Founding Members
European Business Council Sustainable Energy (e5)
The European Business Council for Sustainable Energy (e5) champions the future viability of European business. The abbreviation e5 stands for the five dimensions of a sustainable industrial society: e-nergy, e-conomy, e-fficiency, e-nvironment and e-mployment. Initially, e5 was founded in Germany in order to promote the potential of sustainable energy use and the implementation of modern, climate-friendly technologies in the European Union (EU) and at the then novel international climate negotiations.
e5 identifies key factors for the future viability of markets, business models, technologies and economies. As an internationally recognised dialogue platform, it advances knowledge exchange between business, science, civil society and policy-makers. As an entrepreneurial vanguard initiative, it promotes sustainability and future viability of European business by means of pioneer projects and representation of interests in political debates.
e5 is supported by approximately 100 members from diverse business segments, besides resource-efficient technologies in the spheres of electronics, construction, materials, facilities, fuel cells, transport and modern communications there are renewable energies, biogas and heat and power cogeneration.
Go to > www.e5.org
United States Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE)
The Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) is an organisation dedicated to implementing market-based approaches to reducing pollution and providing a diverse, secure mix of energy resources.
Based in Washington, DC, the BCSE represents the broad portfolio of existing clean energy business sectors, including renewable energy, supply-side and demand-side energy efficiency, natural gas, and electric utilities in North America. The coalition is comprised of the suite of currently available technology options for strengthening domestic energy security while also reducing emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to global climate change. These technologies include: advanced batteries, biomass, biogas, fuel cells, geothermal, hydropower (including conventional and new waterpower resources such as ocean, tidal and in stream hydrokinetic), solar (including solar energy equipment such as solar hot water heating and solar light pipe technology), wind, natural gas, and supply-side and demand-side energy efficiency.
For over fifteen years the Council has represented the views of clean energy technology industries in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change process.
Go to > BCSE website
United Kingdom Business Council Sustainable Energy (UKBCSE)
The UKBCSE brings together the key players in the energy sector in order to develop an effective dialogue with Government and other stakeholders that can help strengthen the UK’s strategic agenda for sustainable energy.
The UKBCSE is a non-profit organisation based in London. It was formally launched in January 2002 in the lead in to the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, and was set up at the suggestion of Government and leading NGOs to create a framework for high level policy engagement across the energy sector on climate change, sustainable development and the transition to the wider use of sustainable energy.
Go to > UKBCSE website
Australian Clean Energy Council (CEC)
The CEC is a membership based industry association representing the clean energy and energy efficiency sectors. It has more than 350 member companies involved in the development or deployment of clean energy and energy efficiency technologies including wind, hydro, wave and ocean, solar photovoltaic and thermal, bioenergy, solar hot water, geothermal and cogeneration.
Go to > CEC website