What Will This Meeting Cover?

Renewable Power Association Events

/ The Renewables Obligation – Technical Review
17th September 2003, 09:30
Ashurst Morris Crisp, Broadwalk House, 5 Appold Street, London EC2A 2HA.

With a novel and complex piece of legislation like the Renewables Obligation (RO) a few teething problems were always anticipated. Government intended from the outset to undertake a “technical review”, a year after the Obligation came into force, to check that it was working as envisaged.

The DTI consultation document, due at the end of July, is expected to suggest some 20 “technical changes” to the RO. Many will be minor “tidying up” of the wording. Some are expected to make it work better for small generators. The White paper intended that this revision would also look at possible changes of the biomass co-firing rules.

At this seminar the DTI will introduce the proposals made in its consultation document. The industry will then discuss and debate the major measures.

What will this meeting cover?

· An introduction by DTI of the consultation proposals

· Presentations for and against changes to the biomass co-firing rules

· A debate on the co-firing issue

· Presentation on the review’s other major measures and omissions

· A discussion and feedback session

How to book your place

The fee for attendance is:

For RPA members: / £ 50 + VAT
For non-members: / £ 120 + VAT

To secure your place, please send a cheque, together with a completed registration form (below) to: The Renewable Power Association, 30 Millbank, London, SW1P 4RD.

/ The Renewables Obligation
– Technical Review

Draft Programme

17th September 2003, 09:30
Ashurst Morris Crisp, Broadwalk House, 5 Appold Street, London EC2A 2HA.
9:30 / Registration and coffee
10:00 / Welcome and introduction
Chair, Philip Wolfe, Chief Executive RPA
10:05 / The DTI consultation document
Iain Todd, DTI
10:30 / Co-firing – the issues
Mary Miller, Ilex Energy Consulting
10:50 / PowerGen’s biomass plans
Tim Proudler, PowerGen TBC
11:10 / Successful co-firing under the current rules
Chris Moore / Ben Elsworth, AEP Energy Services
11:30 / Coffee
11:45 / Panel discussion – changes to co-firing rules
Sue Wheeler, Centrica Malcolm Chilton, EPRL
Peter Billins, TBC
13:00 / Lunch
14:15 / Conversion of fossil fuel fired plant to 100% biomass
Nick Booth, SembCorp
14:40 / Overview of the proposed amendments
Helen Loose, Ashurst Morris Crisp
15:00 / Amalgamation of ROCs from micro-renewable generation
Andreas Biermann, Energy Savings Trust
15:20 / What’s missing? TBA
15:40 / Panel discussion:
Iain Todd, DTI Representative of wind industry, TBA
Peter Webster, Cinergy Ian Garden, Bank of Scotland, invited.
David Sigsworth, Scottish and Southern
16:30 / Event closes
/ The Renewables Obligation
– Technical Review
17th September 2003, 09:30
Ashurst Morris Crisp, Broadwalk House, 5 Appold Street, London EC2A 2HA.

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