Strategic Renewables

The challenge of being able to viably deliver low carbon homes and workspace, for the people of Cornwall, gets ever harder, given the additional challenges that we face as a rural, peninsula economy. But Cornwall does have much to be optimistic about, thanks to the extraordinary and nationally important reserves of renewable energy resources that have been identified here and are starting to be more fully exploited. This is greatly influencing our strategy for achieving our decarbonisation aims at Treveth.

Think Local, Act Local for Maximum Impact

Working together with our Cornwall Council shareholder and partner companies, Celtic Sea Power and Cormac, we are actively supporting the development of Cornwall’s Local Area Energy Plan and aiming to deliver an accompanying investment plan to assure that the county delivers on its promise. Through these exciting investment opportunities, we can secure optimum outcomes for the Cornish economy as well as to the collective benefit for the Great South West, Partnership, the Country and our Climate.

Strong foundations have already been set here to realise the use of deep geothermal energy for heat and power, metals extraction for the EV sector and biogas production that could be used on construction sites, as is already used in agriculture. We are also looking at how larger scale renewable investments, such as repowering wind farms and building additional solar installations can help us further this. 

Floating Offshore Wind Power

A major opportunity in prospect is Floating Offshore Wind Power (FLOW), where a potential source has been identified in the Celtic Sea, for which the seabed licenses for an initial 4.5GW are being brought to market by The Crown Estate. A good proportion of this could land in and be utilised in Cornwall, not least to help decarbonise our extractive industries, if the opportunity we are supporting is realised.

As things currently stand, Indian Queens in Cornwall has been shortlisted with two other locations (not necessarily leading to a singular outcome) through the Government’s Offshore Transmission Network Review. If successful, attendant grid upgrades will enable all of the opportunities listed to be fully realised.

Treveth stands ready to support the infrastructure, workspace and housing investment needed to deliver on this, initially through the construction phase but also on into operations.

To find out more see #ThePowerOfCornwall video presented by Simon Reeve.