FILM LONDON LAUNCHES THE RENEWABLE ENERGY GRID PROJECT

Film London has launched the Grid Project, a pilot scheme supplying renewable energy to productions in the UK capital that will reduce CO2 emissions as well as air and noise pollution.

Led by Film London, the Grid Project introduces the supply of green energy via the mains network, installing an electrical feeder pillar at a key unit base in Victoria Park, London. Industry leaders across film, environment and policy have supported the pilot, with funding from the Mayor’s Good Growth Fund supported through the London Economic Action Partnership; NBCUniversal; Interreg Europe’s Green Screen and the British Film Commission.

The Victoria Park pilot has been co-delivered produced a number of short films, including the BAFTA-nominated Tattoo.

The results of BAFTA’s Sector Committee and Council elections have also been confirmed, after 82 candidates stood for election this year. The newly-elected and re-elected Sector Committee candidates are: Film Committee –Anna Higgs, Anthony Andrews, Emily Stillman, Nainita Desai, David Proud and Julie La Bassiere; TV Committee – Sue Vertue, Claire Zolkwer, Christine Healy, Rajiv Nathwani, Adeel Amini and Furquan Akhtar; Games Committee with Tower Hamlets Council and The Film Office, engineering consultant ARUP, UKPN, contractor Ingenious Power and bespoke power distribution pillar specialist Lucy Zodion. 100% renewable energy will be supplied by Ecotricity.

When filming on location, productions usually plug into diesel or petrol generators at unit bases for their energy supply. Detailed analysis completed by ARUP for Victoria Park estimated that during 2018, production generators consumed 64,082 litres of diesel and 1,656 litres of petrol. The estimated CO2 emitted by the generators was 169,556kg. The estimated annual particulate matter (based on 0.03g/ kWh) was 7.43kg. Estimated annual Nitrous Oxide produced from diesel and petrol was 2,393kg.

The installation of electrical feeder pillars that productions can plug into will reduce CO2 emissions and air pollutants from particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide by 100% at point of use, as well as significantly reducing noise pollution. The power cabinets are also available for use during events held in the park, reducing diesel generator usage in other industries.

As part of the industry’s efforts to reduce emissions, this follows the launch of The Fuel Project, a report funded by Interreg Europe’s Green Screen and delivered by Film London, in partnership with creative business consultants