The National Rural Conference 2025 – Rural Net Zero

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Rural Net Zero

The Speaker Presentations can be downloaded below:

Kerry Booth, Chief Executive, Rural Services Network “RSN Introduction to Rural Net Zero” (Download presentation here) – View Kerry Booth’s biography here

Andrew Oswald, Energy and Sustainability Manager, West Suffolk Council “West Suffolk’s Net Zero Journey and Solar Success” (Download presentation here) – View Andrew Oswald’s biography here

Dr Natalie Partridge, Research Associate in Rural Innovation, NICRE and Su Morgan, Founder/Director, Tadcrafters CIC “Sustainable Tadcaster Climathon: Community action towards climate resilience in Tadcaster” (Download presentation here) – View Dr Natalie Partridge’s biography here – View Su Morgan’s biography here

Reece Emmitt, Stakeholder Engagement Manager, NESO (National Energy System Operator) “Rural Voices in Strategic Energy Planning” (Download presentation here) – View Reece Emmitt’s biography here

Sobia Khurram, Community Energy Advisor, Northern Powergrid “Powering Rural Futures: Community Energy Solutions for Net Zero” (Download presentation here) – View Sobia Kharram’s biography here

An AI generated summary of this session can be downloaded below:

Useful links from the session:

RSN Delivering for All Campaign
https://rsnonline.org.uk/delivering-for-all

Rural Net Zero ‘in the news’:
https:www.rsnoline.org.uk/tag/rural-net-zero

Rural Cost of Living produced by Kovia Consulting:
https://dev.rsnonline.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/rural-cost-of-living.pdf

Rural Cost of Living Survey 2023 by Rural Services Network and Citizens Advice  Rural Issues Group:
https://dev.rsnonline.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Rural-Cost-Living.pdf

Plan for Change
https://www.gov.uk/missions

Uswitch Statistics
https://www.uswitch.com/gas-electricity/studies/renewable-statistics/

West Suffolk Community Energy Planning
https://www.westsuffolk.gov.uk/environment/reduce-your-impact/communityenergyplanning.cfm

Sustainable Tadcaster Climathon Case Study
https://nicre.co.uk/case-studies/sustainable-tadcaster-climathon/

About NESO
https://www.neso.energy/about-neso

Northern Powergrid Community Energy
https://www.northernpowergrid.com/connections-and-services/future-and-community-energy/community-energy

Reheat
https://www.reheat.uk.com/

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