Camborne, Pool and Redruth Energy Feasibility Study

In 2005 CSEP and CPR Regeneration jointly commissioned a feasibility study to assess technically and economically viable options for incorporating sustainable energy into the new developments proposed for the regeneration area. A copy of the executive summary and full report is available below.

Executive Summary (22 pages)

Full Report (131 pages)

Progress update (Sept 2006)

CSEP and CPR Regeneration are currently seeking funding to take forward recommendations in the feasibility study. An Energy Steering Group meets quarterly to monitor progress.

In January 2006 CSEP made a successful application to the Intelligent Energy Europe programme for a project entitled 'ASPIRE' (Achieving Energy Sustainability in Peripheral Regions of Europe). The project will develop a delivery pathway for creating a sustainable energy community in less densely populated areas where large-scale centralised district energy is not viable.

For the UK component, it will draw on the issues in the CPR regeneration area. The project started in October 2006 with a kick off meeting in Cornwall. For more information on this meeting please click here. The ASPIRE project brings together partners from across Europe (Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Czech Republic, Italy, Spain, Romania and Estonia). Cornwall County Council is the lead partner.

During the summer of 2006, CSEP provided a student work placement for Kieran Highman, who is studying on the University of Exeter's Camborne School of Mines Renewable Energy BSc course. As part of this placement Kieran researched the potential for establishing a renewable energy manufacturing base in the CPR area. The final report is below and recommends the most promising technologies for manufacture in the area in the near future. The recommendations are being considered by the CSEP/CPRR Energy Steering Group.

Report and Appendices

For information on the 2005 CSEP Conference 'Energy in Regeneration', please click here.