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Greenpeace have teamed up with Southampton City Council and Utilicom in an attempt to promote sustainable power and energy, including the city's CHP network providing energy for more than 40 businesses around the centre.

The DeVere Grand Harbour Hotel will play host to an evening of discussion for local authorities and businesses to discover ways of meeting those demanding targets. The evening will also see the regional launch of the Greenpeace short film, 'The Convenient Solution', in which Southampton's CHP network is used to show alternatives to the wasteful and expensive energy of generated from nuclear power stations.

The event comes a week after Southampton City Council launched Britain's first integrated energy vision, 'Energising Southampton' at Springhill School.

Councillor Gavin Dick, Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport will be speaking at the event, promoting the work of Southampton City Council and encourage others to follow in these footsteps.  He said: "Southampton is leading the way on sustainable energy thanks to the city's CHP network, and we are delighted to be able to promote this success in the hope that other local authorities and businesses will learn from our own experiences.

"We are thankful for the support that Greenpeace have given to us, in recognition of this system and want to generate further interest with both new and existing developments, so that they can see the advantages themselves."

The evening will also see the likes of the South East Climate Change Partnership, the Local Government Association and Utilicom speaking to the 100+ specially invited guests.