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 was the director from 1998 to 2014, 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]

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

References
  1. John Harrison, Shropshire County Council. "Beacon Case Study - Sustainable Energy". Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2009.
  2. Philip Clarke, Farmers Weekly. "Farmers switch on to energy saving ideas". Retrieved 22 May 2009.
  3. Anna Blackaby, Birmingham Post. "Shropshire dairy farmer installs wind turbine". Retrieved 22 May 2009.
  4. Sunita Patel , Npower. "Npower's Green Energy Fund helps cover costs of new log-fired boiler". Retrieved 22 May 2009.
  5. Staffordshire Moorlands District Council. "Project Carbon – Update Report". Retrieved 22 May 2009.
  6. Tim Braund, Derbyshire Dales District Council. "Joint Working Between the Local Authorities' Energy Partnership & Marches Energy Agency". Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2009.
  7. Ashden Awards. "Ashden Awards: UK winners 2009". Archived from the original on 15 June 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
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