• Onshore Wind
• Community Wind Schemes
• Fuel Cell and Hydrogen - The Emerging Industry
• Towards 2020 - Developing Skills Opportunities in UK Renewables
• Grid and Distribution Issues
• Fossil Fuels - Combatting Climate Change
• Microrenewables

• FREDS Marine Energy Workshop
• Offshore Renewables Safety Issues and Lessons Learned
• Offshore Wind
• Finance and Funding
• Winning Hearts and Minds
• Towards 2020 - Developing Skills Opportunities in UK Renewables

THE CONFERENCE IN FULL DAY 1

09.00 Plenary session – Day 1 - Fleming Auditorium

Official opening and keynote addresses

ONSHORE WIND

Keynote address by Malcolm Wicks MP, Minister for Energy

COMMUNITY WIND SCHEMES -CONFERENCE B

Topic	Speaker
Boyndie Wind Farm Co-Operative - A Case Study	Angela Duignan, Energy4All [ biography ]
The first Scottish Community Wind Turbine	Richard Gauld, Director, Orkney Sustainable Energy Ltd [ biography ]
Empowering communities (to empower themselves)	John Seed, Commercial Director, SgurrEnergy [ biography ]
The Highlands and Islands Community Energy Company model	Eric Dodd, Highlands & Islands Enterprise [ biography ]

FUEL CELL AND HYDROGEN – THE EMERGING INDUSTRY

Session organised by Scottish Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Association

Topic	Speaker
Opening remarks - SHFCA role, strategy, activities, initiatives	Tom Read, SHFCA
Case for H2 and FC in Scotland with experiences of Shetland	Dave McGrath, siGEN; and Sandy Macaulay, PURE
Report on the 2nd General Assembly of the European Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Technology Platform	Tom Read, SHFCA
Results of the technology foresighting in H2 and FC	Ian Edwards, ITI Energy
Western Isles drivers, ambitions and initiatives in renewable Hydrogen	Robin Goodhand, HEB-REP, Hebridean Renewable Energy Partnership
Hydrogen & FC Strategy and Activities in Wales: What, How and Why?	John Maddy, Research Fellow, Hydrogen Research Unit, University of Glamorgan [ biography ]
Practical engineering issues faced during the design and installation of the PURE Hydrogen facility	Ross Gazey
The role of the community in the development of the hydrogen economy	Sandy Macaulay, PURE Project Manager

TOWARDS 2020 – DEVELOPING SKILLS OPPORTUNITIES IN UK RENEWABLES AN OVERVIEW FROM INDUSTRY AND EDUCATION

PART 1 – INDUSTRY

Speaker

Paul McKelvie, Scottish Power Learning [ biography ]

Jo Knight, Energy and Utility Sector Skills [ biography ]

Jeremy Sainsbury, Natural Power Consultants

Megan Arnold, BWEA/SLP Energy [ biography ]

Rob Potter, siGEN Ltd [ biography ]

Rod Macneal, Solar and Wind Applications Ltd

GRID AND DISTRIBUTION ISSUES

Speaker and topics	Speaker
Distribution price control	Martin Crouch, Ofgem, Director of Distribution
Infrastructure to serve the market	David Still, DTI [ biography ]
New build Beauly to Denny – an update	Dr Keith MacLean, Head of Sustainable Development Scottish and Southern Energy [ biography ]
Seven Year Statement – Flagging future development	Andy Hiorns, NGT
The networks we must leave behind	Nick Goodall, Chief Executive, Energy Networks Association [ biography ]
BETTA: The new charging arrangements	Grant McEachran, Ofgem [ biography ]
Intermittency	Richard Ford, BWEA [ biography ]

FOSSIL FUELS – COMBATTING CLIMATE CHANGE

Topic	Speaker
Carbon Abatement From Fossil Fuels – The UK Government Strategy	George Marsh, Advisor, Department of Trade and Industry
Carbon Abatement Technologies for Coal-Fired Power Plant	Dr Mike Farley, Director of Technology Policy Liaison, Mitsui Babcock [ biography ]
Carbon Dioxide Storage – Opportunities and Challenges	Dr Nick Riley MBE C.Geol., FGS, Programme Manager, Sustainable & Renewable Energy & Co-ordinator of EC FP6 NoE "CO2GeoNet" British Geological Survey
UK Action on Carbon Abatement in an International Context	Nick Otter OBE, Director of External Affairs, ALSTOM Power Ltd

MICRORENEWABLES

Topic	Speaker
Wind - an industry-wide approach	Mari Martiskainen, BWEA [ biography ]
Wind - the technology approach	Johnnie Andringa, Proven Energy [ biography ]
Good Energy, Micro Generation and our Home Generation Scheme	Alexandra Vowles, Good Energy [ biography ]

THE CONFERENCE IN FULL DAY 2 Thursday 26 May

Chairman's introduction - Brian Nixon, Director, Scottish Enterprise Energy Team

Ross Finnie MSP, Minister for Environment and Rural Development, Scottish Executive

Tony Amor, Chief Executive, ITI Energy [ biography ]

Iain Todd, Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group’s Renewables Champion - The Renewable Future [ biography ]

Lord Oxburgh, Chairman, Shell Transport & Trading plc [ biography ]

FREDS Marine Energy Workshop

Ian Bryden - Tidal Current Energy Conversion: Resource Issues

Mike Hay - From Blue to Green

Andrew Mill

Richard Yemm - FREDS - MEG: One Year On...Future Role?

Robin Wallace - Harnessing Scotland's Marine Energy Potential [ biography ]

 

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES SAFETY ISSUES AND LESSONS LEARNED

Topic	Status
Offshore windfarm cabling experience	Mike Prowse, Global Marine Systems [ biography ]
Beatrice Deepwater Offshore Windfarm – Safety Considerations	Peter Coutts, AMEC Oil and Gas Division [ biography ]
Offshore renewable energy and health and safety issues	Dave Chaplin, HSE's Focal Point for offshore renewables issues [ biography ]
Renewable challenges for the international marine contracting industry	Hugh Williams, IMCA - International Marine Contractors Association [ biography ]

OFFSHORE WIND

Topic	Speaker
Offshore oil and gas companies and their RE role
Update on Beatrice Windfarm Demonstrator Project	Allan MacAskill, Talisman Energy (UK) Ltd
Update on the Ormonde project	Ian Hatton, Eclipse Energy [ biography ]
Shell Flats, near shore wind and the London Array – the supply chain and what we need from the industry	Rob Hastings, Shell WindEnergy
Offshore Engineering Society Email Forum – perceived offshore challenges for the wind industry + Q&A	David Kerr, Sir Robert McAlpine and OES Committee Member [ biography ]
Development of the Offshore Grid	Simon Cowdroy, Econnect [ biography ]
MOD’s views	Julian Chafer, Head of Safeguarding, Defence Estates [ biography ]
Offshore Consenting - The New Issues	John Houghton, Bond Pearce [ biography ]

WINNING HEARTS AND MINDS

Topic	Speaker
It’s only natural	Allan Taylor, DTI
Embrace the Revolution	Alison Hill, BWEA

TOWARDS 2020 – DEVELOPING SKILLS OPPORTUNITIES IN UK RENEWABLES AN OVERVIEW FROM INDUSTRY AND EDUCATION

PART 2 – TRAINING AND EDUCATION

Chairman: David Rodger, Communications Manager, AREG
Session organised by AREG - Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group

Speaker

Phil Smith, Cambrian Caledonian Ltd

Wynand Hoogerbrugge, Director of Energy Centre, The Robert Gordon University [ biography ]

Stephen Kerr, (Avayl Engineering), Forward Scotland Skills Set Mapping [ biography ]

Liz Hodge, Techfest, SETPOINT Scotland North [ biography ]

Dr Gareth Davies, Aquetera Ltd [ biography ]

Andy Boddice Business Development Director, Tayburn Ltd [ biography ]

FINANCE AND FUNDING

Session	Speaker
SESSION THEME: The renewable energy sector needs an estimated annual investment of £1bn to £1.5bn to achieve the 2010 and 2020 targets. Where will this come from, and on what terms? Chair: Tony White of Climate Change Capital
Large corporate companies – how much of the £1bn p.a. we might provide and what we will want in return	Gearoid Lane, Head of Electricity Supplies, Centrica
Banks – how much of the £1bn p.a. we might provide and what we will want in return	Vivek Mittal, Director of Project Finance, Bank of Scotland [ biography ]
Institutional investors – how much of the £1bn p.a. we might provide and what we will want in return	Charlotte Moore of MCC Energy [ biography ]
SESSION THEME: In addition to industry’s traditional sources of finance, renewables seem to have access to a bewildering array of other funding sources. What are they – and how useful? Chair: John Aldersey-Williams, Redfield Consulting
Direct and indirect government support	Iain Todd, AREG’s Renewables Champion [ biography ]
Support linked to intellectual property	Nial McCollam, ITI Energy
Finance for renewables - a personal view	Philip Wolfe, Renewable Power Association

A Scottish Solar Energy Workshop - Our Secure Solar Future

BHA-SRF Workshop - The Water Framework Directive and Hydropower