In just over a week’s time Glasgow’s SEC will be abuzz with renewable and low carbon energy experts from the UK and overseas at the annual All-Energy and co-located Dcarbonise exhibition and conference.
Humza Yousaf MSP, First Minister of Scotland, will be speaking in the opening plenary session on Wednesday 10 May and four of his ministers will also be taking part in relevant sessions during the two-day event.
“We are delighted by this level of support from the Scottish Government,” said Jonathan Heastie, portfolio director, Energy & Marine at RX Global, which owns and organises the two events.
“This is the 22nd anniversary for All-Energy and the third edition of Dcarbonise.
“All-Energy has spent two decades helping the UK to decarbonise its power supply. Dcarbonise has been introduced to ensure that private and public sector energy end-users gain the same access to advice and technology to assist them in their plans to decarbonise their buildings, businesses, and transportation.”
The First Minister will be speaking on 10 May in the opening plenary session at 09:00, featuring Keith Anderson, ScottishPower’s CEO who will both chair and speak in the session.
Other plenary session speakers are Jim Skea, UK candidate for IPCC Chair 2023, professor at Imperial College London, and chair of the Scottish Just Transition Commission; David Bunch, country chair, Shell UK; Chris Stark, chief executive of the Climate Change Committee (speaking on Reliable, Resilient, Zero Carbon Power); and Councillor Susan Aitken, Leader of Glasgow City Council
Three other Scottish Government Ministers will also be speaking on 10 May, including Lorna Slater MSP, Scotland’s Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity.
She will be one of the speakers in ‘Working for Net Zero – ensuring good quality and sustainable jobs’, a joint Centre for Energy Policy (CEP) and Future Energy Skills (FES) programme event.
Scotland’s Energy Minister Gillian Martin MSP will get the plenary session on Thursday 11 May off to a flying start at 09:00 in a ‘Meet the Minister’ spot with a keynote address and answering audience questions before a panel takes on the subject of ‘Zero emission electricity 100% of the time: How do we deliver a net zero GB electricity system by 2035?’ chaired by Simon Harrison, Head of Group at Strategy at Mott MacDonald.
His panellists are Adam Berman, deputy director, Energy UK; Tom Smout, senior associate, Aurora Energy Research; Rebecca Barnett, director of networks, Ofgem; Laura Fleming, chief executive, Hitachi UK; and Steve Scrimshaw, vice president, Siemens Energy UK & Ireland.
Full details on all aspects of the show can be found at www.all-energy.co.uk.
All-Energy’s Headline Sponsor is Shepherd and Wedderburn and other sponsors include ScottishPower, Shell UK, Siemens Energy, Ventient Energy and DWF.