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2OC’s CFO shortlisted for award

admin — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:20:31 +0000

2OC’s Chief Financial Officer Phil Jones has been shortlisted in the prestigious Young FD of the Year Awards. The contest, organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales (ICAEW), the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), Real Business and the Evening Standard newspaper, culminates in a gala evening at the London Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square in London in May. The ICAEW has 138,000 members worldwide and is highly regarded by the global accountancy and finance profession.

Commenting on the news that Phil is through to the final, Andrew Mercer CEO of 2OC (and a qualified accountant) said:

“This is a huge honour for Phil and is testament to the extraordinary quality of his work as we re-financed the company over the past 2-years. Thanks to Phil we are now in a great position to grow our business in the UK and overseas.”

Phil, who’s 35, graduated with 1^st class honours in Electronic Engineering at Birmingham University in 1998 and qualified as an accountant in 2003. He has previously worked for Ernst and Young, Ford Cosworth and National Grid.

2OC makes offshore wind 100% efficient

Richard — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:33:44 +0000

2OC swept the board at this years Little Britain Challenge Cup (LBCC) regatta in Cowes, winning all 5 races in the Sunsail 37 category. Made up of self-confessed “landlubbers’, some of whom had never set foot on a yacht before, they finished in top spot for every race. They came 3^rd in the overall event. The LBCC attracts 250 entries and 3,000 competitors and is second only to Cowes Week in the UK racing calendar.

Catch us if you can...

Commenting on the teams astonishing success, CEO Andrew Mercer, who was the only experienced yachtsman on board said: “I’m very proud of everyone. To win every race is simply astonishing for a novice crew and speaks volumes about 2OC’s team spirit and ability to rise to a challenge. This was a fantastic event and we’ll be back next year to defend our titles.”

2OC qualifies for Renewable status

admin — Thu, 21 May 2009 07:23:49 +0000

The energy regulator Ofgem has given 2OC’s new model of Combined Heat and Power renewable status. It means that the company’s UK Combined Heat and intelligent Power (CHiP) plants, will qualify for financial support under the Renewables Obligation. In regulatory jargon, the company has been awarded “preliminary accreditation” for its first plant at Beckton in East London, meaning the government is satisfied that it can be classified as renewable generation. This follows a decision by Ofgem in October 2008, which allowed access to the National Grid owned pipeline infrastructure.

CHiP plants given green light by Regulator

admin — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 07:25:48 +0000

The UK energy regulator OFGEM has given consent for 2OC to develop its new Combined Heat and intelligent Power (CHiP) plants at Pressure Reduction Stations on the gas network. The company has permission to develop up to 8 sites. 2OC will use its ultra-efficient CHiP model fuelled by UK sourced vegetable and used cooking oil (UCO).

Low carbon entrepreneur

admin — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 07:56:52 +0000

Be (ing) The Change – Andrew Mercer energises the Be The Change audience with a description of how he became a low carbon entrepreneur

Weaving together a mix of interview clips and the Greenpeace video on Anita Roddick’s activism, with a very personal description of the events and the people who’ve influenced and helped him on his journey to becoming a low carbon entrepreneur, Andrew Mercer gave the 700 plus audience some interesting ideas on how they could “Be The Change”.

Andrew was speaking on the third and final day of the annual Be The Change conference at the Methodist Hall, Westminster. The whole event, entitled “The Sky’s the Limit” was dedicated to the memory of Anita Roddick and was focussed throughout on encouraging and helping the participants to make the changes in their lives that we all need to make to tackle both the causes and, increasingly damaging, effects of man-made climate change.

Andrew Mercer - 2OC CEO

Unlike Ray Anderson who spoke so movingly at Be The Change in 2005, there was no one epiphany moment for Andrew. Instead, it was a series of increasingly large steps taken along the low carbon road, influenced at every stage by a diverse range of people. These people included: polar explorer David Hempleman-Adams; eco-architect Bill Dunster; environmental campaigners John Sauven and Jonathon Porritt; and most important of all, entrepreneur with conscience Michael Edge, to whom the presentation, entitled Postcards from the Edge, was dedicated.

Throughout the presentation, Andrew used his own experiences to stress the importance of engaging entrepreneurs like him in the fight to tackle climate change. These experiences included building the clean energy business, 2OC, pursuing his dream of building a carbon neutral home and working with the environmental NGOs, such as Greenpeace.

To make the most of their talents, Andrew believes passionately that all entrepreneurs should do three things: build low carbon businesses and/or green their existing businesses; support the work of the NGOs in tackling climate change; do what they can to reduce their own carbon footprint. But he acknowledged that the last item was often the hardest thing to do.

Re-emphasising the importance of working with others to achieve the goal of becoming a low carbon entrepreneur, Andrew left the audience with the thought that the challenges we face with climate change mean that life is no longer a marathon but a series of 100 metre sprints. Being part of a team will make it easier to get through the finish.

Be The Change (www.bethechange.org.uk) is an annual forum for discussing and designing the changes we all want to see in the world.