The Future Prospects for Onshore Wind

Monday, 12 November 2012

5.30pm to 9pm

Hosted by

1 America Square, Crosswall, London, EC3N 2SG

This launch event of the series will set out where we stand with onshore wind and why it is still a sub-sector with considerable potential, despite the regulatory uncertainty and the ongoing planning challenges. While offshore wind and solar seem to continue to catch the headlines, onshore wind still has a major part to play in a diverse future energy mix.

Rushlight Sustainable Resources Briefings will cover water, waste, oil & gas, minerals & mining and renewable energy.

Agenda for the evening

5.30pm Registration

6.00pm Welcome - Mark Bartholomew, SGH Martineau

6.10pm Regulatory, planning and contractual update - Neil Budd, SGH Martineau

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6.30pm PPA market - Simon Proctor, Good Energy

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6.50pm Risk management - James Green, JLT Group

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7.10pm Discussion Panel and Q&A, augmented by Peter Dickson, BNP Paribas and John Pugh-Smith, 39 Essex Street

7.30pm Networking, drinks and food

9.00pm Close

Speakers

Neil Budd - Senior Associate, SGH Martineau

Neil’s vast experience covers advising on the development, acquisition and financing of conventional and renewable energy projects across Europe. His experience includes advising on a broad range of projects which, in the renewable energy sphere, cover onshore and offshore wind, biomass, waste-to-energy and solar. Having spent the past 12 years practising exclusively in this area, Neil is regarded as an expert in his field with a long list of successful deals to his name.

Peter Dickson - Technical Director, BNP Paribas Clean Energy Partners

Peter Dickson is one of the founders of the BNP Paribas Clean Energy Fund. The Clean Energy Fund is one of the leading renewable energy infrastructure funds in Europe with a mandate to make direct investments into biomass fuelled power generation projects. In December 2011, the Fund purchased the 40MW Sleaford biomass plant in the UK, in a milestone deal that paves the way for further UK biomass development. The Fund is already looking at new projects and continues to actively seek new opportunities in European Biomass.

John Pugh-Smith - Barrister, 39 Essex Street

John was called to the Bar in 1977. Although he has a background in general civil litigation he has, for the last twenty years, practised mainly in the field of town and country planning, with related environmental, local government, parliamentary and property work, for the private and public sectors, and for interest groups. He has been the originating author and editor of several books for practitioners including Sweet & Maxwell’s “Shackleton’s Law of Meetings” (11th edn. 2008) and “Neighbours and the Law” (5th edn. 2009).

James Green- Renewable Energy Practice Leader, JLT Group

James leads JLT’s approach to Renewable Energy insurance and risk management delivery. In this area James’ principal role is to coordinate the approach of the dedicated renewable energy team, across all Renewable Energy sectors JLT focus on. This encompasses all key project phases, on an international basis. James is also heavily involved in product development, aimed at better addressing the ever evolving needs of this rapidly growing industry.

Simon Proctor - Commercial Generation Team Leader, Good Energy

Simon’s career began in wildlife conservation, co-ordinating field work programmes for marine habitat conservation projects in the Mediterranean. He moved into the renewables industry in 2008 and today works for Good Energy, managing their commercial generation propositions for large scale generators. A key area of Simon’s expertise is the Feed-in Tariff and Power Purchase Agreements (PPA), having worked on the design and implementation of FIT services for large and small generators alike. Good Energy supplies over 30,000 electricity customers and supports over 38,500 independent renewable generators, providing a trusted and ethical route to get paid for the energy they produce.

Who should attend?

This briefing is relevant for anyone who is interested or involved in onshore wind. In particular, attendees will be developers, technology suppliers, financiers, investors, planners, hosts or customers, consultants, advisers or other subsector followers.