CAMIRUS

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

CAMIRUS

Camirus Ltd specialises in strategic project development and support in the distributed energy sector.  Through its director, Matthew Rhodes, Camirus has worked closely with the Black Country LEP and local authorities on clean growth and low carbon energy plans since 2012.

Camirus will provide project leadership and management and will be responsible for ensuring the project supports the development of the UK Decarbonisation Plan. Camirus works in partnership with public and private sector organisations across the UK. All of our projects are about accelerating the transition to a clean, cost-effective energy system through empowering people and through effective implementation of innovative energy systems solutions.

Camirus works in partnership with public and private sector organisations across the UK. All of our projects are about accelerating the transition to a clean, cost-effective energy system through empowering people and through effective implementation of innovative energy systems solutions.
Significant projects we are currently working on include:
 
Repowering the Black Country
Leading a collaborative project with the Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership and partners including the University of Birmingham, Pro Enviro, CR Plus and WMG to develop and implement a roadmap for decarbonising the Black Country industrial cluster by 2040.
Repowering the Black Country is developing a vision of complementary local industrial ecosystems and low carbon energy supply hubs, building on the Black Country’s 250 year history of innovation in energy and industry.   
This project is part-funded by UKRI through their Industrial Clusters Decarbonisation Programme.  
 
Regional Energy Systems Operator
A two year project in partnership with Coventry City Council, Energy Capital, Enzen, Electron, Western Power Distribution, Cadent Gas, and the universities of Warwick and Birmingham to design a smart, low carbon energy infrastructure for Coventry.
Camirus developed this project and is leading the design of the governance and organisation for the proposed smart local energy system design. In particular the project is exploring the potential for local energy markets in the UK, and at improving the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of city-scale energy infrastructure planning and management by giving local authorities the resources and powers they need to work effectively with the energy network operators and contribute to the national energy system transition.  
This project is part-funded by Innovate UK through their Prospering from the Energy Revolution Programme.
 
Reform of the UK approach to fuel poverty alleviation
Camirus is supporting the efforts of devolved and local authorities in England to play a greater role in managing efforts to alleviate fuel poverty. In particular, we have worked with Energy Capital West Midlands and SHAP to develop proposals for a more customer-centred, targeted approach which could be quickly and flexibly implemented across England in the wake of Covid-19.
      
Camirus has long-term working relationships with many organisations working in energy systems innovation (such as the Energy Systems Catapult, ERA, and in the university sector) and towards greater devolution of powers over energy to the English Regions in particular.

Leading a collaborative project with the Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership and partners to develop and implement a roadmap for decarbonising the Black Country industrial cluster by 2040. Repowering the Black Country is developing a vision of complementary local industrial ecosystems and low carbon energy supply hubs, building on the Black Country’s 250 year history of innovation in energy and industry. 

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Matthew Rhodes

Director of CAMIRUS


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Matthew Rhodes

Matthew Rhodes

Director of CAMIRUS


Camirus is led by Matthew Rhodes, an independent consultant and non-executive director working in the UK and European energy and local economic development sectors.

He specialises in optimising local economic and industrial benefits from localised energy systems and demand-side innovations. For 14 years up to 2017 he created and led a specialist project engineering and economics consultancy in the low carbon energy and building sector, delivering collaborative and innovative projects across the UK and internationally.
 
Matthew currently chairs the Energy Capital Partnership in the UK West Midlands, responsible to the Mayor and Combined Authority for development and delivery of the regional energy strategy.
 
Before founding his own company in 2003, Matthew worked internationally for companies including BP, RWE, Unilever, and PA Consulting Group. He’s also been a board member of the Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP (2016-20) and of the Sustainable Housing Action Partnership (SHAP).
 
Matthew speaks regularly at national and international events and has acted as an independent expert panel member for both the UK research councils and EU for many years. As an independent expert in the UK distributed energy sector he currently sits on the Customer Engagement Group for Western Power Distribution providing independent scrutiny of their RIIO-2 price control submission. He’s also been a Commissioner for two independent commissions funded by the University of Birmingham and Energy Systems Catapult on the role of the UK regions in the UK energy system and waste to energy.

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