UK Coal Forum

The Coal Forum was convened by the British government to address some of the concerns of the coal industry raised in the development of a White Paper on energy.

The White Paper stated that the government had convened the Coal Forum, comprising representatives from the government, coal mining companies, generators, unions and equipment manufacturers "to bring forward ways of strengthening the industry, and working to ensure that the UK has the right framework to secure the long-term future of coal-fired power generation; optimise * the use of our coal reserves, where recovery is economic; and stimulate investment in clean coal technologies."

Members
On its website the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), which hosts the forum, states that "Membership is by invitation only and is on a personal basis". As of June 2008 the members are listed as being:


 * Chairman
 * Malcolm Wicks, Minister for Energy,
 * Peter Waller	Head, Energy Technologies Unit	BERR
 * Jeremy Cousins, Secretary BERR
 * Richard Bellingham, Head of Energy Policy, Scottish Executive
 * Ron Loveland	Director, Energy Wales
 * Guy Buckenham	MD, Major Business EDF Energy
 * John Campbell, Director, Energy Wholesale ScottishPower plc
 * Tony Cocker, MD, Energy Wholesale, E.on
 * Ian Marchant, Chief Executive	Scottish & Southern Energy
 * Dorothy Thompson, Chief Executive	Drax Power Limited
 * David Porter	Chief Executive	Association of Electricity Producers (AEP)
 * Tom Allchurch	Chief Executive	ATH Resources
 * Niall Crabb, Director	Scottish Coal
 * Rhidian Davies, Co-owner Energybuild Holding Limited
 * Mel Hunt, Commercial Director HJ Banks, HJ Banks & Company Limited
 * James Poyner, Director, Miller Argent
 * Jon Lloyd, Chief Executive (from September) UK Coal
 * David Brewer, Director General Confederation of UK Coal Producers (CoalPro)
 * Philip Cave, MD Keir Construction & Mining and Chairman, Keir Mining
 * Philip Lawrence, Chief Executive Coal Authority
 * Pat Carragher, General Secretary, BACM
 * Ian Lavery, President NUM
 * Adam Lent, Head, Economic and Social Affairs	TUC
 * Nick Otter, Director of Technology and External Affairs Alstom Power
 * Mike Farley, Director of Technology Policy Liaison Doosan Babcock
 * John Topper, Chief Executive	IEA Clean Coal Centre
 * Owen Michelson, Director, Corporate Services Peel Holdings
 * Nigel Yaxley,	Managing Director CoalImp (Association of UK Coal Importers)

Contact Details

 * Main website: http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/sources/coal/forum/page37276.html
 * Website Minutes of Meetings: http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/sources/coal/forum/meetings/page37296.html

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