The UK government must double down on its support for the renewables sector amid growing net zero jitters and wider economic headwinds, All-Energy 2025 will hear.
Senior industry executives will tell officials from London as well as Holyrood that urgent clarity is required in a range of areas to ensure wind, solar and other technologies continue to be built.
Delegates in Glasgow will hear positivity about certain grid and planning reforms but will also be told the efforts do not go far enough and that the ongoing Review of Electricity Market Arrangements and uncertainty about network charging are threatening investment.
Scottish Renewables chief executive Claire Mack, who will speak during an offshore wind panel on Day 1, told reNEWS there have been “real strides” to overcome obstacles to deployment on grid connections reform and scaling up port infrastructure.
“However, high uncertainty on major policy decisions about market design and a lack of sustained project activity is damaging confidence when we need to invest and build at pace,” she said ahead of the event.
Siemens Energy UK and Ireland vice president Darren Davidson, who will speak during a Clean Power 2030 panel on Day 2, said it is vital London “stays on course” with the energy masterplan. “Something different will not help our objectives on energy security or net zero,” he said.
For the full story, read the first reNEWS Live@ All Energy 2025 show daily (sponsored by Shepherd and Wedderburn) from the event in Glasgow.
Other stories in the edition cover the North Sea Transition Authority’s message to delegates over collaboration for co-locating multiple offshore technologies, as well as civil engineering specialist Tony Gee’s call for a multifaceted approach to tackling the skills gap in the UK renewables sector.