Embracing disruption: towards a flexible energy system

Session
Wednesday, 23 May 2018
12:23 - 12:23
Duration: 16 mins
Publication date: 06 Jun 2018
Location: Network Theatre, NEC, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Part of event Utility week Live 2018

About the session

Chair: Tim Rotheray, Director, ADE

As energy networks prepare to meet the demands of a flexible power system, this seminar will explore the drivers for flexibility and set the strategic context, also exploring the detail of operational and technical solutions around storage and DSR.

Keywords:: decarbonisation

dso

energy

energy grid

energy storage

energy system

energy user

low carbon

renewable

storage

Channels

Power

Transport

Speakers

Tim Rotheray

ADE, Director

Tim was appointed Director of the Association for Decentralised Energy in August 2013 having previously led the team as Head of Policy and Communications. Tim is responsible for the development and implementation of the Association’s vision for the energy system and oversees the Association’s strategic relationships with members, government, regulators and wider stakeholders. Tim joined the ADE as policy manager at the beginning of 2010 from the Micropower Council where he also held a policy role. During his time in the sustainable energy sector, Tim has also worked for the National Assembly for Wales where he researched the renewable energy potential and barriers in Wales. In his role as board member, Tim provides strategic direction to the sector's European trade representatives Euroheat and Power and Cogen Europe.
Chris Clarke

Wales and West Utilities, Director of asset management

A Chartered Engineer and experienced operations manager, Chris has over 30 years’ experience within the UK energy industry and is currently the Director of Asset Management, Safety and Environment at Wales & West Utilities.Chris is responsible for the asset investment and system operation teams and has recently led multiple research projects on the lowest cost pathway to decarbonise heat
Scott Mathieson

SP Energy Networks, Network planning and regulation director

Scott joined ScottishPower after graduating from the University of Glasgow with a degree in economics. In a career spanning over 20 years with the company he has gained experience across a number of roles including Strategic Planning, Regulation, Financial & Regulatory Reporting and Asset Risk Management. Scott has played a significant role in the company’s major price control reviews post privatisation and has been involved in a number of group strategic projects, including acquisitions and business change programmes.Over the course of the last 10 years Scott has been increasingly involved in the area of asset risk management and system planning and design across Transmission and Distribution. Scott was appointed to his most recent role as Network Planning & Regulation Director at the end of 2014, increasing his responsibilities to include Asset Management, System Design & Planning, Process and System Development and Workforce Renewal.Scott is a member of the Board of Directors for SP Distribution, SP Manweb and SP Transmission and the SP Energy Networks Holding Company.
Simon Daniel

Chief executive, Moixa, Chief Executive
Paul Bircham

Electricity North West, Commercial strategy and support director
Will Broad

BEIS, Head of smart energy

Will Broad has been Head of Smart Energy at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy since January 2018. He was previously Head of Electricity Storage, and before that worked on energy efficiency policy for Government and Ofgem.

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