URSUS report

Where?Inside, or serving, the Zone- feasibility and

capital grants

Staffordshire and

Shropshire- feasibility alone

Initial contact with SME Registers with RE:think

Energy Efficiency alone -

ineligible

Business Link review

Energy Efficiency & Renewables

or Renewables alone

Energy Assessment

Full application form

Appraisal presented to boardNot awarded grant awarded grant

Exit

Insufficient potential

Sufficient potential

SC credit reference check

Exit

Exit

Low Carbon Community Overview

“Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir

men's blood... Make big plans; aim high in hope

and work.”

Daniel Hudson Burnham 1846-1912

“Search all the parks in all

your cities; you'll find no statues of committees.”

David Ogilvy

1911-1999

Don’t just stand there, do something!

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