This year’s South East Renewable Energy Conference and Exhibition took place on the 10th and 11th of November in Kent.

Organised by CEN on behalf of the Government Office for the South East, the South East England Development Agency and the South East England Regional Assembly, the event succeeded in gathering together over 300 key professionals for some intensive exchanging of information and ideas.

Delegates really got a feel for the challenges and obstacles this sector presents through a series of excellent presentations, many of which are available here.

Workshop sessions included in-depth discussions on specific technologies, planning issues, community-owned projects and master planning. For renewable energy novices, there was an introductory course to each technology introduced by some of the many exhibitors present over the two day event.

Examples of achievement and practical innovations were displayed at the conference and veteran BBC weatherman Ian Macaskill proved to be a very entertaining host to the South East England Renewable Energy Awards 2005, which took place on the evening of the 10th.