Renewable Energy Association reaches 500 members

The Renewable Energy Association now has 500 members with the signing up of the Co-operative Group. This organisation represents the renewable-energy industry, and its chief executive, Philip Wolfe, says. ‘Reaching 500 members in just over five years is an important milestone. We have welcomed several of the major banks and retailers like Marks & Spencer into the REA in recent months. These progressive household brands have realised that to meet their own sustainability objectives, they need direct involvement in renewable energy.’ Paul Monahan, head of sustainability at the Co-op says, ‘Although the Co-op already obtains 98% of its electricity from green sources, we want to go further — hence our solar-tower initiative in Manchester. We are also building wind farms on our farmland, developing on-site renewable on our buildings and carrying out feasibility studies into biomass heating. Developing renewables is an ethical and important contribution to our UK impact on climate change.’

Related links:

• www.r-p-a.org.uk