After our January industry survey, which showed massive uncertainty and concern by over 500 cleantech leaders in the UK Government’s ability to act and not just talk, we thought it would be a good idea to invite the Prime Minister to address our Leaders in Cleantech CEO Lunch in May. We thought it a great opportunity to send a positive message to the industry and all our supporters agreed.
We were advised that David Cameron’s diary was full and why don’t we write Vince Cable, Secretary of State at Business Innovation and Skills? So we did, only to get another ‘sorry diary full’ response. So today we have written Chris Huhne, Secretary of State at DECC, Ed Miliband, Leader of the Labour Party (and former Secretary of State at DECC), and Ken Livingstone (Former Mayor of London and one with a strong green agenda ). I wonder if we’ll get a more positive response…
Once again, James La Terriere reports on the week that was: Chris Huhnes rattles solar investors with a feed in tariff review, a number of UK technologies try to break into the mainstream, a radioactive looking electric Mercedes makes its debut in Detroit and why, in the Techie Corner, Mercedes engineers should be considering how they brush their teeth…
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