The document outlines Ceredigion County Council's strategy and projects to reduce its carbon emissions by at least 15% by 2016/17. It discusses the council's past success in reducing emissions by 21% between 2007-2012 through various energy efficiency projects. Current and planned projects include installing solar panels at several schools, a 50kW solar array at the county council offices, extending a biomass heating network, and a solar thermal collector project at a secondary school. The overall goal is to continue reducing emissions through investing in renewable energy and low-carbon infrastructure.

11. GOFALU AM YFORY, HEDDIW – CARING FOR TOMORROW, TODAY
Cynllun Rheoli Carbon - Cyngor Sir Ceredigion
Carbon Management Plan - Ceredigion County Council
Gweithio gyda’r Ymddiriedolaeth Garbon
Working with the Carbon Trust
Paul Ferris 05/03/2014

12. • The Carbon Management Plan contains the Council’s strategy for reducing its
carbon emissions by at least 15% by the year 2016/17.
• It also provides an update to the Council’s initial aspirational CMP covering the
period 2007/08 to 2012/13.
Background
*Note 2007 refers to 2007/08 financial year, 2008 to 2008/09 and so on.
• The actions resulted in a 21% (18% when Degree Day Adjusted) reduction against
the original footprint baseline of 15,820 tonnes of carbon. Saving the Council in the
region of £1.2 million on its annual energy bill (and is equivalent to around £3.7
million in avoided costs cumulatively over the period to March 2012

14. Solar PV Projects
Solar panels at Bro Siôn Cwilt Area School
• 4kW solar panels were installed at Bro Siôn Cwilt
Area School, and Aberaeron and Penrhyncoch
County Primary Schools in July 2012. The
combined annual cost saving is approximately
£2.5K with a combined reduction in carbon
emissions of almost 6 tCO2 and a payback period
of 10 years.
• Horeb Food Centre Wales
in Llandysul has two PV
installations (20kW
installed in 2011 and 4kW
which was installed in
2013).
The building on the left is the Research and development facility which has 84 Solar PV panes
(20kW system) and 3 Solar thermal panels. To the Right is the administration building which has
16 Solar PV panels (4kW System)

15. Planned Solar PV Projects
• The Council is planning to install a 50kW
array in the County Council offices in
Penmorfa and a 30kW array in the Minaeron
Council offices during 2014/15.
• Penmorfa is the Authority’s second highest
electricity user and Minaeron is 23rd. It is,
therefore, likely that the majority of the
energy generated by the PV arrays will be
used rather than exported. This will further
increase savings.
County Council Offices at Penmorfa and Minaeron, Aberaeron
County Council offices Penmorfa
County Council offices Minaeron
• Total Capital expenditure, from the Invest to
Save fund, to install PV’s at both sites is
currently estimated at £140K providing a
total of approximately 37tCO2 saving per
annum.
• Payback is currently estimated at
approximately 7 years, when taking into
account both the Feed in Tariff payments
and energy savings.

16. Biomass Projects
• The Plascrug Renewable Energy Centre was
built in 2009 to supply space heating and
domestic hot water to Ceredigion County
Council (Canolfan Rheidol) and Welsh
Government buildings.
• The installation of a Binder 1.2MW biomass
boiler and pipework for the district heating
scheme, together with office rationalisation
and the Council’s move to the new Canolfan
Rheidol building in Aberystwyth has already
reduced carbon emissions by 203 tCO2 per
annum.
• Phase 2 will extend the district heating system to provide heating for Plascrug Leisure
Centre and Ysgol Gyfun Penweddig Secondary School with further carbon savings of
approximately 229tCO2. It is intended for the Phase 2 elements to be operational in
2014/15 and depending on the funding route taken could produce an RHI income of
circa £95k per annum.
Renewable Energy Centre Installation at Plascrug, Aberystwyth
Proposed changes to the Renewable Energy Centre to
accommodate an additional 999kW biomass boiler, extension of
the existing fuel store and moving of the gas boiler to alternative
position.

17. Biomass Projects
• A review of the age and condition of the
existing localised oil boilers at the school has
concluded that many require replacing. It is
planned to de-commission these boilers and
replace them with and a centralised oil boiler
plant installed within the new biomass boiler
house in 2014/15 to provide back-up heat
during any biomass boiler down-time.
• A centralised oil boiler plant offers reduced
maintenance costs and staff attendance,
reduced capital cost (compared with multiple
smaller boilers) and offers a more effective
integration with a 950kW Wood Chip Boiler
and 22,000 Litre thermal store biomass boiler
plant.
Aberaeron County Secondary School
Project Lead
Cost Annual Saving
Life
Pay
back
% of
Target
Year
Capital Revenue £ CO2
Biomass - Aberaeron County
Secondary School
SF £766,707 TBC £96,830 362 20 7.9 15.70% 2014/15
Proposed Location for Biomass Boiler House and Distribution Lines
at Aberaeron Secondary School and Leisure Centre

18. SBED Solar Collector Project
Lampeter County Secondary School
• The Sustainable Building Envelope Demonstration (SBED)
Project aims to accelerate, through demonstration, the
development of innovative energy generating building
façades for low carbon design solutions, transforming the
role of the building envelope from passive energy
conservation to one of generation, storage, distribution
and intelligent management for optimal performance.
• A nominal 216m2 roof mounted collector supplying the main corridor and
adjacent circulation spaces will efficiently satisfy the building demands.
• Annual metered solar heating gain of 57.2 MWh, has been conservatively
modelled.
• Annual carbon reduction of 14.1 tonnes CO2, using gas at 198 kg/MWh &
80% efficiency.
• This project is fully supported by WEFO funds - £80K.
• Annual saving on gas of £2000 (gas at £28.12 / MWh and 80% existing
system efficiency).
Ceredigion County Council in
partnership with:
• Welsh European Funding Office
(WEFO) – fully funded
• Tata Steel
• Managed by Cardiff University
Welsh School of Architecture