Bristol Environmental Technology Services (BETS) – An ETS Enterprise Network Creating a perfect environment for green business in the Bristol city-region

Presentation Who and What is BETS? Local Environmental Technology Sector profile Mission Objectives Action plan themes 2009 Bristol City Council City Wide Sustainable Energy Assessment

local sector partnership for environmental technologies and services established in June 2006 Network for businesses, academia, investors, local authorities, regional and national agencies Business-led but supported by Bristol City Council membership scheme and web site launched in 2009 package of seminars, expos and web resources governance by executive group and members forum Who and What is BETS ?

Local Sector Profile companies in Greater Bristol area - clusters in Avonmouth /Severnside, City Centre and Clifton approx 12,400 jobs in West of England sub-region – 20% growth in last 10 years (ABI, 2004) approx 3% of Bristol / WoE workforce – above regional and national average – 25% of SW jobs in ETS sub-sectors of – renewable energy, – waste management, – energy control, – pollution control, – sustainable transport, – environmental audit and consultancy, – organic food, – sustainable construction.

Mission BETS operates within strategic framework of the Bristol Green Capital initiative to: – support the growth of a vibrant Environmental Technologies and Services industry sector in the Bristol City-Region; – make Bristol a leading centre in Europe for ETS and good environmental management practice across all its industries; – promote the adoption and mainstreaming of BETS solutions to build a more sustainable Bristol City- Region

Objectives To encourage & enable networking and collaborative projects of member companies and organisations which support business innovation and growth, including: – provision of better market intelligence, – knowledge transfer, – access to finance, – Skills and training – marketing support, and – supply chain initiatives. To work with government / public agencies to develop a high quality infrastructure of sites, premises and facilities to support the expansion of the sector and its emerging activities.

Objectives (cont.) To raise the profile of the Bristol city region as a centre of excellence in ETS in the UK and Europe, and promote the products and services of member companies and organisations to potential customers and investors at local, regional, national and international levels. Mission and Objectives delivered via annual Action Plans – however, with limited resources and at present no dedicated team Business planning for incorporation under way

Action Plan Themes Networking and Communication External promotion and inward investment – Trade missions (e.g. China) Workspace and cluster development – Avonmouth & Severnside Forum Collaborations for knowledge exchange and innovation – within ETS sector and with other sectors – iNet for ETS Higher Level Skills Initiative Hydrogen Strategy – does it stack up and what economic opportunities?

Current Activities Sustainable Business in Practice conference / expo – at Future Inn Cabot Circus – 10 July – Avonmouth & Severnside Green Industries Forum - collaboration of developers, landowners and end-users – Heat grid? – Local power production (EON biomass power station) – Wind turbines – ?? 2 Degrees e-networking – BETS and Green Capital ‘pledgers’ – sub-sector and topical e-for a Feasibility Study for Green Industries development and clustering across the Bristol city-region Hydrogen Strategy Board

Bristol City Council – Citywide Sustainable Energy Study Produced by Centre for Sustainable Energy Planning/Planning/file-storage-items/planning-policy-fsi/bdf-bristol- development-framework/sustainable-energy-report---june-2009.en Planning/Planning/file-storage-items/planning-policy-fsi/bdf-bristol- development-framework/sustainable-energy-report---june-2009.en Strong focus on woodfuel and waste as energy source Community heating Solar DHW and Heat Pumps – depend on building planning policy My feedback at presentation highlighted apparent omission of natural gas CHP plus DH – as championed by those such as William Orchard BCC keen to realise wind potential at Avonmouth alongside Ecotricity and partnering with others

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Conclusions BETS is a lively, business led, local authority supported enabling force for Bristol and the south west Close engagement with Higher Education What sister organisations are there – or could there be? What role for Claverton?