Gatecrashing the Energy Sector

Forum for the Future has an exciting new project in the works: Gatecrashing the energy sector.

The aim of the project is to seek out new ideas that will allow people to plug out and into better energy.

Here's some more details from Forum's website:

Gatecrashing the energy sector is about creating a sustainable energy system and prevent the worst impacts of climate change.  We need to urgently develop radically different ways of generating, distributing, storing and using energy.

History shows us that real disruption rarely comes from within a system and the energy sector in the UK is currently dominated by powerful incumbents, the majority of whom are wedded to the current system. So, we are embarking on an exciting new project to invite people to 'gatecrash' the energy sector and create disruption by bringing expertise and ideas from outside.

Over the next 5 months we will be bringing together people from a range of disciplines and organisations to generate new ideas and prototype alternatives to current systems. We are reaching out to anyone with an interest in creating disruption in the energy sector; from multinational ICT companies and home tinkerers to social entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. Through a series of events and prototyping workshops we hope to generate and support alternatives. Our aim is to produce 3-4 projects that we can showcase in 2011 - these might be working prototypes or detailed business plans but will be at a stage where they can been seen as genuine alternatives to current systems.

There have been a number of ideas in the UK and around the world, with goals of changing how energy is generated, monitored and shared. There are people coming together in communities to buy and sell renewable energy, as well as people tinkering in their basement with DIY designs of energy meters.

Keen to get involved? There are two events in September, one on the 8th and one on the 15th. Go on, join the party. Err... actually, crash the party!

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