EEEGR Together Everyone Achieves More Team photo - LEFT to RIGHT
Nikki Collings Marketing &Membership Co-ordinator Sarah Durey Finance Administrator Stuart Thornton Operations Manager John Best CEO Charlotte Upcraft PA to the Executive Holly Harvey Events Co-ordinator
The East of England Energy Group (EEEGR) in the South East of the UK were featured briefly in our communication article in the last issue. We feature them in a bit more detail along with Mersey Maritime, both of whom demonstrate the virtues of teamwork. It is our intention to feature membership associations and organisations to communicate what they do and how they do it so that we can all learn something which may be of value to the industry as a whole.
Established in April 2001, EEEGR is a business led, business driven regional energy industry association. It is a not- for-profit company, limited by guarantee. Its membership comprises commercial businesses and organisations, public sector agencies, not-for-profit bodies and academic institutions. EEEGR is the single focal point representing the energy industry and striving to ensure that all these regional assets combine to form a world-class industry capable of competing in a global energy market.
ENERGY INDUSTRY - DEFINITION For EEEGR to be effective it is necessary to establish an understanding of how the energy industry is defined. In the simplest of terms, the starting point is one of supply and demand.
Supply - Business and income generated by finding, exploiting and developing the means of production of energy, its conversion to generate electricity, heat and fuel and its transmission to point of use. This is the supply chain of the energy industry.
Demand - The way in which energy is used to achieve its final objective (i.e. to power, heat and/or drive) and captures the ethos of good resource management and thus improves efficiency, productivity and competitiveness. This should be undertaken as best practice by all business and is a key tenant of the Energy White Paper, which promotes the wise use of energy.
The East of England energy industry has to meet new challenges and position itself to seize fresh opportunities if it is to capitalise on a sustainable future based on secure and clean energy supplies. A very different story from some 40 years ago when the oil industry was developed and gas was first brought ashore in the region.
EEEGR are working on an update to their business plan. The current plan focuses on the activities of the association and acts as a high-level document to inform and engage all stakeholders in the future role of EEEGR. It seeks to make decisions on the underlying funding and structure necessary for funding partners to deliver strategic and economic value through a sustainable energy industry in the East of England region. The document aims to baseline the past, build on achievements and be realistic about what can be delivered in the future.
INNOVATION AWARD SCHEME For the past eight years, the association have celebrated and showcased the region's talent for innovation by hosting these prestigious awards. Each year the brightest minds compete to win the coveted EEEGR Innovation Award and the Low Carbon Innovation Award. Previous winners include: Neftemer with their Slug Catcher, Claxton Engineering for their heat-shrink riser process, Redwood PS with their ultra low watt lighting system and Polysolar with their Photovoltaic architectural glass.
Finalists for 2011 will present their innovations to the general public and a panel of expert judges on the 23rd February 2011 at the Holiday Inn (North), Norwich. Votes are then cast and counted and the trophies presented at the annual EEEGR Gala Dinner that evening. The event allows for an excellent opportunity to both compete and to showcase your innovation to the wider energy supply chain.
"Following our success at winning first price at the EEEGR awards in February 2009 this has given our company a lot a publicity and the benefits will be long- term" David Whittingham, Director, Neftemer.
The association have also been finalists in the Trade Association Forum’s 2010 Best Practice Awards and a winner of the East of England Cluster Mark.
More importantly we can state that EEEGR and their valuable work and professionalism is commented on, without prompting, by representatives of the many companies we meet in our travels throughout the South East and beyond.
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