BWEA Wave & Tidal 09

08.30

Registration and coffee

09.15

OPENING SESSION
Chaired by Alan Moore, BWEA Board Member

1. Alan Moore, BWEA Board Member
2. Lord Hunt, Minister for Sustainable Development and Energy Innovation & Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
3. Andrew Mill, Chair of BWEA Wave & Tidal Steering Group & CEO of NaREC
4. Kelvyn Derrick, Deputy Chairman, South West RDA: Core Sponsor Address

10.15

Coffee Break and Exhibition

11.00

DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT
Chaired by Stephen Wyatt, Marine Energy Accelerator Manager, The Carbon Trust

1. Paul Jordan, Business Development Director, Ocean Power Technologies: PowerBuoy Deployments and Developments
2. Dr. Jochen Weilepp, Head of Ocean Energies, Voith Hydro Holding GmbH & Co. KG: Progress on the Development of a Tidal Current Power Plant Optimized to Achieve Minimal Maintenance Costs
3. Max Carcas, Business Development Director, Pelamis Wave Power
4. Andrew Hine, Finance Director, Trident Energy: Offshore Testing and the Route to Commercial Viability
5. Sue Barr, Operations Manager, OpenHydro Group Ltd
6. Questions

12.30

Lunch Break and Exhibition

13.45

FROM TURF to SURF
Wave and tidal in the environment
Chaired by Richard Boud, Associate Director, Entec

1. Trevor Raggatt, Deputy Director Marine Energy and Operations, Energy Innovation Unit
2. Andrew Wood, Executive Director Evidence and Policy, Natural England: Wave and Tidal Energy: The Natural England View Natural England
3. David Ainsworth, Project Manager, Marine Current Turbines
4. Justine Saunders, Senior Consultant, ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd: Wet Renewable Energy devices - Developing Nature Conservation Strategies for Management
5. Martin Attrill, Acting Director of Marine Institute, PRIMaRE and University of Plymouth: Marine Renewable Energy and the Environment - Lessons from the Wave Hub
6. Questions

15.15

Coffee Break and Exhibition

16.00

MAJOR MARINE POWER DELIVERY
Getting connected
Chaired by Alan Moore, BWEA Board Member

1. Martin Simpson, Head of Technology & Projects, The Crown Estate: Pentland Firth Wave & Tidal Project
2. Christopher Towner, Senior Associate, Bond Pearce LLP: Getting Connected – What are the Grid Requirements of Projects and What is Being Done to Meet Them?
3. Nick Screen, Consultant, Redpoint Energy: The Benefits of Marine Technologies Within a Diversified Renewables Mix
4. Prof Roger Falconer, Cardiff University: Severn Barrage and Other Options: Hydro-environmental Modelling Studies
5. Questions

17.30

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