Vision for Clean Growth
The Vision for Clean Growth was adopted in 2021 and has aspirations for the Enterprise Zone and immediate area to be a zero carbon leader: “for new development to be zero carbon and for the region to take proactive steps to address emissions from legacy sectors… to provide leadership and new business opportunities in ‘hard to de-carbonise sectors’ where innovation is vital and where we have world-leading strengths – sustainable aviation, decarbonisation of transport, greener buildings, smart grids and environmental risk and finance”.
A Clean Growth Vision for the West of East Devon – Vision Strategy and Anchor Opportunities.pdf
The vision identifies the area in and surrounding our Enterprise Zone as ‘uniquely placed to lead’: “Bringing together unique knowledge assets, world-leading environmental expertise, an airport committed to sustainable aviation, opportunities for retrofit and sustainable development, and industry-leading technology pilots, our area offers a rare combination of assets and innovative spirit that make it ideal as a demonstrator for whole-system change.”
The Vision for Clean Growth is based on four key themes:
Greener Buildings
Significant skills and systems opportunity
Potential to contribute to 50,000 new UK jobs by 2030
£11bn opportunity
Smart Grids
£67bn global market opportunity
Exceptional research specialisms
Leading assets and international projects
Future Flight
Future-proofing a £12bn sector for the UK Economy
Potential to contribute to 5,200 UK jobs
Green Finance
Exceptional local expertise in climate risk forecasting
World-leading business school and sustainable MBA
