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19 September 2012 | Strand Palace Hotel, London

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Please note this programme is a work-in-progress. Topics, subjects and speakers are subject to change.

 

08:15

Registration and refreshments

 

09:00

Seminar chair’s welcome and introduction

Steve Johnson, Chief Executive,  Electricity North West and Chair of Energy Networks Association

 

09:10

Smart Grid – policy, regulation and incentives

  • Low Carbon Network Fund (LCNF)
  • RIIO (Revenue = Incentives + Innovation + Outcomes)
  • Price control review 2015-23 – well justified business plans
  • Impact on collaboration and innovation

Gareth Evans, Head of Profession Engineering, Ofgem

 

09:40

Questions and discussions

 

09:50

How will Smart Grids become business as usual?

  • Integrating frameworks
  • Standardisation, test and certification
  • Knowledge and supply chain
  • Investment cases and their modelling

John Scott, Director, Chiltern Power

 

10:10

Questions and discussions

 

10:20

Smart Grid modelling cost benefit analysis

  • The Smart Grid Forum cost benefit model development
  • Results at national level
  • RIIO impact at company level
  • Consortium of companies

Dave A Roberts, Sustainable Networks Director, EA Technology

 

10:40

Questions and discussions

 

10:50

Refreshments and networking opportunity

 

11:15

Smarter transmission – UK’s west coast HVDC link, and beyond

  • The business case
  • Funding and finance
  • The technology
  • Future use of DC in distribution

Vandad Hamidi, SMARTer System Performance Manager, National Grid
Ian Talbot, Project Director Western Link, Siemens
Roger Critchley, Head of Strategy, Collaborative Developments & Power Electronics, Alstom Grid

 

11:45

Energy storage systems in future low carbon electrical networks

  • Storage size and location across voltage levels
  • Real time storage control techniques
  • Technical network benefits

Professor Phil Taylor, DONG Energy chair of renewable energy, Durham University

Liquid air energy storage: supporting the low carbon electrical network

  • A here and now solution
  • A proven solution
  • A scalable solution

Gareth Brett, CEO, Highview Power Storage

 

12:25

Questions and discussions

 

 

Announcement on DECC’s new funding competition

Craig Lucas, Head of Engineering, Department of Energy and Climate Change

 

12:35

Lunch and networking

 

13:35

Low voltage feeder management

  • Partnerships and innovation
  • LV fault management
  • Network performance
  • Intelligence and automation

Peter Cunningham, Managing Director, Kelvatek

 

14:00

Questions and discussions

 

14:10

Grid capacity, stability and security

  • Network reliability
  • Fault management
  • Voltage management

Bob Currie, Technical Director and Co-Founder, Smarter Grid Solutions

 

14:40

Questions and discussions

 

14:50

Refreshments and networking opportunity

 

15:20

Panel discussion: Smart Grid communications and data management

  • IT platform
  • Convergence versus self-contained networks
  • The role of smart meters and managing the data
  • Availability of spectrum

David Pitcher, UK Manager, Power Plus Communications (PPC)
David Kirkland, Technical Solutions Director, GE Energy
Peter Johnson, VP Smart Grids, Alcatel-Lucent
Simon Noon, Business Development Manager EMEA, Tait

 

16:20

Conference Chair’s final remarks

 

16:30Close of event

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