The 24th Edge Debate: 25th April 2005

Energy Step change the view from the future

Chairman

Mark Whitby, (Chairman) Member of the Edge and Director of whitbybird, an engineering consultancy specialising, amongst other things, in sustainable solutions

Speakers

Speaker 1: Decentralizing Networks

Walt Patterson, Associate Fellow Chatham House, decentralised electricity champion and recently recognised as such by Scientific American magazine.
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Speaker 2: Energy step change - the view from the future

Matthew Rhodes, Managing Director of Encraft, pioneering the development of new market mechanisms and informed homeowner participation in the energy market since 2003.
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Speaker 3: Dynamic Demand

Joe Short, Director of Dynamic Demand, a not-for-profit organisation promoting demand-side techniques to help integrate renewable energy onto the power grid.
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Speaker 4: Responsive Technologies

David Hirst inventor, consultant and Director of ResponsiveLoad Limited, which is pursuing technologies to enable a transformed electricity supply industry to support fulfilled low carbon living.
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Positions and Issues raised