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Micropower Annual Conference & Awards Dinner |
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Written by Darryl Croft
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Friday, 02 May 2008 |
On Wednesday 4th June 2008 the Micropower council will have its Annual Conference & Awards Dinner, sponsored by ACE. The event will take place at the BERR Conference Centre in London, and with speakers including Baroness Maddock (President of the Micropower Council), Malcolm Wicks MP (Energy Minister), and Alan Whitehead MP (Chair of PRASEG).
Click here to download a flyer containing the full programme and registration form. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 02 May 2008 )
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Has Britain now totally abandoned any integrated energy policy? |
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Written by Andrew Warren
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Thursday, 24 April 2008 |
 It delivers the UK’s energy aims. It can create jobs. It can help remove millions from fuel poverty. So why has the new Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform department blatantly turned its back on energy efficiency?
The rhetoric is all too familiar. Delivering energy efficiency is the swiftest, most cost-effective and publicly acceptable way of delivering the nation’s strategic energy objectives. Improving competitiveness, reducing imports, eliminating fuel poverty, combating climate change.
The priority is clear. It has been for many years. So presumably things are organised within government to ensure that it is followed through? Sadly, the converse is true. Two Departments of State have responsibility for energy policy. In charge of overall policy is the Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform department (BERR), formerly DTI. They have just had a reshuffle of the entire energy “command”. Twenty-four departments
There are now some 24 separate units in place. Each deals with a different strand of energy policy. Guess how many have any overt responsibility for delivering greater energy efficiency? Correct. None.
Worse, those units which might just stray into energy-saving seem not just to ignore it. They overtly downplay the potential. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 24 April 2008 )
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