Norfolk and Suffolk Clean Growth Taskforce

Wednesday 11th May 2022

Agenda Item 6

Evidence and Impact

Summary

This paper seeks to update the Taskforce on its evidence and impact workstrand based on a

Taskforce sub-group meeting held on 7 February.

Recommendation

 Nominate a representative to have discussions with British Sugar and agree any

further interest for when sessions are arranged

 Offer input with respect to the sector specific pathways to net zero

Background

At the inaugural meeting of the Clean Growth Taskforce, Professor Andrew Lovett outlined

the changes in emissions since 2005. He noted that per capita emissions have declined by

a third since 2005 (to 6.3t in Norfolk and 5.5t in Suffolk) but that the Climate Change

Commission (2019) estimate a value of 1.7t per capita is needed by 2050 to meet the Paris

Agreement target of a 1.5°C temperature increase by 2100.

This indicates that while progress has been made, more is to be achieved before 2050.

He also noted that the domestic, (industrial) and transport sectors are the largest

contributors, with the latter becoming proportionally more important between 2005 and 2019.

This indicates that progress has been made in both the industrial and domestic sectors but

that less progress has been made in the transport sector. Indeed, emissions from transport

have only come down by 4% over the period compared with 40% in the domestic sector and

26% in the industrial sector.

This analysis supports the Taskforce’s three main focuses of effort with respect to impact.

Composition of CO2 emissions by Sector – Norfolk and Suffolk (2019)

Local Authority territorial CO2 emissions estimates 2005-2019 (kt CO2) – BEIS

Point source emitters

The point source emitters for Norfolk and Suffolk are included in Appendix B. This shows

that 90% of all of the emissions from ‘point sources’ in Norfolk and Suffolk are from the top 9

locations as follows:

Site

Operator

Local Authority

Great Yarmouth Power Station RWE Generation UK plc Great Yarmouth

Wissington British Sugar Plc KL&WN

Bury St Edmunds British Sugar Plc West Suffolk

Kings Lynn Power Station Centrica K L Limited KL&WN

Saddlebow Paper Mill Palm Paper Limited KL&WN

Ipswich Suez Recycling and Recovery Mid Suffolk

Bacton Terminal 3 PERENCO UK LIMITED North Norfolk

Cantley British Sugar Plc Broadland

Bacton Interconnector (UK) Limited North Norfolk

While the specifics of the data are not directly comparable to the wider sectoral emissions

above, in that they are counted at source rather than at consumption, they do nonetheless

equate to a significant proportion of the industrial emissions on our patch.

Conversations have already begun with the relevant local authorities to understand the

current position and their discussions with these point source emitters to ensure

collaborative join up: a key ambition of the Taskforce.

Sessions have been had with Broadland Council, King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Council and

West Suffolk Council to discuss each of the British Sugar sites in the region, Palm Paper and

Industry

24%

Commercial

Land Use inc.

forestry

Public Sector

Domestic

24%

Transport

33%

Industry Commercial Land Use inc. forestry

Public Sector Domestic Transport

the Power Station in King’s Lynn. Additional sessions are scheduled with Great Yarmouth.

A joint session is being arranged with British Sugar with the corporate lead for sustainability

on 13 June. This session will be held at Wissington with representatives of each local

authority (Jill Korwin confirmed) as well as a private sector member of the Taskforce.

Taskforce members are asked to help further pursue these relationships to understand best

practise and offer any support as appropriate.

Strategic Impact – taking a lead where others are not

Below is a list of areas already being taken forward by the public sector with respect to

Taskforce focus areas as well as other local authority priorities:

Decarbonising Transport:

 Norfolk Climate Change Partnership (NCCP): Sustainable Hydrogen in Fleet Transport

 Norfolk County Council (NCC): Electric Vehicle Strategy

 Suffolk Climate Change Environment and Energy Board (SCCEEB): increase

sustainable transport readiness, reduce car demand (active and public transport),

transition to zero emission fleet (infrastructure, take up and freight)

Workforce for the Future:

 SCCEEB: skills for clean power

Transition Business Support:

 SCCEEB: behaviour change, energy efficiency, heat decarbonisation, industrial

processes

Others:

 NCC: climate action plan

 SCCEEB domestic: behaviour change, energy efficiency, heat decarbonation

 SCCEEB collaborative action: community action, stakeholder/supplier collaboration,

financing, monitoring and communication

 SCCEEB cleaner power: capacity planning, support for smart/flexible grid, public sector

renewables leadership

 NCCP: Community Energy Kickstarter

All Taskforce members are asked to provide details of sector specific pathways/

commitments and consider how we are currently leading in the areas defined in the

Government’s 10-point plan and where any gaps might be that they would like to pursue.

Recommendation

 Nominate a representative to have discussions with British Sugar and agree any

further interest for when sessions are arranged

 Offer input with respect to the sector specific pathways to net zero

APPENDIX A – Clean Growth Taskforce Action Plan (March 2022 update)

APPENDIX B – Point Source Emitters (2019)

APPENDIX A

Clean Growth Taskforce Action Plan

Theme

at?

Who?

Progress

Leadership and Collaboration

Be Ambassadors for the Clean

Growth region

Develop a succinct key message and clear call to

action reflecting on businesses understanding

Genevieve

Lorraine

Pete

Jill

Item 7

Deliver a Local Leaders event to support the

development of an

evidence

based ambition

Item 7

Determine how to better link with Local Authority

ambition at a

regional

and local level

tbd

Evidence and Impact

Oversee the development of

Clean Growth evidence and

impact

Develop a strategic, emissions-led approach to clean

growth evidence and impact

Lorraine

Jill

Andrew

Johnathan

Ongoing

Work with large businesses/point source emitters to

establish best practise and peer

peer learning

Ongoing

Develop a deliverable, local evidence-based ambition Item 7

Decarbonising Transport

Influence the development of the

Alternative Fuel Strategy/Action

Plan and its subsequent delivery

Deliver the Alternative Fuel Strategy for East Anglia

and consider what next moving forward

Will

Ali

Johnathan

LEP Board June 2022

Consider how a wider ‘place’ brief might be included –

all infrastructure, unique local features and links to the

wider economy

tbd

Transition Business Support

Oversee the delivery of the Road

to Net Zero Business Support

Programme and wider programme

embedment

Deliver the Road to Net Zero Business Support

Programme and

order to shape

future

rogrammes

Simon

Johan

Candy

Ongoing

Understand the breadth of green initiatives to provide

tailored

business advice, support and signposting

tbd

Work with other business intermediaries to better

coordinate clean

growth messaging

Ongoing as part of R2NZ

Workforce for the Future

Shape the Decarbonisation

Academy proposal and the wider

clean growth skills agenda

Develop the Decarbonisation Academy proposal

working with key stakeholders

Dayle

Lisa

Nikos

tbd

Continue to improve the links between the

private

education sector to maximise impact

tbd

Further develop labour market information to embed

clean growth and ensure

understand

ing

tbd

APPENDIX B - Point Source Emitters (2019)

1. Cumulative figure is the percentage of all point source emitters

2. RAG rating is based on trends 2016-2019 following the following parameters:

a. Red - increase of more than 10%

b. Amber - 10% increase to 10% decline

c. Green - decline of more than 10%

Site

Operator

cumulative %

Trend

Great Yarmouth Power Station RWE Generation UK plc 36.8%

Wissington British Sugar Plc 50.6%

Bury St Edmunds British Sugar Plc 62.2%

Kings Lynn Power Station Centrica K L Limited 68.5%

Saddlebow Paper Mill Palm Paper Limited 74.3%

Ipswich Suez Recycling And Recovery 79.6%

Bacton Terminal 3 PERENCO UK LIMITED 83.8%

Cantley British Sugar Plc 87.8%

Bacton Interconnector (UK) Limited 90.4%

Bury St Edmunds Maltings Pauls Malt Limited 91.7%

Cedar Maltings Muntons plc 92.7%

Great Ryburgh Maltings Crisp Malting Group Limited 93.5%

Norwich District Heating and CHP University of East Anglia 94.1%

Bacton Terminal 2 SHELL U.K. LIMITED 94.8%

Station Road Banham Poultry Ltd 95.3%

Norwich Briar Chemicals Limited 95.8%

Halesworth Bernard Matthews Foods 96.2%

Lowestoft Birds Eye Limited 96.6%

King's Lynn PIL MEMBRANES LTD 97.1%

Watton Cranswick Country Foods 97.4%

Haverhill International Flavours and Fragrances 97.8%

tbc

Ipswich WHITE ROSE ENVIRONMENTAL 98.1%

NNUH Serco Limited 98.4%

Bury St Edmunds Mizkan Euro Ltd 98.6%

RAF Marham MoD 98.8%

Ipswich Asphalt Tarmac Trading Limited 98.9%

Wattisham Airfield Ministry of Defence 99.1%

RAF Honington Ministry of Defence 99.3%

Westgate Brewery Greene King Brewing and Retailing Ltd 99.4%

Eye 1Stop Halal Limited 99.6%

Adastral Park BT Plc 99.7%

Sizewell B EDF Energy 99.8%

Thetford Fibrothetford Ltd 99.9%

Kings Lynn Compressor Station National Grid Gas Plc 99.9%

Diss Compressor Station National Grid Gas Plc 99.9%

Eye Fibropower Ltd 100.0%

Thetford Epr Thetford Limited 100.0%

Bulmer Sudbury Bulmer Brick & Tile Co Ltd 100.0%

Eye EPR Eye Limited 100.0%