Challoch Energy is a bespoke specialist energy research and consulting business.

It is based in Belgium, with clients in Europe, North America and Southern Africa. Its core expertise is in low carbon energy options: Energy Efficiency, Combined Heat and Power and Renewable Energy.

Challoch Energy was established in January 2009 with the goal to be a centre of international expertise in clean energy policy, economics and deployment.

Challoch Energy is led by Simon Minett. Simon is one of the world’s leading experts in CHP and Energy Efficiency. This expertise is built up over more than 20 years. During this time he has :

• Run the UK Government’s energy agency, ETSU’s activities on CHP and industrial energy efficiency policy and deployment;
• Helped set up ETSU’s international energy consulting business;
• Run the European CHP Association, COGEN Europe for 8.5 years as its Managing Director;
• Held board positions at IIEC Europe (a charity seeking to deploy energy efficiency), e5 (the European Business Council for a Sustainable Energy Future, a Non-Governmental Organisation) and WADE (the World Alliance for Decentralized Energy), including being Vice Chair for WADE for 4 years;
• Founded and grew the energy consulting practice Delta Energy and Environment from 2004 to 2008, and where he is still an associate director.

Challoch Energy is a member of:

• COGEN Europe
• CHPA - The UK Combined Heat and Power Association
  
• REEEP - The Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Partnership

Why Challoch ?

Challoch is a place name associated with South West Scotland primarily. It is from the Gaelic teallach, meaning a hearth and specifically a smith’s forge. The hearth in the domestic dwelling has always been the vital part of the home, providing warmth, energy for cooking and a place to gather. Even today, the hearth, be it an open fire, wood-burning stove or even the oven in the kitchen holds a magnetic attraction for people. Also, before the twentieth century the blacksmith was an important element of both the rural and industrial communities. So much so that for every farms or so there was one blacksmith.

Challoch Energy’s business that updates this term to look at modern energy systems for single family houses all the way to industrial complexes. Clean low carbon energy has its place in all of these places.