August 2022
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This conference focused on next steps for the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme.
It came with the recent changes to future CfD Allocation Rounds and alongside the new Energy Security Bill recently introduced into Parliament. There were also ambitions for renewables announced in the British energy security strategy, including increasing offshore wind and growing solar capacity.
Areas of discussion included:
- Allocation Round 4 - what has been learned - what can be applied going forward
- Holistic Network Design - scope - development priorities for offshore wind projects
- supply chains resilience - improvement of Supply Chain Plans - efficiency - infrastructure - commercialising emerging technologies
- market reform and development - outlook - competition and accessibility - reducing costs of technology - support for rapid and sustainable low carbon scale-up
- role in wider policy ambitions - energy security and costs - net-zero objectives - home-grown supply - reducing exposure to volatile international markets
We were pleased to be able to include keynote sessions with Helena Charlton, Head of Renewable Delivery Team, BEIS; Diveena Danabalan, Head of EIC Consult, Energy Industries Council; Julian Leslie, Head of Network Capability Electricity, Electricity System Operator, National Grid ESO; and Neil McDermott, Chief Executive, Low Carbon Contracts Company.
The conference was an opportunity for stakeholders to consider the issues alongside key policy officials who attended from BEIS; CCS; DIT; Department for the Economy, NI; DfT; DAERA, NI; NAO; EU Commission; Transport Scotland; The Scottish Government and the Welsh Government - as well as parliamentary pass-holders from the House of Lords.
