Green Power Forum

The Green Power Forum is a UK group created by companies in the renewable energy sector to assist organisations and businesses in becoming more energy efficient.

Organization

The Green Power Forum hosts conferences aiming to advise on the financial benefits of renewable technologies, government legislation, products, and technologies.^[1]^[2] Delegates attend from sectors including construction, facilities managers, energy managers, engineers and architects.^[3] The first conference was held in Liverpool in October 2009.

The chairman of GPF is Mark McManus,^[4] the managing director of heat pump specialist Stiebel Eltron UK. Other members of the Green Power Board include North West Energy Support Agency, Envirolink Northwest, underfloor heating supplier Nu-Heat, sustainable energy consultants and installers ISO Energy UK and Liverpool Chamber of Commerce.^[5]

References

↑ "Climate Change Northwest".
↑ "InvestWirral.Com".
↑ "findtheneedle.co.uk".
↑ "Liverpool Daily Post".
↑ "Conference aims to pump up the volume, 'Liverpool Daily Post' July 09".

External links

Green Power Forum Official Website

Energy in the United Kingdom

Companies

Coal

Oil and gas

Integrated	BP Royal Dutch Shell

Exploration and production	Afren BHP Billiton Cairn Energy Centrica Dana Petroleum Desire Petroleum Emerald Energy EnQuest Essar Energy Hardy Oil and Gas JKX Oil & Gas Melrose Resources Ophir Energy Perenco Premier Oil Regal Petroleum Rockhopper Exploration SOCO International Star Energy Tullow Oil

Supply	Greenergy Murco Petroleum

Support	Abbot Group AMEC Ensco Expro Hunting Petrofac Qserv Score Group Weir Group WesternGeco¹ Wood Group

Utilities

Generation and
supply

Integrated	Centrica EDF Energy¹ E.ON UK¹ RWE npower¹ Scottish Power¹ SSE

Generation	Drax Group Falck Renewables Horizon Nuclear Power¹ International Power Vattenfall United Kingdom¹ Vedanta Resources

Supply	The Co-operative Energy Ecotricity ESB International Extra Energy Firmus Energy First Utility Good Energy Green Energy LoCO2 Energy Opus Energy Ovo Energy Phoenix Natural Gas Telecom Plus

Distribution

Electricity	Electricity North West¹ Northern Powergrid¹ SP Energy Networks¹ SSE Power Distribution UK Power Networks¹ Western Power Distribution¹

Gas	Firmus Energy National Grid Northern Gas Networks Phoenix Natural Gas SGN Wales & West Utilities¹

Transmission

Electricity	National Grid² Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission SP Energy Networks¹

Gas	National Grid

Other

Companies with headquarters and/or registered office in the UK but no applicable energy operations within the country shown in italics ¹Ultimate parent company is not UK-based ²Integrated in the United States, no generation or supply activities in the UK

Energy sources

BBL Pipeline
Dash for Gas
Forties pipeline system
Fuel protests
Gas infrastructure
Greenhouse gas emissions
Hydrocarbon oil duty
Oil and Gas Authority
National Transmission System
Natural gas fields
Natural gas-fired power stations
North Sea oil
Oil & Gas UK
Oil fields
Oil-fired power stations
Oil infrastructure
Oil refineries
Petroleum revenue tax

Renewables

Biofuels	Biodiesel Biofuel power stations National Non-Food Crops Centre Renewable Fuels Agency Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation

Geothermal	Geothermal power stations

Hydroelectricity	Hydroelectric power stations Severn Barrage Wave farms

Solar power

Wind power	List of offshore wind farms List of onshore wind farms North Sea Offshore Grid Wind power in Scotland

Government and regulation

Organisations	Carbon Trust Cenex Committee on Climate Change Department of Energy and Climate Change Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Energy Saving Trust Environment Agency Office of Gas and Electricity Markets

Legislation and initiatives	Carbon Emission Reduction Target Climate Change Act 2008 Climate Change Agreement Climate Change Levy Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme Display Energy Certificate Energy Act 2013 Energy Performance Certificate Fossil Fuel Levy Low Carbon Building Programme National Industrial Symbiosis Programme Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation Planning Act 2008 Renewable Heat Incentive Renewables Obligation United Kingdom Climate Change Programme

Non-governmental organisations

Charities and pressure groups	Ashden Award BioRegional Campaign against Climate Change Centre for Alternative Technology National Energy Action Stop Climate Chaos Tyndall Centre

Industry bodies	Combined Heat and Power Association Energy Institute Energy Networks Association Energy Retail Association Green Power Forum RenewableUK Utilities Intermediaries Association

Research	Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology Energy Technologies Institute Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research NaREC Oil Depletion Analysis Centre UK Energy Research Centre

Energy conservation

Association for the Conservation of Energy British Energy Efficiency Federation Close the Door campaign Code for Sustainable Homes Double Glazing & Conservatory Ombudsman Scheme EcoHomes Energy efficiency in British housing Energy Saving Trust (Energy Saving Trust Recommended) Greenhouse gas emissions HTB National Home Energy Rating

Category
Commons

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