The principal engineer at the Tynes Bay waste plant is to be one of the speakers at the latest community meeting on Bermuda and its energy needs.

Kirk Outerbridge will give a presentation on Tynes Bay and its importance in Bermuda as well as a virtual tour of the plant and will cover topics including what is Waste-to-Energy, Waste-to-Energy in the context of global warming, challenges of Waste-to-Energy in Bermuda and future plans for the Tynes Bay facility.

The meeting will be held tonight from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at St. James' Church Hall in Sandys.

It is being hosted by the Department of Energy, within the Ministry of Energy, Telecommunications and E-Commerce.

Another speaker will be Andrew Vaucrosson, president of environmental charity Greenrock, who will give a presentation on how Bermuda residents can conserve energy.

Mr. Vaucrosson will cover items including what is Greenrock and how it is trying to make a difference in Bermuda, what is sustainable development and how it is related to energy consumption, what is energy conservation and how can it be achieved in Bermuda, what are some of the short-term solutions people can do now, what are some of the long-term solutions people can plan for and are there energy conservation models that can be followed from other countries?

Several more Public Town Hall Meetings will be held over the coming weeks and will cover topics such as solar, wind, wave and solid regulatory considerations.

A Department of Energy spokesman said: "The information gathered at these meetings, including submissions from the general public, will be studied carefully and may be included in the Green Paper, which is a public consultation document.

"Post Green Paper, there will be further public consultation meetings before a White Paper is produced. These are energy building blocks that will help form Regulatory options and Bermuda's National Energy Policy."