Onshore wind
13.45 Thursday 22 May
Session 1 - Planning reforms north and south of the Border - and in N. Ireland
Chair: Chris Tomlinson, Director of Programme Strategy, BWEA
- Implementation of SPP6 and sreamlining S36 consents in Scotland; implementing the 9-month target - Colin Imrie, Head of Energy Consents Unit, Scottish Government
- The Planning Reform Bill - Julian Boswall, Partner, Eversheds LLP
- A new planning policy for renewables in Northern Ireland - but can it deliver?- Jan Matthiesen, Head of Onshore, BWEA
- Q&A
Session 2 Issues for development
Chair: Jason Ormiston, CEO, Scottish Renewables
- MOD wind farm policy and air defence upgrades - Julian Chafer, Head of Safeguarding, Defence Estates
- Good practice during windfarm construction - Brendan Turvey, SNH
- Wind farms and tourism - Dr Geoff Riddington
- Carbon paybacks from wind farms built on peat - Dr Jo Smith, Reader in Soil Organic Matter and Nutrient Modelling, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen
- Q&A
