Tyseley Energy Park partners with energy specialist to plan its low-carbon future

TEP

A new partnership has been formed between Tyseley Energy Park (TEP) and carbon and energy specialist Envantage in an effort to reduce its emissions.

Envantage will work with TEP which is home to the new Birmingham Energy Innovation Centre, to look at TEP’s greenhouse gas profile including both direct and indirect emissions.

Following this, TEP will put a strategy in place to reduce its own emissions and support its mission to create innovative clean energy solutions which will be commercially viable energy systems across the West Midlands.

Jessica Harris, Head of Carbon Services at Envantage said: “Tyseley Energy Park is already a real success story in diversification, where Webster & Horsfall Group has transformed this site into a nationally recognised hub for zero-carbon innovation.

“Our work will provide the site with the full picture of its carbon emissions as part of its journey to net zero. Too often the focus is on Scope 1 and 2 emissions, which are direct and power-related i.e. those emissions that occur within the company’s ‘walls’. However, for most organisations, this is just the tip of the iceberg.

“Getting an accurate picture of an organisation’s Scope 3 emissions – which include the indirect emissions that occur throughout the value chain – is the key to unlocking a more sustainable future.”

Evolving from a traditional manufacturing site into a cleantech and low-carbon hub, TEP is home to a wide range of growing cleantech businesses including a 10MW on-site biomass plant, the Birmingham Energy Innovation Centre and the Tyseley Refuelling Hub.

David Horsfall, Director at Tyseley Energy Park, adds: “TEP is located on one of the UK’s oldest manufacturing sites and has a proud history in industrial innovation. Today, alongside the modern Webster & Horsfall facilities, it has evolved into one of the most dynamic hubs, creating solutions to drive carbon reduction across heat, transport, recycling and energy systems.

“That is why it was important to us to gain a clear picture of our current carbon impact, so we can better understand the steps we can take to work with our tenants, partners and stakeholders and put in place a plan to reduce our emissions further.”

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