REGIONAL CHP / RENEWABLES

CONFERENCES & ROADSHOWS 2013

Organized by GMP Publishing who publish a range of international energy related magazines

20th - 21st March - Event City, Manchester
29th - 30th May - Prince Phillip Centre, London

25th - 26th September - University of West England, Bristol

Provisional List of Speakers - not all speakers listed may speak at all events, and it is possible that some may drop out due to other commitments. There is no fee charged for speakers, and no entry fee for delegates:

Note:

  1. Could all participants please consider to register on the Claverton-energy.com website, and puttheir professional details on the professional register. Also join the Claverton Yahoo Energy Discussion group – send email to , moderator.
  1. Generally talks should be 20 minutes with 10 minutes questions, except where essential to be longer, and pre-agreed with the organisers.
  1. Talks will rigorously chaired to the above time limits so speakers need to ensure their speeches can fit inside these time limits. :-)

Topic: Energy management through people – delivering multiple benefits to individuals, businesses and organisations

James Brittain, Energy Management Director, The Discovery Mill

James has successfully delivered multi-millions of pounds of energy savings for UK businesses. He is a chartered engineer with over 17 years’ experience in leading energy and environmental improvement for many organisations, including Heathrow Airport, NHS Trusts and facilities management and tourism businesses. He has discovered that biggest savings come about by involving and working closely with the people on the ground. James is also a guest university MSc lecturer for energy management and is a regular contributor to industry conference events.

  • artin Alder, ‘What policy do we need to maximise renewable energy deployment?’

Martin runs Optimum Energy Ltd. which specialises in renewable energy contracts, trading and renewable market economics. OEL is a partner with the Wind Prospect Group in the Wind Direct joint venture. He is Director of Energy UK, and Chairman of their Renewable Energy Committee. He represents Energy UK as the UK member of the Eurelectric workgroup for Renewables and Embedded Generation. He is a member of the DECC CfD expert group.

  • Alban Thurston ‘ProjektSonnenscheinProjektSonnenscheinunites right-of-centre politicians in Britain & Germany, educating them in the benefits of community-owned low carbon energy. Accountable, local & democratic, community-ownership of low carbon energyhas proved to be the most powerful policy tool available to change citizens' behaviour towards energy use & conservation.
  • Padraig HanlyManaging Director GT Energy “ The role of geothermal energy in the UK”

Padraig is a founding Director of GT Energy. He was responsible within GT Energy for developing the concept of commercialising deep geothermal energy in Ireland and the UK. During this time he project manages Ireland’s first deep geothermal exploration project and has since secured planning permission for Ireland’s first geothermal electricity project in Newcastle Co. Dublin.

As Managing Director of GT Energy he is continually promoting the deep geothermal sector in Ireland and the UK while also working towards developing geothermal projects for the production of renewable heat in the UK. GT Energy through it membership in the REA has successful lobbied for the introduction of the designated heat tariff under the RHI. In January 2012 GT Energy signed an MOU with EON UK for the development of up to 5 geothermal projects with the first being in Manchester.GT Energy currently working on a number of geothermal heat projects with Eon in the UK with the first expected to receive planning permission in the coming months. Padraig has expanded the team to include in house experts and highly experienced service providers on an exclusive basis across Europe. Padraig has overseen two successful fundraisings to date in Ireland and is currently fundraising in London with Turquoise International for the future development of projects in the UK.

As a qualified surveyor previously he worked with Liffey Developments Civil Engineering both as business development manager and as contracts manager and gained a wealth of experience in the construction and property industry while also qualifying as a Pilot.

  • Robert Buckley <>, Martin Betts <>Alison Forbes <>
    “ How Electricity Market Reform may affect independent renewable generators”

Company information:

Cornwall Energy is an energy consultancy firm. We provide informed, independent energy market analysis and advice for market participants, service providers and policy-makers. We ensure companies keep up to date with developments in fast moving markets and interpret what they mean for their competitive and regulatory strategies. We are experienced at advising policy-makers and regulators on key market issues and at helping companies make their cases as well. We are also familiar with designing and implementing market reform programmes with extensive experience around the world in five continents. At the same time we understand how important it is to account for local factors in these complex processes.

Our customer base includes energy stakeholders from a diverse range of backgrounds, including network operators, gas producers, electricity developers and generators large and small, energy suppliers, commercial and legal practices, consumers and their representatives. We offer market intelligence services and bespoke consultancy services concerning operational, commercial and regulatory issues.

  • "Wayne Boakes" <>, , WayneBoakesmohammed.saddiq, Will talk on either or / both : use of emergency diesel generators to provide grid support / the construction and operation of food waste digestors.
  • Dr Richard J Harley.

Dr Richard J Harley - “Biofuels - controversial due to competition with food – have they a role to play and, if so, where?”

Personal Statement

Dr. Harley has vast experience in setting up Biodiesel Crushing and Refining Processing Plants and working with Government and Private Investors to plan, and plant, in excess of 250,000 hectares of JatrophaCurcas (Physic Nut) plants (including intercropping with cash crops). JatrophaCurcas does not miss-place food crops as its non edible. He has worked in UK., EU., USA., Ghana, West and East Africa, South Africa, China, India, Middle East and Far East, South America and Australia. He can also advise on EU., and USA., Energy Directives, Mandates and Government Subsidies.
He is an expert in the following1st/2nd/3rd and 4th Generation Feedstocks: Crude Palm Oil (CPO), Red Palm Oil, Palm Kernel and Babassu Oil in South East Asia - especially Malaysia, Indonesia and Papa New Guinea (PNG). In addition, Rapeseed UK, EU, Canada and Europe. Corn North America into Bio Ethanol, Enzymes into biofuel, Yeasts and blends, Camelina, Soybean Oil in the USA, Sugarcane in Brazil and Mauritius, JatrophaCurcas in Africa, China, South East Asia, South Africa, India, Madagascar, Middle East, Willow, Cotton Oil, Tung Tree, Hemp, Coco-diesel, Caster Bean, Kenaf, Pumpkin Seed, AGAVE Biofuel USA., PongamiaPinnata, Sunflower, Sesame, Cashew Nut, Coconut, Peanut, Rubber Seed, Cassava to Biogas, Molasses, Potato, Sugar Beet, Cohune Palm Nut, Olive Oil, Pomace Oil (cooking), Biogas, Oleo chemical, Eucalypt trees, Switch grass (Panicum), Rice, Miscanthus, Algae, Bio Plastics “Green Plastics”, Meat into Biofuels, Yellow Grease (kitchen fat), tallow, animal and vegetable fats and Animal By-Products (ABP), restaurant waste and trap grease, Drop-In Renewable Biofuels, Carbohydrates, Cellulosic Technology – Lignocellulosic Biomass Technology, including “Bagasse”, Hydrocarbon Processing, Tequila – Agave Plants and Tapioca as a low carbon biofuel source.

He has an in depth knowledge of Multi-Faceted Bio refineries, the Transesterification Process, Fischer-Tropsch (FT) Technology, Re-refining of Base Oils and Polyols for the plastic industry. Richard can also advise on Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), Biodegradable Municipal Waste (BMW), Waste to Energy (WtE), Energy from Waste (EfW, Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF), Biomass Gasification (BG), Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT), Cogeneration and Onsite Power Production (COSPP). Autoclave Process (ACP), Ball Mill (BM) and Landfill and Geo-textiles and Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs). Also, Anaerobic Digestion (AD) Process Reactor, In Vessel Composting (IVC), Organic Sludge, Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottles into Polyester Fibre and GeoTextiles, and other materials that contain hydrocarbons into mineral diesel oil, for example, Bio Gas, Biomass and Waste to Energy Systems, Glass Recycling (GR), Conservation Security Programme (CSP) Biofuel and Combined Heat and Power (CHP), In Vessel Composting (IVC), Pyrolysis Gasification, Shale Gas in the UK., and USA.

Synopsis:

Topics to be addressed:

  • Biofuels and bioenergy production and investment has been driven largely by the policies of national governments, both in developed and developing countries – for example, EU, US, Australia – is this a good or bad thing?
  • Legitimate sustainability-related concerns by a large number of stakeholders around the world.
  • Are biofuels sustainable? How much is needed?
  • What are environmental impact risk assessments (IRA) and certification schemes?
  • Demand for biofuel within the EU and the necessity to source it from countries outside the EU.
  • The need to protect potentially vulnerable and marginalised people ahead of economic gains.
  • Converting arable land from food to biofuel cultivation, food security, impacts on rising food prices.
  • ‘Abandoned’ or ‘marginal land’ for the production of biofuel.
  • How much land is available? How much land is needed? Where is it?
  • Will the production of biofuels lead to an increase in alternative jobs for the rural poor? For example a Brazilian sugarcane estate.
  • EU regulations and international certification schemes –The European Directive 2009/28/EC for the use of energy from renewable sources.
  • Roundtable for Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) and Crude Palm Oil (CPO) from Malaysia and Indonesia into EU.
  • West Africa, Ghana and biofuel production.
  • Feedstocks used in the production of Biofuel and their present and future availability.
  • Can new Biofuel technology help?
  • Does biofuel only work because its subsidised?
  • How clean is Biofuel compared to fossil fuel?
  • Who are the big players? What are their long-term environmental policies?
  • The Way Forward – 2020/2050
  • Emma Haight, Infrastructure & Renewables, NIBC Bank NV. Bankability of bio-renewables

Bio:

Emma is currently working as Vice President of NIBC Bank’s transaction origination in London and is leading the London office’s financial advisory services. NIBC finances and advises on Renewable Energy and Infrastructure finance, and is a leading biomass & renewables advisory and finance bank.

Emma graduated from Oxford University in 2002 and went on to work as a sustainable energy finance lawyer with Allen & Overy in London and Gide LoyretteNouel in Paris, advising EUMENA governments, sponsors and banks on the finance of nuclear scale-up and renewable energy projects. She has recently completed her thesis on the role of large-scale CSP projects in addressing energy and water security issues in the MENA region. Before joining NIBC, Emma led development of NurEnergie’s solar projects in France and North Africa.

Emma Haight

Infrastructure & Renewables

NIBC Bank NV

DD: 44 207 375 7939

M: 44 7581 639 527

  • GiuliaBonifazi <>StephaneSenechal <>StephaneSenechal, Turboden:

Small capacity biomass to electricityCHPplant based on Organic RankineCycleturbogenerators up to3 MWe

Synopsis: The ORC technology in cogenerative systems has by now reached a level of full maturity in biomass applications. In Europe, there are over 140 plants in operation with sizes between 0.2 and 3 MW electric.

ORC systems are very flexible and can be used in different applications like district heating systems, pellet production factories, sawmills and tri-generation systems with absorption chillers.

The presentation will summarize the possible application of ORC units in biomass field, focusing the attention on the possibility to use the ORC modules in processes that are not directly tie to electricity production like sawmills, pellet factories, district heating systems, etc. optimizing the global efficiency of the plant using the waste biomass coming from these existing production processes to produce, thanks to the ORC technology, hot water for internal use (belt driers, district heating, etc) and electricity. Some References in UK will be also presented.

  • Dr Anthony Riddle, Associate Director, Ramboll Energy

Denmark has been at the forefront of developments in district heating since 1980s when the country embarked upon extensive strategic planning for district heating, natural gas and CHP with the aim of reducing its dependency on oil. As a result, CHP and renewable energy from waste and biomass are now widely embedded in Denmark’s energy supply infrastructure with resulting consumption of fossil fuels for the heating sector having been reduced by around 60 % over the 30 years since 1980. This presentation will focus on the Danish experience and, in particular, the Future Smart Cities Approach that represents the vision for the study Heat Plan Denmark 2010 to further decarbonise Denmark’s energy supply and cut 50% of the heating sector’s current CO2 emissions by 2020 and be almost CO2 neutral by 2030. The presentation will also address factors relevant to the UK market, in particular the economic benefits of integration of large scale CHP into DH and its role in decarbonisation of heat.

Dr Anthony Riddle is an Associate Director in Ramboll Energy’s District Heating team in the UK. He is a Chartered Engineer with a Ph.D. and is a Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. His particular interest and specialism lies in master-planning of decentralized energy systems, with particular focus on district heating schemes involving combined heat and power. Much of Anthony’s work has been focused in the context of London, where he has been involved in master planning and carrying out techno economic appraisals for several notable project opportunities for a range of Local Authorities and the Greater London Authority.

  • Nicole Parker Low Carbon <>Darren Jones <>, Doug Bailey <>, Building Management Systems:Darren Jones, Managing Director of Low Carbon, and Doug Bailey, Senior Partner of Low Carbon.

Synopsis A Building Energy Management System (BEMS) is a useful tool for the energy manager, but is it adequate to maximise energy and carbon savings? Not according to leading CIBSE low carbon consultant, Darren Jones, who advocates a more intrusive approach that also requires a regular visual inspection of critical HVAC and associated plant. Using examples from work carried out on many commercial and government buildings, he shows the value of taking power, temperature and pressure readings between each AHU component . Evidencing that what the BEMS indicates is not a true reflection of what is really happening. Through these examples, he will prove that the “invasive” approach will frequently reveal weaknesses that the BEMS will not. Of particular interest to FM managers, this approach offers significant saving opportunities.

Biog:

Darren Jones B.Sc. (Hons) Eng Tech. LCIBSE is Low Carbon UK’s Managing Director. Holding a B.Sc. in Energy and Environmental Engineering and as a CIBSE Low Carbon Consultant, he tutors for CIBSE running the UK TM44 Air Conditioning Inspection courses. He was the first Accredited Air Conditioning Inspector in the UK and is also a DEC Low Carbon Energy Assessor.

With extensive experience in Energy Audits for Hospitals and International clients, Darren has been instrumental in improving energy efficiency and reducing carbon footprint for many government and commercial organizations, particularly by extending the air conditioning inspections into a fully intrusive survey to identify real benefits.

Darren has won the national Low Carbon Energy Assessor – EPC of the year award 2010.

  • Dr Mike HaywoodThePerfect Storm Synopsis:Joining the Dots……How are all the crises we are facing interconnected?…..Peak Oil,Energy crunch, Global Banking crisis, climate change, pensions time-bomb, species extinction and resource depletion. Briefbio: Engineer, oceanographer, oil production engineer and Independent Financial adviser, recently retired
  • Adam Wray-Summerson. Clarke Energy. Will talk about the use of gas engines in chp schemes 0151 546 4446

CHP is the simultaneous production of electricity with the recovery and utilisation heat. CHP is a highly efficient form of energy conversion and it can achieve primary energy savings of approximately 40% by compared to the separate purchase of electricity from the national grid and a gas boiler for onsite heating. Combined heat and power plants are typically embedded close to the end user and therefore help reduce transportation and distribution losses, improving the overall performance of the electricity transmission and distribution network. For power users where security of supply is an important factor for their selection of power production equipment and gas is abundant, gas-based cogeneration systems are ideally suited as captive power plants (i.e. power plants located at site of use).

  • Yan Evans, Director of
    ENER-G Switch2

"Modelling and developing small-scale residential community energy/district
heating ESCo solutions".
There is a powerful mandate to deliver affordable energy through low carbon
decentralised energy networks, but managing the financial, development and
operational challenges of community energy/district heating schemes is
exceptionally complex.
Yan will provide an overview and explain the complex technical and
financial modelling of small-scale residential ESCo schemes. He will discuss
how the incorporation of small-scale CHP solutions and biomass boilers, and
associated incentives, impacts on the model and the heat tariff structure.


  • Paul Chandler
    “Update on photovoltaics in the UK: market, technologies and regulation”

    Biography
    Paul is development director at T4 Sustainability Ltd, a specialist renewable energy consulting and installation firm formed in 2002. He works as technical advisor on photovoltaics and has 10 years experience specifying, designing, installing, commissioning and repairing off-grid-and grid-tie photovoltaic systems up to 50kW. Paul has studied electronic engineering, renewable energy and electrical power engineering at masters level and previously wrote “Continuing Professional Development on Photovoltaics” for the Energy Institute.
    Synopsis
    A lot has changed in the photovoltaic market in the last 12 months as prices and subsidies have both more than halved. This presentation will provide an update on photovoltaics in the UK covering an update on the market, technologies and regulation. Topics will include current costs and returns, installation rates, observations on grid parity, changes in technology (such as micro-inverters) and updates on regulation (i.e. changes to the grid code and installation standards).
  • Dr.AikateriniBoulamanti Joint Research Centre, Petten, Holland ( European Commission Energy Policy Advice and Research) “ Sustainability criteria for biomass fuels”
  • obin Smith "Rent Seeking". The primary social organisation on which all else rests... including energy supply and demand, just behind apparent food supply limits, also a major issue feeding people when there is plenty of food evidently.

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