SDC

Good energy in Manchester: hope, revelation and 'Grid 2.0'

Posted by bex — 5 October 2007 at 2:24pm - Comments

Update (15/10/2007): Our video interview with Pete Bradshaw of Man City FC is now included:



And there's a podcast from the event on BusinessAssurance.com.


I've been an avid (my friends might say evangelical) fan of decentralised energy ever since I first got my head around it. When I started working for Greenpeace, the organisation was in full swing on a decentralised energy campaign and part of my job was to communicate what it is and why it can do so much more than nuclear to combat climate change.

There have followed 20 months (for me) of virtual shouting from the rooftops. Films have been produced; countless blogs have been written; submissions have been made to energy reviews and audit committees; our campaigners and policy boffins have met with government representatives; dozens of volunteers have visited MPs; many thousands more have written to theirs.

Greenpeace on the Severn barrage

Last edited 1 October 2007 at 12:33pm
1 October, 2007

Reacting to the news that the Sustainable Development Commission has endorsed plans for a tidal barrage across the Severn estuary, Greenpeace executive director John Sauven said:

SDC report on tidal power - Greenpeace responds

Last edited 28 September 2007 at 4:42pm
28 September, 2007

On Monday the Sustainable Development Commission will release its report on tidal power across the UK.

In the wake of a government announcement last Tuesday, it is widely expected that the SDC will recommend further detailed appraisal of a Severn Barrage project. Greenpeace has long supported renewable energy, including getting power from the tides if the environmental impacts can be minimised.

John Sauven, Executive Director of Greenpeace UK, said:

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