Energy & Climate Change

Objective:

To create an energy efficient town, where carbon emissions during its entire lifecycle are minimised.  To become a zero-carbon settlement through the use of renewable energy and on-site energy generation and with the ability to adapt to a changing climate and reduce flood and other climate risks.

Response:

Our energy and climate change strategy will focus on generating at least enough zero carbon heat and power to meet the demands of the eco-town with the potential to supply surplus heat and electricity to significantly reduce the carbon footprint of the wider city region. 

Summary of strategies under consideration:

• Zero Carbon homes, businesses and schools.
• Low Carbon agriculture and transport.
• Densities of development optimised for distribution of heat around the eco-town and to external heat networks in the wider area.
• Introduction of a central wood-fuelled combined heat and power (CHP) steam turbine.
• Introduction of biogas, CHP fuelled by biogas from the anaerobic digestion of local agricultural and food waste.
• Clusters of large wind turbines located away from residential areas.
• Community heating pipework supplying all the heating and hot water needs of the town.
• Measures to ensure that off-site flood risk is not increased for current and future climate scenarios

 

The Masterplan