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In 2005 CSEP and CPR Regeneration jointly commissioned a feasibility study to assess technically and economically viable options for incorporating sustainable energy into the new developments proposed for the regeneration area. A copy of the executive summary and full report is available below.
Executive Summary (22 pages)
Full Report (131 pages)
Progress update
CSEP and CPR Regeneration are currently seeking funding to take forward recommendations in the feasibility study. An Energy Stakeholder Steering Board meets quarterly to monitor progress. A separate Communications Group is being established to keep interested parties updated on progress.
In January 2006 CSEP made a successful application to the Intelligent Energy Europe programme for a project entitled ' ASPIRE ' (Achieving Energy Sustainability in Peripheral Regions of Europe). The ASPIRE project brings together partners from across Europe (Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Czech Republic, Italy, Spain, Romania and Estonia). Cornwall County Council is the lead partner. ASPIRE aims to develop a delivery pathway for creating a sustainable energy community in less densely populated areas where large-scale centralised district energy is not always viable. For the UK component, it will draw on the issues in the CPR regeneration area. The ASPIRE project started in October 2006 with a kick off meeting in Cornwall. For more information on this meeting please click here. CSEP is planning a public consultation campaign on the proposals put forward in the feasibility study, later in 2007 and is drafting a Sustainable Energy Action Plan for the area.
During the summer of 2006, CSEP provided a student work placement for Kieran Highman, who was studying on the University of Exeter's Camborne School of Mines Renewable Energy BSc course. As part of this placement Kieran researched the potential for establishing a renewable energy manufacturing base in the CPR area. The final report is below and recommends the most promising technologies for manufacture in the area in the near future. The recommendations are being considered by the CPR Energy Stakeholder Steering Board.
Report and Appendices.
By February 2007, only 0.46 MW of installed renewable energy capacity (electric & heat) had been installed in the CPR area since 2001 (when the Tolvaddon Energy Park was built). It is hoped that the ASPIRE project, an ESCo proposal and other CSEP initiatives will significantly increase this figure over the coming years. CSEP is supporting and facilitating a number of projects in the area, including high insulation standards, heat pumps, solar thermal panels and Cornwall's first Windsave unit on Coastline Housing's Penwith House flats in Redruth. CSEP is encouraging renewable energy businesses to set up in the area and provides a free renewable energy advice service to householders, developers and community groups across Cornwall. CSEP has also secured funding for the Home Health programme to roll out across Cornwall, providing free insulation to households claiming eligible entitlements and partial grants to other households. For more information on Home Health (which was piloted in Camborne) please call freephone 0800 512012.
For information on the 2005 CSEP Conference 'Energy in Regeneration', please click here.
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