The Green Light Motor Show comes to the West Midlands

The historic heart of Britain's car production is the setting for the Green Light Motor Show when the spotlight will fall on the eco-friendly transport of the future.

Coming to the Aston Science Park in Birmingham on Thursday 26 October are a variety of sustainable transport vehicles, including a pure plant oil car converted to run purely on vegetable oil straight from the farm.

The Green Light Motor Show - organised by the Marches Energy Agency - forms the showpiece event during a Midlands conference to discuss the economic future of alternative fuels and vehicles.

Richard Davies, director of the Marches Energy Agency, said: "The Green Light Motor Show is a trail-blazing opportunity to see eco-friendly vehicles in action.

"There'll be the chance to experience electric, hybrids, and bio-fuel powered transport. The pure plant oil vehicle especially is certain to create a major talking point.

"Transport is the fastest growing user of our energy, already accounting for about a third of consumption. Unless action is taken now, this figure will continue to rise.

"However, transport is the most technically difficult sector in which to reduce carbon emissions - and the most politically difficult too."

The conference is being attended by leading figures from councils, trade unions and universities, fleet operators and environmentalists.

The aim is to establish the ways in which the imaginative solutions on display at the Green Light Motor Show can be turned into a sustainable energy strategy across Britain.

The day is being hosted by Advantage West Midlands and supported by GreenFleet magazine and West Midlands-based Modec.

More information about the event at Faraday Wharf, Aston Science Park, can be found at www.mea.org.uk/node/greenlight

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18 October 2006

Larry Parker on 01743 246007 or email info@mea.org.uk
Marches Energy Agency, 23 Swan Hill, Shrewsbury, England SY1 1NN

The Marches Energy Agency is an independent charity and nationally recognised organisation with a remit to disseminate information regarding climate change, energy efficiency and renewable energy. It is involved in projects as diverse as steering local, regional and national policy, assisting community groups, managing energy efficiency projects and assisting with the installation of renewable technologies.

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