Corporate slide master

With guidelines for corporate presentationsSupporting the shift to a low

carbon economy

Jennifer Pride

Head of Renewable Energy

Economy, Science and Natural Resources Group

Welsh Government

“Wales is open for

development – but it

needs to be the right

sort of development.”

Carl Sargeant, Minister for

Natural Resources

But what is the “right sort of

development”?

Long term

Integration

Involvement

Collaboration

Prevention

Cultural

Social

Economic

Environmental

Sustainable development

By taking action, in accordance with the sustainable development principle

The process of improving the ...

Aimed at achieving well-being goals

Devolved responsibilities

Energy: reserved except for encouragement

of energy efficiency

BUT

Economic development, the environment

and Local Government are devolved

• Planning

• Permitting

• Support and encouragement

Energy Wales

“As a nation, we are rich in

energy resources and this

provides a tremendous

opportunity to fuel our drive

for a fairer and more

prosperous Wales and to

achieve a better quality of

life for our own and future

generations.”

Green Growth Wales

• Green Growth Wales: a

suite of interventions to

increase and accelerate

green investment in

Wales that:

• reduces emissions

• covers its own costs,

• Creates public sector

saving/ income

• creates economic benefit

including employment

Local Energy

“Our vision is to see all

communities and

businesses using locally

generated electricity

and heat, from

renewable installations,

to supply local

demand…deliver

decent jobs locally in

installing and

maintaining…”

Leading on local action

• Established Natural Resources Wales

• Planning (Wales) Act 2015

• Developments of National Significance

• Environment Bill: carbon budgeting

• Energy Efficiency Strategy

• Local Energy statement

• Building Regulations

Removing barriers

• Streamlining planning and permitting:

– Early engagement with planners

– NRW process improvement

– Risk based approach to hydropower

abstraction

– Information provision to help guide siting

• Consideration of energy in local

development plans?

Supporting local action

Access to finance

Smart Living

Where is the opportunity?

Headline findings

• Installed capacity up 70%

to 2770 MW

• 51,303 low carbon energy

projects

• Generation potential up

by 51% to 8.92 TWh

– 8.16 TWhe

– 0.76 TWhth

Where is the opportunity?

Corporate slide master

With guidelines for corporate presentationsThank you for listening!

jennifer.pride1@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Welsh Government

Wales Green Building Marketplace

#WGBM16

@WalesGreenBuild