Introductory presentation by Sheryl French, Delivery Manager for the CRIF Project, at the final CRIF event on 15th November 2011.

1. Cambridgeshire Renewables Infrastructure
Framework
CRIF – why now?
Sheryl French, Delivery Manager
This project is being developed as part of the Climate Change Skills Fund. The fund is
managed by Sustainability East on behalf of Improvement East

2. Why the CRIF?
CRIF Project 2019 £6b
1992 2000 2011 2020 <2031
The Earth
Summit, Rio
Kyoto Protocol
EU RE
Targets
Climate Change
Act 2008
e.g. Code
for Sustainable Homes
CRIF
RE Delivery
RE Investment
#crifcambs Growth in Cambs
Clean Tech

3. Energy Security & Cost
Zero Carbon Policy DECC Renewable
Energy Capacity
Study Decarbonising
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire CRIF Project
Community Energy This is the
Fund focus of
today
Public/ Community Delivery
Investment
Private
£6 bullion
ESCO Public Sector Delivery
?
Cambridgeshire
Commercial Delivery
Sustainable
Finance Model
#crifcambs www.crif.citizenscape.net

4. Along the way…challenges
#crifcambs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuXGSEyJjoY&feature=youtube_gdata

5. Future Challenges
Long term planning –
invest to save - to ease on-going and future austerity measures due to rising fuel
costs
Manage uncertainty –
but still deliver.. uncertainty is not a reason to do nothing
Trust –
stakeholders need to deliver a shared agenda built around greater energy self-
reliance in Cambridgeshire. This needs to be coordinated and managed together.
Communication and education –
The CRIF Project has touched the tip of the ice-berg -more needs to be done to
prepare Cambridgeshire residents/businesses to move to the new paradigm –
post petroleum man