7th Jul 2010 07:00
For Immediate Release 7 July 2010
Renewable Energy Generation
Cornwall Light & Power's Matt Partridge re-elected to RenewableUK Board
Renewable Energy Generation Limited (AIM: WIND) today announces that subsidiary Cornwall Light & Power's Development Director, Matt Partridge, has been re-elected to serve on the Board of RenewableUK.
RenewableUK, formerly the British Wind Energy Association, is the trade and professional body for the UK wind and marine renewables industries. Formed in 1978, and with 600 corporate members, RenewableUK is the leading renewable energy trade association in the UK.
Having first been elected to the RenewableUK Board in 2007, Matt will serve a further two year term and will have the specific brief of managing the interface between the Board and the Communications Strategy Group comprising representatives from some 20 member companies. This group manages media and political communications for RenewableUK and will be instrumental in compiling the responses to the Governments' localism and energy Bills.
Matt will also be a member of the Onshore [Wind] Strategy Group while Simon Pipkin and Sophie Hartfield, two of the eight project development staff within Cornwall Light & Power, will serve on the Economics and Markets Strategy Group and the "EmbraceMyPlanet" Steering Group, respectively.
Matt, Development Director at Cornwall Light & Power said: "I am delighted that the membership of RenewableUK has backed my nomination to continue serving on the Board. The formation of a new, coalition government provides an intriguing mix of challenges and opportunities and I look forward to helping guide RenewableUK and the sector at large through this period."
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For further information, please contact:
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Renewable Energy Generation Limited Andrew Whalley, Chief Executive Officer David Crockford, Finance Director
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T: +44 (0)1483 901 790 |
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Smith & Williamson Corporate Finance Limited (Nominated Adviser) Nick Reeve / Martyn Fraser
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T: +44 (0)117 376 2213 |
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Hogarth Sarah MacLeod / Vicky Watkins
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T: +44 (0)20 7357 9477 |
Notes to editors
Renewable Energy Generation Ltd (REG) is a UK orientated renewable energy group. The Group's main business is the development, construction and operation of wind farms in the UK and generating power from refined used cooking oil in the UK.
·; The Cornwall Light & Power Co. Ltd: based in Cornwall, UK, it currently operates eight wind projects in Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, County Durham, Cumbria and Gwynedd, with a total capacity of 26.25MW and has a development pipeline of around 350MW.
·; REG Bio-Power UK Ltd: based in Nottingham, UK: it operates electricity generation plant fuelled by vegetable oil.
Headquartered in Jersey, REG was admitted to trading on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange, in May 2005 (AIM: WIND).
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