Councillor Ben Crystall

I have lived in Bengeo for 20 years.  I have a science background: after a PhD in Solar Energy, I spent 6 years at Imperial College London, in research. I switched careers in 1996 and became a science journalist, working as a writer and editor at New Scientist Magazine for over 15 years.  Since then, I have been a primary school governor, helped set up and run local eco-group Transition Hertford + was one of the founders of Hertford Energy Now, a not-for-profit community-owned renewable energy co-operative.   HEN installed solar panels on 3 local primary schools, saving them money and cutting their carbon.  I was elected to EHDC in 2019, to HCC in 2021 for Hertford All Saints and re-elected to EHDC in2023 for Bengeo Ward.