The Green Economy in Bristol and the West of ... - Miguel Mendonça

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Section 1: Development in Green Technologies
Regen SW Jobs and GVA Studies
Regen South West, a sustainable energy
organisation based in Exeter, commissioned several
studies on the number of jobs in, and the economic
contribution of, the renewables and efficiency sectors
in the South West region. The studies took place in
2005, 2008 and 2010. Comparing employment in
renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE)
sectors, between the studies in 2008 and 2010, RE
shows 70% growth, against 8% in EE. For RE, this
was attributed to growth in size and number of
companies operating in the sector. Between 2005 and
2008, growth in renewable energy was around 160%,
compared to 10% for the economy as a whole. It
slowed to 75% between 2008 and 2010. 17
Table 7. Regen SW Data on Renewables and
Efficiency Jobs and GVA 2005­2010 18
The study ranks the UK regions in market share and
value of sales, with the South West ranking fifth,
closely followed by both the West Midlands and
Scotland.
Table 8. Market Share and Value of LCEGS Sector
in Top 7 UK Regions in 2010
The Regen SW report for 2010 found that the ET
sector in the South West should see “significant
growth” in future due to a number of factors around
policy, the existing cluster of companies and
activities in the region, and its “environmental
assets”, which include the coastline and other sites
for deployment of renewable technologies. 19
The Green Economy in Bristol and the West of England