All Energy Industry Council

9^th October 2019

EEEGR, Great Yarmouth

In attendance:

Belinda Ikazoboh - Shell

Chris Starkie - New Anglia LEP

Johnathan Reynolds - Opergy/ New Anglia LEP

Konstantinos Chalvatzis - UEA

Mark Goodall (Chair) - Aker Solutions

Michael Gray - Suffolk County Council

Nikos Savvas - West Suffolk College

Paul Wood - East Suffolk Council

Sheila Oxtoby - Great Yarmouth Borough Council (David Glayson represented)

Stuart Rimmer - East Coast College

Stuart Smith - People with Energy

Vince Muspratt - Norfolk County Council

Apologies:

Andrew Harston - Associated British Ports

Andy Paine - Vattenfall

Bill Cattanach - Oil and Gas Authority

Graham Hacon - 3sun

Jim Crawford - EDF

Julian Munson - New Anglia LEP

Martin Dronfield - James Fisher Marine Services

Maxine Narburgh - Greater South East Energy Hub

Patrick Phelan - Energy Business Catalyst

Richard Goffin - Peel Ports

Shan Lloyd - BEIS

Simon Gray - East of England Energy Group

Victoria Sinclair - Scottish Power Renewables (dialled-in)

Exec Attendees:

Madeleine Coupe - New Anglia LEP

Philippa Warren - East of England Energy Group

Welcome from the Chair

Actions

Mark Goodall (MG) welcomed everyone to the meeting.

Introductions round the table including the news that Belinda Ikazoboh would be leaving, but that

a Shell replacement would be keen to take her place on the group.

Recap of the last meeting and Terms of Reference

Group review of the ToR. Madeleine Coupe to send out final version to group. Group generally

MC to

happy with the high-level overview, but more detail required once projects and actions have been

circulate

agreed for delivery.

TOR for

final

comments

Local Industrial Strategy (LIS)

Chris Starkie (CS) reminded the group that the LIS had now been written and was signed in Sept

by the LEP Board. The LIS was developed to sit within the national strategy framework and

focuses on Clean Energy, Agri-food and ICT/Digital.

We need to look at where the commonalities are between the different sector deals and Vision

2035 - we are well placed to lead the way on energy use, production & distribution.

MG identified that some of the region is already working collaboratively rather than competing

and with our good mix of trade, academia, local authorities and industry we could be the hub to

coordinate this. But to do this effectively we need a role description for each stakeholder to map

out what we all bring and identify whether there are any gaps. From this it will be clearer how we

allocate workstreams, avoid duplication, deliver to KPI’s and access funding.

Workshop Session

The group broke out into the 4 task areas to discuss:

A. Types of interventions needed across the 5 foundations (business environment, ideas,

infrastructure, people and place)

B. Expertise our region can provide in the transition to a clean growth economy.

C. Cross-over opportunities with agri-food, ICT/digital and other sectors.

D. Our USP beyond having Gas, Wind and Nuclear - what are our differentiators that make

us stand out from the crowd?

Summary of Idea Generation

Key themes included:

PW to

compile

A. Types of interventions needed across the 5 foundations (business environment,

key and

ideas, infrastructure, people and place) - Led by MC

prominent

we need a common narrative, perhaps a charter identifying us as a centre of excellence, we

project

could be world leaders in the future of energy, can we represent the supply chain in an all-

ideas with

energy matrix, Can we foster relationships and successes with Academia, potential for a

subgroup.

shared energy workforce, need to build on the Energy Skills Foundation Programme, can

communities benefit from being in an energy region in a meaningful way (£), is there a role

for this council to back major projects, how can we consolidate and share resources for

onshore energy distribution?

B. Expertise our region can provide in the transition to a clean growth economy - Led

by SR

The expertise is in our DNA and is multi-generational, we can’t overcome our geography

despite the political situation - need to remember Europe, we should be shouting about

being world-class with confidence, can we lobby via NALEP and get our message heard

within government, there are a lot of stakeholders doing their ‘bit’ but how is this successfully

communicated to make a difference, we need to gain inter-sectoral regional trust, research

and knowledge needs to be world-class and not be fast followers, can we attract the major

HQs and decision makers into the region, lets create a skills legacy and successful

sustainable supply chain here.

C. Cross-over opportunities with agri-food, ICT/digital and other sectors - Led by JR

Let’s identify what currently exists and what new infrastructure and research is needed to

access new opportunities, Desalination and brine could be a huge opportunity for chemicals,

batteries (Dyson/Vattenfall), Fishing and ICT - e-auctions and autonomy, AI and all sectors,

automotive industry is going to be a massive opportunity including batteries, materials,

design, SNS Data Observatory, transport and the need for improved fuels and logistics, can

we integrate ports and infrastructure to help streamline the supply chain, where can we

influence the tourism sector including workforce mobility.

D. Our USP beyond having Gas, Wind and Nuclear - what are our differentiators that

make us stand out from the crowd? - Led by PW

Skills

- how do we make these cross-sectoral, transferable and international - skills

passport, one pool of skilled personnel to contract from, not just the energy products, but the

bi-products including tooling, one man’s waste…., regional marketing needs to be consistent

with a clear message (tag) ‘Eastern Generator’, do we need a regional champion, app for

regional grid statistics, energy incentive for businesses in region Free Energy Enterprise

Zone FEEZ, are there missing stakeholders in AEIC UKPN, BBL, Interconnector, National

Grid, map of regions energy including onshore as a marketing tool that could link to a

capability matrix, demonstrable stats to back up our energy statements, publicise UEA and

support them in world-class research with potential to help facilitate/trial.

Meeting Summary and AOB

MG addressed the room and summarised the session. He went on to add let’s make sure our

industry makes a difference and be part of some good news. If we can make it relevant to the

man on the street, the children of today and industry leaders alike then we will have succeeded.

Perhaps we should have a charter to sign up to, once some key projects are agreed?

The group went on to discuss that we need to make our region more attractive - we currently

don’t have any of the major HQs in our region, but we need to play to our strengths, our marketing

needs to be clear and consistent to promote the sub-industries that are here and are thriving.

Date of next meeting 19^th December, 1:30pm, Energy Skills Centre, East Coast College, Lowestoft,

Room F105b.