Good Energy: Greening the energy industry for 10 years

Renewable electricity supplier celebrates with prize draw for customersbirthday-cake

01 Dec 2009

Good Energy, the UK’s only dedicated 100% renewable electricity supplier, is celebrating its 10th anniversary as the greenest energy supplier in the industry by giving customers the chance to win one of 10 sought‐after prizes, ranging from four nights in a luxury cottage in Derbyshire to beer and ice cream.1

The 10th anniversary coincides with the renewable supplier signing its 1000th independent renewable electricity generator. The competition prizes have all been donated by Good Energy generators around the country, which you can view on their interactive map at http://goodenergygeneration.co.uk/aboutus/
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Juliet Davenport, CEO and Founder of Good Energy said: “The past ten years have seen huge changes in the whole market for renewable energy as it’s moved from the fringes to the mainstream. We’re really proud to have been part of that, particularly our role in empowering so many of our customers to become generators in their own right. By buying 100% renewable electricity from us, our customers are supporting over 1000 independent generators making pure green energy from wind, sunlight and water. We wanted to thank them for their continuing support by giving away these fantastic prizes donated by our diverse community of generators.”

“We look forward to many more years of pioneering work.”

Good Energy has spent the last ten years leading the industry with its commitment to growing renewable energy in the UK and making it easy for people who are concerned about climate change to make a difference.

  • Good Energy signed its first 100% renewable electricity customer on the 1st December 1999 - it is still the only supplier whose fuel mix is 100% renewable. (www.electricityinfo.org/suppliers.php)
  • In 2002 it bought the UK’s first commercial wind farm in Delabole, Cornwall.
  • In early 2004, Good Energy began supplying 100% renewable electricity in Scotland.
  • In 2004 Good Energy launched its pioneering HomeGen scheme to reward microgenerators, which won an Ashden Award in 2006. It is still the highest paying reward scheme of its kind. The government is following Good Energy’s lead and introducing a nationwide Feed‐in‐Tariff next year.
  • A year later Good Energy launched its SmartGen scheme to support community generation projects.
  • Last year Good Energy launched HotROCs, the UK’s first renewable heat incentive, paying solar thermal generators for the renewable heat they generate. HotROCs has recently won two prestigious awards.
  • In the same year, December 2008, North Cornwall District Council planning committee voted to approve Good Energy’s application to repower Delabole wind farm, more than doubling its current output -‐ and Good Energy launched the Good Energy Shop to provide customers with advice and energy‐saving products. (www.goodenergyshop.co.uk)
  • Good Energy joined PLUS Markets in 2004. Its CEO and founder Juliet Davenport was named PLUS Markets CEO of the Year 2009.
  • Good Energy won the West of England Business of the Year Award 2009 (for businesses with a turnover of less than £30M).
  • Good Energy is now supporting over 1000 independent renewable generators across the UK and is working with Ofgem to develop clear guidelines for green tariffs and guidance on Feed‐in tariffs.