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Greater Manchester Combined Authority

…, requiring unprecedented transformational change and financial investment. • Informing our overall approach – models indicate the choices we have in relying on national level action (e.g. decarbonisation of the national grid) versus taking local level action (e.g. local renewable energy generation). • Informing our priorities – the sectors where the most significant reductions in our…

… Manchester Spatial Framework, standards for new buildings and developments will be set, but we still need to increase renewable energy generation and low carbon heating in existing homes and buildings. To do this, residents will need support to help make the right decisions, making sure everyone can benefit from these changes. Priority 1: Increasing local renewable electricity…

… and other organisations • Install renewable energy generation at your premises and partner with community energy groups • Switch to a renewable energy supplier • Access energy related business support from the Growth Company • Plan now for when you are next due to replace your heating system What we need from government policy • Work with us to develop the Energy Transition Region concept…

… to support innovation • Accelerate and deepen grid decarbonisation • Stable and long-term policy landscape • Decision on long-term decarbonisation of heat Local policy • Establish an investment vehicle to develop assets for renewable energy and deliver renewable energy generation on estate. • Require 20% renewable energy generation at new developments • Examine the potential to establish a GM…

… collective solar PV/battery purchase to drive up residential uptake • Seek funding to roll out Local Area Energy Planning across GM to identify which heating solutions are best suited to which areas of the city-region • Identify “Heat and Energy Network Opportunity Areas” and require an assessment of the viability of connecting new developments to a heat network within these areas • Convene key…