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I am pleased to have published the first Energy Efficiency Strategy for Wales today.


The intention in developing this strategy is to set a clear direction for the future, and to drive further action across all sectors; households, businesses and the public sector.


Energy efficiency offers a considerable opportunity to deliver green growth, through new jobs, skills and a flourishing supply chain.  It is the most cost\-effective means of meeting our commitments to reduce carbon emissions while lowering energy charges to businesses and for the public sector, and it directly addresses fuel poverty by reducing the cost of heating the homes of vulnerable people.


Within Wales we have led the way in successfully delivering a vision for energy efficiency that focuses equally on reducing energy use and carbon emissions, on job creation and on tackling poverty.


The strategy represents a cross government approach that recognises the important role that all departments have to play in making our vision a reality.


The energy market is undergoing a major transformation both within Wales and further afield, with a move to smarter, more connected energy systems, that integrate energy generation, storage and energy efficiency measures.  Being on track with these challenges will ensure that all sectors, households, businesses and our public sector use less energy and reap the benefits of energy efficiency.


Action on energy efficiency contributes strongly across Government to meeting our well\-being goals, and our approach to improving energy efficiency in Wales is an early demonstration of our application of the five ways of working in the Act.


An i**ntegrated approach** to improving energy efficiency means that we can deliver multiple benefits for people now and over the **long\-term**; helping to **prevent** the impact of climate change through the **involvement** of people and through **collaboration** across private, public and third sector organisations.


I spent a very productive time in December at the Climate Change negotiations in Paris.  We were a key part of the UK delegation, showing our clear commitment to becoming a globally responsible Wales. The agreement reached in Paris was more ambitious than anticipated and it marks a clear turning point where all the world’s countries have formally committed to a sustainable low carbon future.  Our new energy efficiency strategy will make an important contribution to the delivery of a low\-carbon Wales.  

Where we own the levers, we have been breaking new ground.  The Environment (Wales) Bill will enable Wales’ resources to be managed in a more proactive, sustainable and joined\-up way.  The Bill introduces statutory climate change targets and carbon budgeting: low carbon energy generation and energy efficiency will be key elements of delivering these.


The rising cost of energy has been a major concern for Welsh households and businesses in recent years. We know that the most direct action we can take to reduce peoples’ energy bills, with the powers we have, is to improve the energy efficiency of buildings.


Improving the energy efficiency of the homes of low income households is important, not just because we want to reduce household energy use and energy bills, but because living in a cold home has a negative impact on people’s health and well\-being.


Cold homes can lead to increases in respiratory illnesses and the risk of heart attack and stroke, as well as contributing to excess winter deaths.


Worrying about paying energy bills can lead to increased levels of stress and mental illness.  We also know that some people will cut back on food or other essentials in order to pay their energy bills, which further impacts on their general health.  This all leads to poorer health outcomes for low income households and increases pressure on health and social care resources.


The negative impacts of fuel poverty and living in a cold home are wider than health and well\-being; they can also impact on educational attainment when children lack a quiet, warm place at home to study, or have higher levels of absence due to illness.  They can increase social exclusion when people are reluctant to invite friends to their home because it is cold or damp.


As well as providing funding for our most vulnerable citizens and communities, we provide access for funding for energy efficiency in the broader domestic sector, business sector and public sector.  This new strategy helps to increase the knowledge about financing mechanisms for energy efficiency beyond pure grant funding. The strategy acknowledges that different approaches are appropriate for different groups and ensures that a range of financial support mechanisms is available to provide resilience in a changing landscape.


The public sector has a significant leadership role to play in Wales.  I am already providing support for public bodies in Wales to accelerate and de\-risk energy efficiency projects. I recently announced that I have just secured an extra £1\.5million from the European Investment Bank’s ELENA programme to improve the energy performance of public bodies in Wales.  We are now working up the offer that I anticipate will deliver over £30million of low risk investment in energy efficiency over the next three years.


Increasing the energy efficiency of the public sector would release resources that could be redirected into front line services. Yesterday, I, along with the Minister for Finance and Government Business, visited a great example of these savings in action. We saw how the Cardiff \& Vale University Health Board have used funding from Invest to Save to install LED lighting in the new Children’s Hospital for Wales and underground tunnels within the main University Hospital of Wales. The £252, 000 loan value has created savings of £63, 000 per year with a quick project payback of just four years.


I will continue to make it my priority to set the direction for Wales and to deliver energy efficiency and the long term social, economic, environmental and cultural benefits it can bring to Wales.


 


 


 


 


 


 







Translation:


 
Mae’n dda iawn gen i gyhoeddi heddiw Strategaeth Effeithlonrwydd Ynni gyntaf Cymru. 

Y nod wrth ddatblygu’r strategaeth oedd pennu cyfeiriad clir i’r dyfodol, a sbarduno gweithredu pellach ym mhob sector: domestig, busnes a chyhoeddus. 

Mae defnyddio ynni’n effeithlon yn cynnig cyfleoedd mawr i sicrhau twf gwyrdd trwy swyddi a sgiliau newydd a chadwyn gyflenwi gref.  Dyma’r ffordd fwyaf cost\-effeithiol i wireddu’n hymrwymiad i leihau allyriadau carbon tra’n gostwng prisiau ynni i fusnesau a’r sector cyhoeddus.  Bydd hefyd yn delio’n uniongyrchol â thlodi tanwydd trwy ostwng cost gwresogi cartrefi pobl sy’n agored i niwed. 

Rydyn ni yng Nghymru wedi arwain y ffordd o ran gwireddu gweledigaeth ar gyfer effeithlonrwydd ynni sy’n canolbwyntio ar ddefnyddio llai o ynni a rhyddhau llai o allyriadau carbon, creu swyddi a threchu tlodi. 

Mae’r strategaeth yn adlewyrchu ôl gwaith y llywodraeth gyfan gan gydnabod rôl bwysig pob adran i droi’r weledigaeth yn realiti. 

Mae’r farchnad ynni wrthi’n cael ei gweddnewid, yma yng Nghymru a thu hwnt, gan symud at systemau ynni callach a mwy cysylltiedig sy’n integreiddio ffynonellau cynhyrchu ynni a mesurau storio ac arbed ynni. Trwy wynebu’r heriau hyn, byddwn yn sicrhau bod pob sector, cartref, busnes a’n sector cyhoeddus yn defnyddio llai o ynni ac yn elwa ar fanteision defnyddio ynni’n effeithlon. 

Mae gweithredu ar ddefnyddio ynni’n fwy effeithlon yn cyfrannu at wireddu nodau llesiant y Llywodraeth, ac mae gwneud Cymru’n fwy ynni effeithlon yn enghraifft gynnar ohonom yn rhoi ar y waith y pum ffordd o weithio a argymhellir yn y Ddeddf.  

Mae gwella’n heffeithlonrwydd ynni mewn ffordd integredig fel hyn yn golygu dod â buddiannau niferus i bobl nawr ac yn y tymor hwy, gan helpu i atal effeithiau hinsawdd sy’n newid trwy gyfranogiad pobl a chydweithio ar draws y sectorau preifat a chyhoeddus a’r trydydd sector. 

Treuliais amser cynhyrchiol iawn ym mis Rhagfyr yn y trafodaethau ar y Newid yn yr Hinsawdd ym Mharis.  Roedden ni’n rhan allweddol o ddirprwyaeth y DU, gan ddangos ein hymrwymiad clir o blaid Cymru sydd â chyfrifoldebau byd\-eang.  Roedd y cytundeb y trawyd arno ym Mharis yn fwy uchelgeisiol na’r disgwyl ac yn drobwynt amlwg lle cytunodd holl wledydd y byd i ymrwymo at ddyfodol carbon isel cynaliadwy.  Bydd ein strategaeth effeithiolrwydd ynni newydd yn gyfraniad pwysig at ddatblygu Cymru carbon isel.  Lle rydym yn rheoli pethau, rydym wedi torri tir newydd.  Trwy Fil yr Amgylchedd (Cymru), bydd adnoddau Cymru’n cael eu rheoli mewn ffordd mwy proactif, cynaliadwy a chydgysylltiedig.  Mae’r Bil yn cyflwyno targedau strategol a chyllidebau carbon: bydd cynhyrchu ynni carbon isel ac arbed ynni yn elfennau allweddol. 

Mae’r cynnydd yng nghost ynni wedi bod yn destun gofid mawr i bobl a busnesau Cymru yn y blynyddoedd diwethaf.  Gwn mai’r cam mwyaf uniongyrchol y gallwn ei gymryd at leihau biliau ynni pobl gyda’r pwerau sydd gennym yw trwy wneud adeiladau’n fwy ynni\-effeithlon. 

Mae’n bwysig gwneud tai teuluoedd incwm isel yn rhatach ar ynni, nid yn unig am ein bod am gael pobl i ddefnyddio llai o ynni a gostwng biliau ynni, ond hefyd am fod byw mewn cartref oer yn gwneud drwg i iechyd a lles pobl. 

Gall cartrefi oer arwain at anhwylderau anadlu a’r perygl o drawiad y galon neu’r strôc, yn ogystal â chyfrannu at fwy o farwolaethau yn y gaeaf. 

Gall poeni am filiau ynni arwain at fwy o stres a salwch meddwl.  Rydym yn gwybod hefyd bod rhai’n prynu llai fwyd neu hanfodion eraill er mwyn gallu talu’u biliau ynni, gan effeithio’n ddrwg eto ar eu hiechyd.  Mae hyn oll yn arwain at ganlyniadau iechyd gwaeth ar aelwydydd isel eu hincwm a mwy o bwysau ar y gwasanaethau iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol. 

Mae tlodi tanwydd a byw mewn cartref oer yn cael effaith ddrwg ar fwy nag iechyd a lles; maen nhw hefyd yn effeithio ar gyrhaeddiad addysgol os nad oes gan blant le cynnes tawel i astudio, neu os ydyn nhw’n colli ysgol yn amlach oherwydd salwch.  Mae pobl yn fwy tebygol o gael eu hallgau’n gymdeithasol am eu bod yn amharod i wahodd ffrindiau i gartref sy’n oer neu’n llaith. 

Yn ogystal â darparu arian i’n pobl a chymunedau mwyaf bregus, rydym yn neilltuo arian i arbed ynni y gall y sector domestig ehangach, busnesau a’r sector cyhoeddus fanteisio arno.  Mae’r strategaeth newydd hon yn darparu gwybodaeth  am fecanweithiau ariannu heblaw grantiau i dalu am ffyrdd i ddefnyddio ynni’n fwy effeithlon.  Mae’r strategaeth yn cydnabod bod dulliau gwahanol yn briodol ar gyfer grwpiau gwahanol ac mae’n sicrhau bod amrywiaeth o fecanweithiau cymorth ariannol gwahanol ar gael  fel sylfeini cadarn i dirwedd gyfnewidiol. 

Mae gan y sector cyhoeddus ran amlwg i’w chwarae fel arweinwyr yng Nghymru.  Rwyf eisoes yn rhoi cefnogaeth i gyrff cyhoeddus yng Nghymru i gyflymu prosiectau arbed ynni ac i gymryd y risg oddi arnyn nhw.  Cyhoeddais yn ddiweddar mod i newydd sicrhau £1\.5 miliwn gan Raglen ELENA Banc Buddsoddi Ewrop i helpu cyrff cyhoeddus yng Nghymru i ddefnyddio ynni’n fwy effeithlon. Rydym wrthi nawr yn ceisio cynyddu’r cynnig all ddenu dros £30 miliwn o fuddsoddiad risg isel i arbed ynni dros y tair blynedd nesaf. 

Byddai gwneud y sector cyhoeddus yn fwy ynni effeithlon yn rhyddhau adnoddau i’w gwario ar wasanaethau’r rheng flaen.  Ddoe, ymwelodd y Gweinidog Cyllid a Busnes y Llywodraeth a finne ag enghraifft wych o’r arbedion all gael eu gwneud. Gwelon ni sut y mae Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Caerdydd a’r Fro wedi defnyddio nawdd gan Fuddsoddi i Arbed i osod goleuadau LED yn Ysbyty Plant newydd Cymru a thwneli tanddaearol o fewn prif adeilad Ysbyty Athrofaol Cymru.  Mae’r benthyciad o £252,000 wedi arbed £63,000 y flwyddyn gan olygu y bydd y prosiect wedi talu amdano’i hun ymhen pedair blynedd. 

Bydd pennu cyfeiriad i Gymru a sicrhau effeithlonrwydd ynni a’r manteision cymdeithasol, economaidd, amgylcheddol a diwylliannol tymor hir y gall esgor arnyn nhw yn parhau’n flaenoriaeth imi.