Welcome to the West Midlands and Mid Wales branch page
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All members, guests and colleagues are welcome to participate in branch activities. We hope to see you at a local event soon.
To contact the branch, please email westmidlandsmidwales@energyinst.org.
Committee contacts
Andrew Townsend AMEI
Chair
Apryl Pheasant MEI
Vice Chair
Ian Gregory CEng MEI
Treasurer
Glenn Karlsson AMEI
Membership and Education Secretary
Events and training
Chess Club: Strategically Mapping out your career
25th July 2025
Join Energy Institute West Midlands YPN and AFBE-UK for an engaging and inspiring evening designed to help you take control of your career journey. Ch...
Publications and documents
What's new?
Down, down, down: new drilling technologies are improving prospects for geothermal power by reducing project duration, cutting costs and drilling deeper wells
18th June 2025
Fervo Energy drills a 15,000-foot, 500°F geothermal wellHouston-based Fervo Energy has announced the successful drilling and logging of it...
EV rules relax to protect UK car makers from tariffs
9th April 2025
In a speech on Monday at the Jaguar Land Rover plant in the West Midlands, the Prime Minister announced measures designed to prop up the UK car indust...
UK’s largest public EV charging hub
20th September 2023
A new public EV charging hub has been developed by BP Pulse, the EV Network (EVN) and NEC Group, at the NEC Exhibition Centre in the West Midland. It ...
World-first hub for flying taxis opens in UK
27th April 2022
Backed by the UK government and supported by US smart mobility service provider Supernal, the Air-One hub will demonstrate how advanced air mobi...
Zenobē signs the UK’s largest electric vehicle bus transaction
23rd February 2022
The partnership means Zenobē will provide ‘electric transportation as a service’ (ETaaS) to National Express, reducing the risk for the bus operator b...
What’s in it for you?
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- Attend local events and keep up to date with industry
- Build your professional and social networks
- Find support outside of the work environment
- Maintain your Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- Work towards professional recognition and chartered registration
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