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MICROPOWER COUNCIL CHIEF TO JOIN CAMBRENSIS SEMINAR ON ‘ DISTRIBUTED GENERATION, ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND MICROGENERATION’ - 17 SEPTEMBER 2004

The Chief Executive of the new Micropower Council, Dave Sowden, will be an additional speaker at the meeting of Cambrensis’ Renewables and Hydrogen Contact Group in London on 17 September. Dave Sowden is Head of Regulation and Corporate Affairs at Microgen, the BG Group subsidiary, and has been seconded to be Chief Executive of the Micropower Council, which launches its ‘Microgeneration Manifesto’ on 15 September 2004.

Cambrensis' Renewables and Hydrogen Contact Group will be meeting at the Middle Temple Hall, Middle Temple Lane, London EC4 on Friday 17th September 2004, 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm to discuss 'Distributed Generation, Energy Independence and Microgeneration'. These issues, which affect many sectors of the economy from power companies to housebuilders, have become very topical with new provisions on microgeneration in the Energy Act 2004, and the launch next week of the Micropower Council's 'Microgeneration Manifesto'.

Speakers include:

• Min Zhu, Technical Adviser at Ofgem, the UK’s gas and electricity regulator will be speaking about Ofgem’s work on Distributed Generation, and in particular the work on the next price round with Distribution Network Operators, and on removing the barriers to small scale generation and connections to the grid.

• William Wilson, Cambrensis will be speaking on ‘Energy Independence for New Houses’. He will consider how this might contribute to achieving the UK’s Energy White Paper’s goals and particularly energy efficiency and security of supply, given the UK government’s house building policies.

• Jim Watson, Research Fellow at the Science Policy Research Unit, Sussex University and the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research will give a presentation on the ‘Economics of Microgeneration’. He will be discussing the conclusions of his recent work in this area, and future work on the topic with SPRU, Imperial College and Southampton University.

• Dave Sowden, Chief Executive, Micropower Council and Head of Regulation and Public Affairs, Microgen, will be talking about the 'Microgeneration Manifesto, and the aims of the new provisions on microgeneration in the Energy Act 2004, which were promoted by Lord Ezra.

For further information on the Micropower Council see www.micropower.co.uk

 

 

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