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Energy Security White Paper

The Midlands: Powering the UK’s clean energy revolution

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Energy White Paper: demonstrating our region’s strengths and opportunities

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.

The Launch of the Midlands Engine Energy Security White Paper
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Developing the White Paper

Specifically, the White Paper evidences and demonstrates:

  1. 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
  2. The specific scope, nature and scale of the opportunities in the Midlands to support the energy transition and UK energy security
  3. The challenges and barriers to realising these opportunities, including barriers to private investment and the risks of not realising them 
  4. 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
  5. How government, industry and other partners need to work together to achieve this – including a high-level ‘route map’ for collaborative action

Case studies

  • fifty500_Energy White Paper Case study

    A50/A500 Midlands Growth Corridor – Energy Security White Paper Case Study

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  • Able Humber Port_Energy White Paper Case study

    Able Humber Port – Energy Security White Paper Case study

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    Battery Energy Storage Systems in the Midlands – Energy Security White Paper case study

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  • Clean Heat_Energy White Paper Case study

    Clean Heat at Keele University – Energy Security White Paper Case Study

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  • Coventry and EON Partnership_Energy White Paper Case study

    Coventry & E.ON Strategic Partnership – Energy Security White Paper Case Study

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  • MAA_Energy White Paper Case study

    Decarbonising the Midlands Aerospace Cluster – Energy Security White Paper Case Study

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  • E.ON Net Zero Dudley_Energy White Paper Case study

    E.ON Net Zero Training Partnership in Dudley – Energy Security White Paper Case Study

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    East Midlands Freeport – Energy Security White Paper case study

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  • East Midlands Hydrogen_Energy White Paper Case study

    East Midlands Hydrogen – Energy Security White Paper Case Study

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  • Energy Capital_Energy White Paper Case study

    Energy Capital – Energy Security White Paper

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  • Energy from Waste_Energy White Paper Case study

    Energy From Waste in Lincolnshire – Energy Security White Paper Case Study

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  • Catapult_Energy White Paper Case study

    Energy Systems Catapult – Energy Security White Paper Case Study

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  • Green Power Park_Energy White Paper Case study

    Green Power Park – Energy Security White Paper Case Study

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    H2GV Mids – Energy Security White Paper case study

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  • Humber 2030_Energy White Paper Case study

    Humber 2030 Vision Projects – Energy Security White Paper Case Study

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  • Humber Offshore Wind Cluster_Energy White Paper Case study

    Humber Offshore Wind Cluster – Energy Security White Paper Case Study

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  • Hydrogen Valley_Energy White paper case study

    Hydrogen Valley – Energy Security White Paper Case Study

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  • HyPER_Energy White Paper Case study

    HyPER Project – Energy Security White Paper Case Study

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  • Reverse Coal_Energy White Paper Case study

    Lapwing Estate Reverse Coal – Energy Security White Paper Case Study

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  • Manby_Energy White Paper Case study

    Manby Biorefinery – Energy Security White Paper Case Study

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  • Mids Net Zero Hub_Energy White Paper Case study

    Midlands Net Zero Hub – Energy Security White Paper Case Study

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  • Nuclear Skills Academy_Energy White Paper Case study

    Nuclear Skills Academy – Energy Security White Paper Case Study

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  • Repowering the Black Country_Energy White Paper Case study

    Repowering the Black Country – Energy Security White Paper Case Study

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  • Rolls-Royce SMR_Energy White Paper Case study

    Rolls Royce SMR – Energy Security White Paper Case Study

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  • Siemens Energy_Energy White Paper Case study

    Siemens Energy Global Service Operations Centre – Energy Security White Paper Case Study

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  • SEND_Energy White Paper Case study

    Smart Network Energy Demonstrator (SEND) – Energy Security White Paper Case Study

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  • SmartParc_Energy White Paper Case study

    SmartParc SEGRO Derby – Energy Security White Paper Case Study

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  • STEP_Energy White Paper Case study

    STEP Prototype Fusion Power Plant – Energy Security White Paper Case Study

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    Tyseley Energy Park – Energy Security White Paper Case Study

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    University of Birmingham and Siemens energy efficiency – Energy Security White Paper case study

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Lord Ravensdale
The Energy Security Taskforce

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

Able UK (1)
Alstom (1)
Black Country Industrial Cluster
Cadent Gas
Constructing Excellence Midlands
E.ON
EDF Energy
EMH2 (1)
EvoEnergy (1)
Future Humber (1)
Greenpower Park
H2 Valley (1)
Hydrogen UK
InterGen (1)
Lapwing Estate (1)
MAA (1)
Midlands Nuclear (1)
national gas transmission
National Grid
Nuclear AMRC (1)
Nuclear Industry Association (1)
Renewable UK (1)
Rolls Royce (1)
Rolls Royce SMR (1)
Siemens Energy
Siemens Gamesa
Siemens
SmartParc (1)
SSE (1)
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Tyseley Energy Park
Uniper
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Midlands energy assets interactive map
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.