RenewableUK Wave & Tidal 2010

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Conference - Thursday 4th March 2010
08.30 Coffee and registration
09.15 Opening Session
Chaired by Maria McCaffery, Chief Executive, RenewableUK
The opening address at the RenewableUK 2010 Wave & Tidal conference is set to deliver an exciting update on the UK wave & tidal industry.  Anticipated address from significant industry VIPs and relevant MPs promises key information on policy development and initiatives, along with insight into why the UK is leading the world in the role out of wave and tidal energy.
  • Opening Address: Andrew Mill, CEO, NaREC and Chair of the RenewableUK Marine Strategy Group
  • Parliamentary Address: David Kidney MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
  • Keynote Address: Chris Campbell, Executive Director, Renewable Energy Group (OREG)
  • Core Sponsor address: Joe Flanagan, Head of Energy, Northwest Regional Development Agency
10.30 Coffee break
11.15 Consent, Technology and Delivery - Obtaining project consent, passing the technology test and what also lays a head for major marine power delivery for the UK?
Chaired by Nick Storer, Chief Executive, Envirolink Northwest.
This section of the conference will look at how the new consenting regime will impact the budding wave and tidal industry for better or worse.  The session will also look at how the testing of marine renewable devices can provide a crucial step in proving technology and how this is being facilitated.  We will close with an analysis of some of the major marine projects planned for role out within the UK over the next fifteen years.
  • Admiral Chris Parry, Chair of Marine Management Organisation (MMO): The MMO - the future of integrated marine management
  • Dr. Jamie Grimwade, Technology Specialist Marine Renewables, NaREC: Ensuring Reliability for Marine Renewable Drive Train Systems - Nautilus Testing Facilities
  • Guy Lavender, Wave Hub, General Manager South West Regional Devlopment Agency: Wave Hub - Developing the Marine Renewable Energy Sector
  • Dr. Miles Willis, Project Manager, Marine Energy Research Group: Marine Renewable Energy Ambitions in Wales - the Academic Response
  • John Callaghan, Wave & Tidal Programme Manager, The Crown Estate: An update from The Crown Estate on its Wave & Tidal programme
12.45 Lunch break
14.15 Project Finance and Insurance -
Is it possible to join the dots of the UK wave & tidal funding landscape whilst ensuring projects can obtain insurance?
Chaired by Richard Boud, Entec
The past twelve months have seen exciting developments and announcements from UK Government funding bodies.  This session will extrapolate exactly what this means for the R&D section of the UK’s wave & tidal funding landscape.  We will also explore the potential market pull options available for UK policy makers, how readily available insurance is for wave & tidal projects and what can be done to ensure successful project delivery.
  • Dr. David Clarke, Chief Executive, Energy Technologies Institute (ETI): Marine Programme Update
  • Dr. Stephen Wyatt, Technology Acceleration Manager, The Carbon Trust: Proving Marine Energy
  • Filomena La Porta, Lead Technologist - Energy Generation and Supply, Technology Strategy Board, Technology Strategy Board: Activities in Wave and Tidal Stream Energy
  • Deborah Walter, Deputy Managing Partner, Kreab Gavin Anderson: Private Sector Investor Perspective
  • Jatin Sharma, Lead Renewable Energy Broker, Willis Limited: New Wave Thinking: Navigating Through Risk and Insurance
15.30 Coffee break
16.00 The Marine Action Plan - What impact will this have brought to the UK wave and tidal industry by 2015?
A Panel Debate chaired by Stephen Sackur, journalist and presenter The Marine Action Plan is a industry government group.  The Action Plan will aim to set out the main challenges which need to be addressed in taking wave and tidal technologies through to mainstream deployment in the coming decade, out to 2030, and the actions which would need to be taken by both Government and the private sector to make this a reality.  The mantra for this work is to be “a realistic, practical and pragmatic document which both the Government and the private sector can sign up to”. It is hoped that the Marine Action Plan will set out an aspirational but realistic vision, against which progress can be benchmarked and which will act as a spur for the sector. This session will see panel debate from the chairs of the four Marie Action Plan groups along with a leading technology developer.  The focus for discussion will be the impact that the Marine Action Plan will bring the UK marine renewables industry.  Key themes for the debate will be:
  • The role out for Marine Renewables over the next 20 years
  • The UK funding landscape and potential requirements
  • Does the UK have the infrastructure for delivery?
  • What can be done to reduce the cost of environmental monitoring the initial projects?
  • Will the UK maintain its current position as world leaders of the Wave & Tidal industry?
Panelists
  • Henry Jeffery, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Energy Systems, University of Edinburgh and Chair of Marine Action Plan Technology Road Map Group
  • Neil Kermode, Managing Director, The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Limited, Orkney and Chair of the Marine Action Plan Infrastructure Group
  • Trevor Raggatt, Deputy Head (Wave and Tidal Technologies), Wave & Tidal Unit, Office of Renewable Energy Deployment, Department of Energy and Climate Change and Chair of Marine Action Plan Finance Group
  • Nick Harrington, Head of Marine Energy, South West of England Regional Development Agency and Chair of Marine Action Plan Environment and Consenting Group
  • Sian McGrath, Head of Commercial Development, Aquamarine Power
  • Amaan Lafayette, Marine Development Manager, E.ON Engineering
17.30 Close

Member Seminar: Tools and Techniques for Working in the Marine Environment
Wednesday 3rd March 2010

An exciting afternoon workshop was held the day before the conference, which looked at the tools currently available and being developed for deployment of marine renewable energy. Further information.

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