Councillor Andy Platt
Cabinet Member
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Mandate for Change
A city committed to growth
To make Stoke-on-Trent a Great Working City
 The obvious place to bring business
 Nurture and develop existing business
 A great city to live in
 Work with people so they can live independent
lives
City Deal
Powerhouse Central : The Stoke-on-Trent
& Staffordshire City Deal Proposal
Our previous energy offer
Back to the Future ?
Scaling the Energy Opportunity
Quantifying the city’s energy requirements
Our geothermal potential
Infinite untapped reserves?
Capitalizing on our waste streams
Anaerobic Digestion
Local Heat Networks
Waste heat

An effective
ingredient in the
approach to
sustainable district
heating?
The journey of a ‘low carbon atom’
Smart energy networks
Future integrated system
National
Resources
Local
Processes
Resources
Gas
Waste
Local
Biomass
Minewater
Solar
Grid
Electricity
Boiler
CHP
Gasifier
Heat Pump
Large-scale
solar
thermal
Largescale solar
PV
Wind
Wind
turbine
Petrol,
Diesel
Demand
reductio
n
Drilling
Energy from
waste plant
Needs
Outcomes:
Industry
Heat
demand
More profitable
industry
Lower energy
costs
Jobs created
and retained
Heat
Recovery
Natural
Gas Grid
Natural Gas
Coal CCS
Gas CCS
Nuclear
Wind
Networks
Local Gas
Grids
CBM.
Biomethane
Syngas
Smart
Heat
Grid
Thermal
store
Industry
Industry
Electricity
demand
Sola
r PV
Gas CHP
No landfill
Buildings
Heat
demand
Demand
reductio
n
Healthier people
Solar
thermal
Buildings
Buildings
electricity
demand
More disposable
income in city
Sola
r PV
Smart
Electricity
Electricity
Grid
Grid
Electricity
storage
Electric
Vehicle
s
Gas
Smart
Roads
Roads
Vehicle
s
Conventional
Vehicles
Improved
educational
performance
Intelligent
control
Transport
Less time
wasted in traffic
Improved
delivery for
products
Better Air
Quality
Four Futures for Local Government
(Credit John Flowers – Veredus)

Taking control of your
own destiny
The critical question for today……

Where there is political vision for jobs and
growth, how does the renewables sector
contribute . . . ?