Grosvenor Gardens

This article is part of the Climate project of Spinwatch.

Grosvenor Gardens House.

Grosvenor Gardens, not far from Victoria tube, London is home to a large concentration of Climate Change, Energy and Carbon (trading and offsetting particularly) related organisations, lobby groups and businesses. Some of these share boardroom connections and have swapped chairs and other staff over the years. Others share offices and addresses. A number of parliament-related organisations are also housed here, giving lobby groups close geographic access to powerful political figures.

Grosvenor Gardens House itself (35-37 Grosvenor Gardens) houses:

• Combined Heat and Power Association
• Carbon Aided
• Carbon Capture and Storage Association
• London Climate Change Services
• Cool nrg
• Sustainability First c/o CHPA
• Mocoh Energy Oil Companies (Office & Administration)
• PRASEG All Party Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group
• UK Business Council For Sustainable Energy
• Carrot Communications PR for 'green technology' companies.

Further down the street:

• Parliamentary Liaison Services Tory party Public Relations. 38 Grosvenor Gardens.
• Parliamentary Resources Unit hosted by Palace Computing. 38 Grosvenor Gardens (same office as above)
• Social Venture Network Europe Environmental Consultants. 46-48 Grosvenor Gardens.

The Low Carbon Sector

A 2009 Ends report by consultancy firm Innovas revealed the UK to have the sixth largest 'low carbon and environmental goods and services' (LCEGS) sector (following the US, China, Japan, India and Germany). The sector includes alternative power generation and greener transport fuels, building technologies, carbon finance, and carbon capture and storage (CCS) which generated £106.5 billion in 2007/08 and is predicted to be growing to £154.8 billion by 2014 (45% growth). The lion's share will take place in the renewable energy sector, with wind having the highest predicted growth.