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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

BIOMASS PANEL: 14.15 16.15 LUDLOW 3Chair: 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 LUDLOW 2Chair: 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

HEAT PUMP PANEL: 14.15 16.15 NEWPORT 1Chair: Tony Bowen, Chair, Heat Pump Association What effect will the recent changes in RHI have on the ground sourceheating sector? Jake Salisbury, Head of Operations, GSHPA

The applications of air source heating in an agricultural environment Speaker TBC

Retro tting 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 2Chair: 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 StrategyManager, NNFCC

Financial yields of crops available Rob Meadley, Associate, Brown & Co Q&A

WIND PANEL (small to medium scale): 11.30 13.30 LUDLOW 3Chair: 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 nance 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 2Chair: 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 Certi cation Scheme Why is certi cation 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 1Chair: 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 ProjectManager, Hydro Survey Ltd

Planning and permitting requirements Chris Bainger, Midlands FisheriesTechnical Specialist (Hydropower), Environment agency

Refurbishing waterwheels is it viable? Speaker TBC Q&A

ENERGY MANAGEMENT PANEL: 11.30 13.30 NEWPORT 2Chair: 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