
Energy Security White Paper
The Midlands: Powering the UK’s clean energy revolution

Energy security is a national policy priority and is critical to inclusive, sustainable growth in the Midlands.
Achieving energy security is particularly important for the region due its energy intensive sectors like advanced manufacturing which makes up a disproportionately large part of our regional economy.
This challenge offers economic opportunity for our businesses and innovators who are driving the UK’s transition to net zero through exceptional energy infrastructure like the ~5GW Humber Offshore Wind Cluster and STEP Fusion.
Ensuring a dependable source of affordable, clean energy is also essential for our communities who experience some of the highest rates of fuel poverty in the country.
The Midlands Engine Partnership is developing an Energy Security White Paper that can inform and help shape national policy and investment so that they are fully cognisant of the Midlands context and opportunity – for national and regional benefit.

Specifically, the White Paper evidences and demonstrates:
- The significance of the Midlands to the UK’s transition to a secure, low-carbon energy system and the achievement of related national policy priorities, particularly economic growth, net zero and levelling up
- The specific scope, nature and scale of the opportunities in the Midlands to support the energy transition and UK energy security
- The challenges and barriers to realising these opportunities, including barriers to private investment and the risks of not realising them
- What national policies, policy mechanisms and investment decisions can do to enable the opportunities in the Midlands to be realised – particularly as regards unlocking private sector investment
- How government, industry and other partners need to work together to achieve this – including a high-level ‘route map’ for collaborative action
Case studies

The development of the White Paper is led by a pan-regional Midlands Engine Energy Security Taskforce. This comprises of industry leaders, leading experts and senior representatives from local government, all geared towards ensuring that evidence, policy proposals and the suggested route-map are given a robust regional focus. It is chaired by cross bench peer Lord Ravensdale.
The Midlands Engine Green Growth Board, chaired by Professor Martin Freer, will maintain oversight of the White Paper’s development and deployment.
Thank you to our partners
Building on the work on our Ten Point Plan for Green Growth which has involved over 300 leading voices across the Midlands, over 60 organisations across industry, local government, the wider public sector and academia – including Taskforce members and members of the Midlands Engine Green Growth Board – have been specifically involved in the development of this White Paper – contributing valued insights and intelligence and expert advice
































Showcasing our region’s wealth of energy assets
This interactive tool brings our region’s energy assets to life – showcasing the strategic energy companies which have chosen to make our region their home, as well as flagship infrastructure assets, investment opportunities, R&D assets, training centres, demonstrators and accelerators.