Alan Bailey outlines some key current opportunities in the region at the March 2014 Avonmouth and Severnside Enterprise Forum

1. Waste Campaign- Business
Opportunities in Avonmouth &
Severnside
Alan Bailey, Chair

2. LCSW:
• Expertise / Involvement of LCSW
• Sector trade association and network to support & promote
environmental technologies and services.
• Promote SW as a centre of excellence for sustainability and renewable
energy production.
• Network for businesses, academia, investors, local authorities, regional
and national agencies to facilitate effective knowledge exchange &
business collaborations.
• Promote SW for inward investment and outward trade.
• Business-led and supported by Local Authorities & Universities.
• To look at waste streams, industrial and commercial symbiosis, the
clustering of organisations and to cut across sectors.
• Help support and actively drive the economic growth agenda for the
region

3. Avonmouth &
Severnside Region

4. The plan:
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Agree a circular economy campaign
Data and Information gathering- capability study
Set up small and dynamic leadership group
Prepare the correct marketing materials to get the opportunity publicised
Attend International and National events to look at technology
advancements, current thinking and source contacts
Develop bespoke Chinese work stream
Identify key waste partners that will enable us to match technologies to
waste
2015- EGC, Will set up an International waste conference and exhibition
with site tours
Have at this Forum at least 3 times per year

5. Avonmouth and Severnside
Existing:
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Prime location with huge potential for large-scale industrial warehouses,
distribution, energy and waste processing.
An extensive and transferable highly skilled talent pool- diversification
Strategic location, with excellent road, rail and shipping networks
Huge amounts of land available for development with consented
planning permission in place
Port City with access to 45 million people (over 70% of the UK
population) within 300km (4 hour HGV drive time)
Co-location with existing companies
Over £2.5BN of current and proposed investment
UK’s largest environmental employment share
Home to UK’s National Composite Centre and Bristol Robotics Labs

6. Avonmouth and Severnside
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Good access to waste- Locally and Nationally
Existing industry clusters
Good technology base
Great local industrial knowledge
Access to International contacts and markets
Governments driving towards a circular economy
Dwindling resources putting pressure on re-use
Innovation- drive new technologies
UK manufacturing coming back- onshoring
Cost of landfill
EGC 2015

7. Initial Thermal Energy Zone
South Gloucestershire
Council
SITA
EfW
End
2015
Seabank CCGT
Scottish Power
CCGT
W4B Biomass
oil - End 2014
Helius
Biomass
Power
Station
End
New 2015
Earth
Energy
EfW
EON Biomass
Viridor
EfW
End
2015
SITA EfW End 2015
Power
Station - End
2016
North Somerset
Council
New Earth
Renewables
Pyrolysis
Wessex
water
AD 2012
Bristol City
Council

8. Business Clusters:
• Bristol and Bath as a World Class business hub
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Environmental
Energy
Logistics
Aerospace and advanced manufacturing
Microelectronics
Creative and digital media
Finance and Professional services

9. Outcomes:
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Development- uptake and build out of 100’s of acres of land
Jobs- Thousands created over the next 5-10 years
Investment levels- securing £100M’s of capital investment
Developing one key flag-ship exemplar project
Aligning re-processed waste to Manufacturing supply chain, Co-location of
re-processors and manufacturing
Construction- development stage would generate significant
short/medium term employment
All activities will be linked into new energy infrastructure plans for the
region.
Internationally recognised World Class centre of excellence
A clearly defined list of target companies
Clearly defined list of target waste materials

10. Follow up:
Alan Bailey
Chairman
Low Carbon SW
alan.bailey@lowcarbonsouthwest.co.uk
+44 (0) 7785 538 585