Good Energy expands Generation team with experienced wind farm developer

20 July 09dscf2715

Good Energy, the 100% renewable electricity supplier, is delighted to announce the appointment of Charles Rattan as Senior Renewable Project Manager.

Charles will support Juliet Davenport, CEO of Good Energy with the repowering project at Good Energy’s wind farm in Delabole, Cornwall. Repowering this asset will take annual electricity output from 10,000 MWh to approximately 25,000 MWh. Charles will also be responsible for managing a potential pipeline of new wind farm projects.

Before joining Good Energy, Charles was a Project Developer at E.ON in the Climate and Renewables department where he took wind farms with a total output of more than 150MW through the planning process, including the largest onshore site in England. Before this, Charles worked at Coronation Power as a Community Relations Manager where he helped take three wind farm sites through the development process and to planning submission. Charles is also a founding member of the Wind Practitioners’ Network, a regional organisation which shares best practice.

Juliet Davenport, CEO and Founder at Good Energy said: “We are very pleased that Charles is joining the team at Good Energy. He is an experienced and knowledgeable wind farm developer. His expertise in this field will be a great asset to us as we move forward with the repowering of Delabole and beyond.”

Charles Rattan said: “Good Energy is a pioneering company and a recognised authority within the renewable energy sector. It is a complete package offering end‐to‐end renewable energy solutions, from domestic electricity supply to large scale renewable power generation. It enables people and communities to get involved with renewable energy at all levels. I look forward to working with Juliet Davenport and the Good Energy team to continue our shared passion to grow renewables in the UK.”

About Good Energy:

  • Good Energy is unique in the supplier industry by buying and selling only 100% renewable electricity ‐ a major point of differentiation versus other players in the market. To compare the fuel mix of other suppliers please visit: www.electricityinfo.org/suppliers.php
  • More than 25,000 homes and businesses across the UK have switched to Good Energy. Good Energy supports the pioneering community of more than 650 independent renewable generators that use wind, small scale hydro, solar power and sustainable biomass to generate electricity.
  • In an official report entitled “Reality or Rhetoric? Green Tariffs for Domestic Customers” from the National Consumer Council, Good Energy was rated the greenest energy supplier in the UK. The report states: “For those consumers who want a green electricity supply, pure and simple, this is probably the closest they will get to it.” Good Energy has also been named Best Buy for green electricity by Ethical Consumer magazine.
  • Good Energy is owned by the Good Energy Group, an independent PLC. Quoted on PLUS, it specialises in investing in renewable energy. Good Energy Group has around 1700 shareholders, of which more than 90% are customers of Good Energy.
  • Good Energy campaigns for more renewable generation in the UK and is one of the original signatories to new Ofgem guidelines which aim to clear up confusion over ‘green’ energy tariffs.
  • In 2008 alone Good Energy won a series of awards including: the Micropower Award for Innovation; the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Environment; and the British Renewable Energy Company Award. So far in 2009, Good Energy has won PLUS markets CEO of the Year; The Observer Awards’ Best Online Retail Initiative; West of England Business of the Year; and was named a Sunday Times Best Green Company.
  • The award‐winning Good Energy Shop helps customers reduce their energy use and costs as well as providing the means for individuals, businesses and communities to generate their own green energy. www.goodenergyshop.co.uk
  • Join Good Energy today and start getting 100% renewable electricity. Call 0845 456 1640 or sign up online at www.goodenergy.co.uk
  • Delabole was the first commercial wind farm in the UK. Good Energy purchased it in 2002.

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