Westminster Insight’s Clean Power Conference will bring together industry representatives, regulators, and government to discuss the next steps for renewable energy development, grid connectivity and energy security across the UK.
Chaired by EDF Renewables and with contributions from a range of UK experts in renewable energy, we will hear about forthcoming changes to energy planning, policy, and funding in the following areas:
- Onshore and offshore wind
- Solar energy and batteries
- Tidal energy
- New low-carbon technologies, including hydrogen and carbon capture and storage
Key Points:
- Navigating rapidly changing regulatory landscapes in renewable energy
- An update on the creation of GB Energy and the 2030 clean power mission
- The role of the National Energy System Operator (NESO)
- Measures in the Budget to support the clean energy transition and the creation of the National Wealth Fund
- Green jobs – Building sustainable job markets in the renewables sector
- Infrastructure development and priorities to speed up grid connections
- Practical strategies to improving planning procedures for renewable developments
- Accelerating wind projects and capitalising on the potential of tidal stream energy
- Reducing barriers in the planning system
- New dispatchable low-carbon technologies, including hydrogen and carbon capture and storage (CCS)