Speakers presentations available below

Conference summary
Scotland has a great wealth of renewable energy resources.  Many ofthese could be harnessed on our own rooftops - through solar hot waterheaters, mini wind turbines and pv panels. 

Aspart of our campaign aimed at ‘realising the rooftop revolution’,Friends of the Earth Scotland hosted a conference of the same name on15 September.  Some of the country’s leading players in small-scale,renewable energy (commonly referred to as micropower) took part, givingpresentations and as members of the audience. 

Thereis growing interest in micropower, not only as a way of reducinggreenhouse gas emissions but also to provide greater energy securityand keep fuel bills down.  The conference was designed look at what isneeded to achieve economies of scale so that Scottish households andbusinesses can easily access and afford micropower, creating arevolution both on and under the nation's roofs.

Thepresentations were varied and covered topics such legislation,planning, innovation from home-grown industry and, interestingly,lessons that could be taken from the successful roll-out of broadbandacross Scotland. 

Apresentation from Croydon Council highlighted the difference being madeby individual local authorities in England who are taking stepsthemselves to increase the micropower market by requiring newdevelopments to generate a proportion of their energy from on-siterenewables. 

There was plenty of time for questions and lively discussion with a panel session with all the speakers at the end.

Speakers Power Point presentations (please note large file sizes):

• Eddy Taylor, Croydon Council (700kb PPT)
• Duncan McLaren, Friends of the Earth Scotland (1.2MB PPT)
• Charlie Silverton, Renewable Devices (4MB PPT)
• Dave Sowden, Micropower Council (200kb PPT)
• Nigel Ellis, Scottish and Southern Energy(5MB PPT)
• Mark Lazarowicz MP (100kb PPT)
• Clive Mitchell, Sustainable Development Commission (1.1MB PPT)
• Conference programme (500kb pdf)