Each of the five regional energy hubs is leading on a national energy project to produce a set of toolkits of good practice, information and resources for use by LEPs, local authorities and other local energy project developers.
The work is funded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Outputs will be posted on this website when available.
An investigation of the current approaches to spatial mapping of energy assets, infrastructure and data. This includes a consultation with the other Energy Hubs and related stakeholders to discuss how a national approach for energy mapping might be beneficial and how it should be designed and delivered. A proposal will be developed for a national platform for regional energy mapping that all five Energy Hubs can use.
A review of the information available on the delivery of energy and renewables schemes across England, and the related policy and funding context. This will be used to map out and signpost relevant reports, data and sources of further information to inform the Energy Hubs and their local enterprise partnership and local authority members and ensure all are kept up to date with the latest developments in the sector.
A review of the current financial and regulatory environment for rural and urban fringe renewable energy projects. This will include an analysis of current taxation and subsidy schemes, a review of land value factors accounted for in project appraisals, and an assessment of current UK approaches to project delivery and exemplar business models. Possible sites for pilot projects will also be highlighted.
This project will produce a guide to collaborative investment for local enterprise partnerships and local authorities, including emerging energy market opportunities, efficiencies of scale from combining assets and operations, shared risk profiles and access to collective skills and capabilities.
This suite of high-level guidance is designed for local authorities with less experience of the local energy sector. It includes a local energy guide, that sets out the current context and explains the role of the Local Energy Hubs (an executive summary is also available), and a guide to local authority energy procurement. A full step-by-step guide, which explains how local authorities or community energy groups can develop a local energy project, can be downloaded here.
