Royal Academy of Engineering

The Royal Academy of Engineering[1] is a pro-Nuclear British body that claims to "lead debate by guiding informed thinking and influencing public policy." Established in 1976, the body is registered as a charity (No. 293074). According to The Times, "[r]eports from the Royal Academy of Engineers and the Institution of Civil Engineers have told ministers that they will have to approve new nuclear power stations to guarantee future supplies." Its president, Sir Alec Broers, who is also the former Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, has called nuclear energy critical for Britain's future.[2] In response to the Cabinet Office's 2002 Energy Review, the body published a report calling the government's interest in renewable energy "hopelessly unrealistic". Ian Fells, a member of the body, called the energy policy's aims "laudable" but declared them "largely wishful thinking". (The Times, August 30, 2002)

In 2004 the body issued a report entitled The Cost of Generating Electricity which downplayed the costs of Nuclear power while exaggerating that of renewable energy.[3]

Key Personnel

President: Alec Broers
Chief Executive: Philip Greenish

The Duke of Kent is one its Royal Fellows its previous Chief Executive was Jon Burch.

Contact Details

Web address:	http://www.raeng.org.uk
Address:	29 Great Peter Street London SW1P 3LW
Phone:	020 7227 0500
E-mail:	tom.mclaughlan@raeng.org.uk

Related Links

• Mark Henderson, "Nuclear power 'is critical to Britain's future'", The Times, August 18, 2003
• Mark Henderson, "Renewable energy policy is unrealistic, say engineers", The Times, August 30, 2002
• Ben Richardson, "Nuclear power's cost conundrum", BBC News, November 23, 2005
• PB Power, 'The Cost of Generating Electricity', Royal Academy of Engineering, 2004