Syed Ahmed
Policy Experts
Also working within:
Activists & Campaigners
Also working within:
Activists & Campaigners
Based: London
Organisation:
Energy for London
Syed has over 20 years of experience working in the sustainable energy industry ranging from Friends of the Earth, the Combined Heat and Power Association, the Greater London Authority, and Arup. Syed established Energy for London a research and campaigning organisation supporting London’s progress to becoming a low-carbon city. He is currently policy advisor to the Green Gas Certification Scheme, a Director of the All-party Parliamentary Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group (PRASEG), a Trustee for National Energy Action (NEA), and a Board member of the Solar Trade Association. Syed helped establish Community Energy London in 2017, where he is currently the Chair, and was appointed by the Mayor of London as a Commissioner of the London Sustainable Development Commission (LSDC).
“My entire professional career has been based around working to shift the UK’s energy industry to a more sustainable, secure and affordable system that also responds to the impacts of climate change. As the energy transition has moved the sector to a more decentralised model, I have increasingly focussed on cities, and how they will play their part in the climate emergency.”