Nov 27 2008

The CEO of Good Energy has been invited to hold a lecture to address the complexities around renewable energy tariffs.

Juliet Davenport, CEO and founder of Good Energy, has been invited to hold a lecture on “Green Tariffs versus Green Wash” on Monday, 1st December at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London.

The lecture will explain what a “green tariff” is; how consumers can ensure they are buying 100% renewable electricity, and the difference it can make to the total installed capacity of renewable generation.

Juliet Davenport said: “If the UK is to tackle the problems of climate change, then encouraging the uptake of renewable energy by households and business is vital. While renewable energy tariffs are one way of achieving this, I will address questions on how the system should be structured for maximum renewable energy uptake.”

During the lecture, Juliet will address the following issues:

• Do we really know what is in our electricity supply? Does your supplier offer a truly green tariff or merely green wash?
• How can we be encouraged to produce our own electricity? Who would buy it?
• Should we rely on the Government’s proposed feed-in-tariffs or will this encourage us to waste the energy we produce?
• If we switch to renewable providers what can we do about gas supply? And, if such a large amount of our energy, and emissions, is lost as heat, is it possible to devise a renewable heat incentive?

As a pioneer in the renewable energy sector, Good Energy has already taken the lead with feed-in- tariffs, 100% renewable electricity supply, and innovative renewable heat incentives.

The lecture is free to attend and commences at 18:30pm. Please visit http://events.imeche.org/ for more information.