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RED ROSE LEADS THE GREEN REVOLUTION
Lancashire’s low carbon technology innovators are leading the UK’s drive towards net zero and have a massive opportunity to sell their products and knowledge globally.
The county’s prominent role in the green revolution was highlighted at The Lancashire Net Zero Carbon Conference 2023, organised by Lancashire Business View.
The conference also heard Lancashire is well placed to develop its leading role further, developing more technologies and creating more jobs and export opportunities.
Held at The Wellbeing Farm in Edgworth and attended by more than 100 delegates from a wide range of sectors, the event examined in detail the opportunities and challenges associated with achieving a sustainable and low-carbon future.
It also brought together experts and leaders to share knowledge, exchange ideas and explore solutions to help businesses reduce their carbon footprint or achieve net zero status.
Miranda Barker, chief executive of East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce, has helped spread the message of the county’s low carbon expertise globally, with delegations to the UN procurement summit in March and COP27. A delegation is also planned for COP28.
She revealed she is also meeting with chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt in July to press the need for investment in Lancashire’s low carbon companies.
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Miranda told the conference that the county was now home to a cluster of low carbon technology innovators.
She said: “Lancashire has been almost predestined to be a leader in low carbon technologies and that’s because the industrial revolution was here, the pollution was here, so we were the first area to start inventing new low carbon technologies.
“We’re really brilliant at developing low carbon technologies locally and that gives us the opportunity to generate jobs, but also to have leading products that are exported to the world and there are a lot of support mechanisms to help people do that.
“If you think of our expertise, we’ve got advanced manufacturing, that digital creation capability and all of these technologies. We’ve got companies across Lancashire in the low carbon sectors.
“We are trying to make sure government is investing into those companies and into the sector and creating the jobs and the tech we can then export.
“We are literally the place you can invest in to get the jobs, the growth and lead the world. It’s a massive growth sector.”
Robin Jones from the county council and North West Net Zero Hub, a regional programme to promote investment in energy, highlighted some of the key projects happening in Lancashire and their predicted impact.
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He revealed that work also included a feasibility study to look at the creation of a battery-electric train that would run from Leeds to the town, passing through Lancaster.
He said: “We’re just about to get the final reports on that, which is exciting. We’re not just looking at the train but how we can put in a trackside battery that can also provide power for other services.”
Robin added that a low carbon grant programme looking to fund heat pump installations in SMEs in the county was also underway. He told delegates: “We are really trying to make the most of the new technologies that we’re coming across.”
They included work associated with the £100m Eden Project Morecambe regeneration plan, looking to bring in innovative energy companies to the project.
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