Marches Energy Agency

Marches Energy Agency

Marches Energy Agency (MEA) is an energy agency in the United Kingdom, operating on a not-for-profit basis. The agency was formed by Shropshire County Council in 1995[1] to promote the use of sustainable energy in the area. Richard Davies has been director since 1998, having previously worked as a chemical engineer. Much of their work is conduction in partnership with local authorities, and focuses on helping communities cut their carbon emissions, especially in rural areas[2][3][4].

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Areas of operation

Although MEA initially operated on the English side of the Welsh Marches, it has since expanded its work through service level agreements with Staffordshire Moorlands District Council[5], the entire Shropshire Council area, and in 2009 to Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire through an agreement with the Local Authority Energy Partnership[6].

Awards

In 2009 MEA won an Ashden Award for their work to create Low Carbon Communities[7].

See also

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References

  1. ^ John Harrison, Shropshire County Council. "Beacon Case Study - Sustainable Energy". http://www.beacons.idea.gov.uk/idk/aio/650654. Retrieved 2009-05-22. 
  2. ^ Philip Clarke, Farmers Weekly. "Farmers switch on to energy saving ideas". http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2009/05/20/115700/farmers-switch-on-to-energy-saving-ideas.html. Retrieved 2009-05-22. 
  3. ^ Anna Blackaby, Birmingham Post. "Shropshire dairy farmer installs wind turbine". http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/environmental-and-sustainable-industry/2009/05/07/shropshire-dairy-farmer-installs-wind-turbine-65233-23559737/. Retrieved 2009-05-22. 
  4. ^ Sunita Patel , Npower. "Npower's Green Energy Fund helps cover costs of new log-fired boiler". http://www.clickpress.com/releases/Detailed/116309005cp.shtml. Retrieved 2009-05-22. 
  5. ^ Staffordshire Moorlands District Council. "Project Carbon – Update Report". http://www.staffsmoorlands.gov.uk/downloads/ProjectCarbonUpdateReport_(01-04-08).doc. Retrieved 2009-05-22. 
  6. ^ Tim Braund, Derbyshire Dales District Council. "Joint Working Between the Local Authorities' Energy Partnership & Marches Energy Agency". http://derbyshiredales.maximaasp.com/TROVEPROGS/TroveAMDocument.aspx?/IS=773264312/LI=Derbyshire+Dales+DC/ID=40/OS=77/DI=8744/DS=8744/LO=0/XD=8341/RW=1600/RH=1200/TC=1/VD=DerbyD/WV=6/ST=ac/AC=AP/FI=658/AM=1/HU=EmptyURL. Retrieved 2009-05-22. 
  7. ^ Ashden Awards. "Ashden Awards: UK winners 2009". http://www.ashdenawards.org/UK_finalists. Retrieved 2009-06-29. 

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