16th February 2007
Energy Technologies Institute
The Directors have made a proposal to the Government to have the new Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) located at Battersea Power Station.
The ETI is being established by the Government to research new technologies into combating climate change. The ETI will be financed by a combination of government and private funding.
Our proposal has been made to the Department of Trade and Industry in response to their prospectus issued in late 2006 which asks for proposals from companies and universities to provide hosting facilities for the new organisation.
We are calling on Real Estate Opportunities (REO) the new owners of Battersea Power Station to begin discussions with the government with a view to giving the ETI a lease on space in the 'A' Station switch house at Battersea.
Battersea Power Station would be an apt location for the new Institute. The 'B' Station was the location of an early combined heat and power plant in the 1950's, when hot water was pumped under the Thames to Pimlico.
The proposal currently has wide political support, including the Mayor Ken Livingstone, Deputy Mayor Nicky Gavron, leader of the Green Group on the GLA, Jenny Jones , and former MP for Battersea Alf Dubs.
Our proposal can be downloaded by clicking here. (pdf format)
6th October 2006
Martin Linton, MP for Battersea, presents company director Keith Garner with a certificate marking the successful launch of the Battersea Power Station Company web site. The awards ceremony, organised by Wandsworth Community Empowerment Network to celebrate the completion of projects across the Borough, took place at the Battersea Arts Centre today. Also present is Mac Downes, the WCEN project coordinator.
September 2006
Our web site has been awarded a certificate by the Wandsworth Community Empowerment Network. The certificate is for the successful design and completion of our company web site, which was funded by WCEN.
The certificate will be presented at a ceremony to take place on Friday 6th October at 5.00pm at Battersea Arts Centre (Lower Hall), Lavender Hill, London SW11. Click here for a map.
September 2005
We recently commissioned a report into the proposal by Halcyon, owners of Battersea Power Station, to demolish and rebuild the chimneys, which are claimed to be “beyond repair”. The report, commissioned jointly with the Twentieth Century Society and the World Monuments Fund, found that the chimneys are sound and can be repaired for considerably less cost than a total rebuild.
