Energy Now Expo 2014 Draft Programme Wednesday 12th February

CONFERENCE (all to attend): 09.15 11.00 LUDLOW 3 Conference welcome Jonathan Scurlock, Chief Adviser, Renewable Energy and Climate Change, NFU The governments plans for the continued support and growth of onshore renewables Speaker TBC Reducing your energy costs and funding your renewable energy project Ian Burrow, Head of Agriculture & Renewables, NatWest  The Domestic RHI Ashley Malster, Head of Development, Ofgem domestic RHI

SPECIFIC ENERGY TYPE PANEL SESSIONS YOUR CHOICE

WIND PANEL (small to medium scale): 11.30 13.30 LUDLOW 3 Chair: Louisa Coursey, Small to medium wind development manager, RenewableUK  The importance of a wind speed assesment Nick Law, Wind Consultant, Met Ofce  Identifying the planning and finance options for wind power after the April 2014 FIT reduction Tim Saunders, JH Walter  Setting the standards: the importance of a good operations and maintenance regime to get the most out of your wind turbine Julian Martin, Chair, RenewableUKs Small and medium wind strategy group  The opportunities & challenges facing farmers Speaker TBC  Q&A BIOGAS PANEL: 11.30 13.30 LUDLOW 2 Chair: David Collins, Head of REA Biogas Group, REA  Gas to grid Is this the future? John Baldwin, Managing Director, cng Services  Connecting the plant to the gird and selling the power produced Simon Proctor, Commercial Generation Manager, Good Energy  The Biofertiliser Certification Scheme Why is certification important? Kiara Zennaro, Senior Technical Ofcer, Organics Recycling Group  The on-farm AD loan fund Mike Falconer Hall, Organics and EfW Programme Manager, WRAP  Q&A

HYDROPOWER PANEL: 11.30 13.30 NEWPORT 1 Chair: Chris Brett, Vice Chairman, BHA  What effect has the UK energy policy had on the hydropower sector? Bob Middleton, Managing Director, TLS Hydro Power Ltd  Establishing the basic feasibility of a scheme Nic Smith, Principal Project Manager, Hydro Survey Ltd  Planning and permitting requirements Chris Bainger, Midlands Fisheries Technical Specialist (Hydropower), Environment agency  Refurbishing waterwheels is it viable? Speaker TBC  Q&A

ENERGY MANAGEMENT PANEL: 11.30 13.30 NEWPORT 2 Chair: Andrew Kneeshaw, Managing Director, FEC Services  Energy Sustainability the challenges and opportunities for the agricultural land based sector Richard Davies, Executive Director, Marches Energy Agency  On-farm energy savings where and how? Nigel Penlington, Environment Programme Manager, BPEX  Speaker and presentation TBC  Q&A

BIOMASS PANEL: 14.15 16.15 LUDLOW 3 Chair: Robert Bland, Chair, Confor Woodfuel Suppliers Group  How will biomass contribute to 20% of future energy demand? Stewart Boyle, Ofgem RHI Advisory Group  Biomass 1 2 3 Hiten Sonpal, Relationship Director, Lombard  Fuel quality, storage techniques and the sustainability criteria for the RHI Helen Bentley-Fox, Accreditation Manager, Woodsure Ltd  Using biomass to produce heat AND power Andrew Horsley, Director, Arbor Heat and Power  Q&A

SOLAR PANEL: 14.15 16.15 Chair: Reza Shaybani, Chairman, BPVA  The role of the National Solar Centre (NSC) Ray Noble  Organic PV Alexander Valenzuela, Vice President TPD & BD & Marketing, Heliatek  Speaker and presentation TBC  Pensions vs a solar investment how do they compare? Tony Lee, Company Solicitor, Bowler Energy  Q&A

LUDLOW 2

HEAT PUMP PANEL: 14.15 16.15 NEWPORT 1 Chair: Tony Bowen, Chair, Heat Pump Association  What effect will the recent changes in RHI have on the ground source heating sector? Jake Salisbury, Head of Operations, GSHPA  The applications of air source heating in an agricultural environment Speaker TBC  Retrofitting heat pumps into older buildings Bean Beanland, Sales Director, ISO Energy  Identifying the heat source for your heat pump Chris Dale, Managing Director, Danfoss  Q&A

ENERGY CROPS PANEL: 14.15 16.15 NEWPORT 2 Chair: Jonathan Scurlock, Chief Adviser, Renewable Energy and Climate Change, NFU  Britains bioenergy future Pete Smith, Royal Society-Wolfson Professor of Soils & Global Change, University of Aberdeen  Insulating against fuel price rises Growing energy crops for your own use Kevin Lindegaard, Director, Crops4Energy  Life after energy crops scheme? David Turley, Policy and Strategy Manager, NNFCC  Financial yields of crops available Rob Meadley, Associate, Brown & Co  Q&A

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