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The electricity system of the future - Q&A session

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  • Session
  • Wednesday, 24 May 2017
  • 12:24 - 12:24
  • Duration: 16 mins
  • Publication date: 02 Jun 2017
  • Location: Network Theatre, Hall 12, NEC, Birmingham, United Kingdom
  • Part of event Utility Week 2017

About the session

As Britain seeks to decarbonise energy, provide security of supply  whilst driving down bills, new and innovative solutions and approaches are required. In this time of unprecedented change, this series of seminars will explore new technology, commercial and operating arrangements and changes to the regulatory system. The seminars will examine the implications, opportunities and challenges presented by storage, decarbonisation of heat, the future of the gas network and flexible integrated smart infrastructure and how these will contribute to the transformation of networks.

This seminar will explore a systems approach an dpotential solutions to the transformative changes required in Britain's energy system.

Keywords:
  • bio-energy
  • carbon
  • decarbonised solutions
  • electricity
  • energy
  • fuel poverty
  • heat
  • heat pumps
  • low-carbon
  • natural gas
  • power
  • reduce emissions
  • solar
  • sustainable
  • technology
  • utilities

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  • DP

    Dave Pearson

    Star Renewable Energy, Director

    Dave has been a strong advocate that a low carbon energy system has to involve heating and cooling for over seven years. A background in industrial refrigeration and finance underpins the view that this will be most likely achieved by harnessing energy sources that are commonly available in the UK such as surface water found in rivers and seas. Involved in the world’s largest 90C heatpump in Drammen, built by Star in 2010, Dave has observed the UK market with a mixture of enthusiasm and bemusement. Strong Government support for low carbon solutions has not yet stimulated the market. Dave will present the technology of Drammen, cite several UK case studies and explore what is happening in the UK and what more needs to happen to deliver both an 80% decarbonisation of heating but also an integrated energy market recognising heating, cooling and electricity’s interconnection whilst not pinning societies hopes on solutions that are likely to experience feedstock shortages and emissions challanges.
  • John  Batterbee

    John Batterbee

    Energy Systems Catapult, head of technology strategy & planning,

    John is the Chief Engineer for the ground-breaking Smart Systems and Heat programme, which has the goal of transforming energy into a modern customer service that can be progressively decarbonised at a pace of a million homes a year from 2025. He is a holistic systems thinker by nature, grounded by the practicality of making things work on consumer, commercial, political and technical levels. Prior to this, John led the Transport Programme at the Energy Technologies Institute and, prior to that, complex systems development in the defence industry. He holds a first class engineering degree.
  • Keith  MacLean

    Keith MacLean

    Providence Policy, Managing Director

    Keith is a Chemistry graduate and postgraduate from Heriot-Watt and Hamburg Universities, and an Honorary Fellow of Energy Policy at the University of Exeter. He has worked in a broad range of roles in the energy industry, including 20 years at energy utility SSE where he was Policy and Research Director.Keith has acted as an advisor on energy policy to both the UK and Scottish Governments and has been involved in many industry advisory and working groups. He is Chair of UKERCs Advisory Board and has just finished four years as Co-chair of the Energy Research Partnership. From January 2017, he has been appointed by the UK Research Councils to be Chair of their Scientific Advisory Committee. Keith is founding director of Providence Policy where he works as an independent energy advisor. He was awarded an OBE for services to the energy industry in the 2017 New Year Honours list.
  • MW

    Mark Wheeldon

    SGN, Innovation and new technology manager

    An engineer with 35 years’ experience. Born in Manchester where he studied mechanical engineering at Bolton University Mark brings unique insight and experience into his current position as Innovation and new technology project manager at SGN.In his varied and successful career with numerous gas distribution and utilities company’s Mark has been responsible for defining and delivering Engineering policy, Account management, Network operations and Maintenance with major utilities companies.In his current role he is the project manager for SGN’s100% hydrogen project which is assessing the viability of constructing and operating the first hydrogen distribution network in Scotland
  • Tanja Groth

    Tanja Groth

    Carbon Trust, Decentralised energy manager

    Tanja is the lead commercial modeller for public sector projects at the Carbon Trust. With over 8 years of experience with research and energy finance in Europe and South-East Asia, Tanja leads on the delivery of commercial and socio-economic modelling of decentralised energy projects on behalf of the Carbon Trust in the UK and abroad. Her work includes the launch of a quality-assurance cashflow tool (QACT) for free use for UK public sector organisations and contributions to setting industry best-practice to cashflow analysis and decentralised energy investment decision-making.
  • Dave  Pearson

    Dave Pearson

    Star Renewable Energy, Director

    Dave has been a strong advocate that a low carbon energy system has to involve heating and cooling for over seven years. A background in industrial refrigeration and finance underpins the view that this will be most likely achieved by harnessing energy sources that are commonly available in the UK such as surface water found in rivers and seas. Involved in the world’s largest 90C heatpump in Drammen, built by Star in 2010, Dave has observed the UK market with a mixture of enthusiasm and bemusement. Strong Government support for low carbon solutions has not yet stimulated the market. Dave will present the technology of Drammen, cite several UK case studies and explore what is happening in the UK and what more needs to happen to deliver both an 80% decarbonisation of heating but also an integrated energy market recognising heating, cooling and electricity’s interconnection whilst not pinning societies hopes on solutions that are likely to experience feedstock shortages and emissions challanges.
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