Past President John Blowes has been awarded an MBE in the 2019 Queen’s New Years Honours for services to renewable energy and to the community in Lancaster.
John is a director of Halton Lune Hydro, and is a chartered engineer with electrical and civil project management experience working on renewable and fossil fuel based power stations in the UK and overseas.
He is a past Director General of the Institution of Diesel and Gas Turbine Engineers.
John has been President of Carnforth Rotary twice, first in 2007-2008 and latterly in 2016-2017. He is currently the Honorary Treasurer for the club.