What should be in the UK’s energy mix to keep the lights on and meet decarbonisation targets?
The third roundtable in the Power 2020 series will focus on the UK’s energy mix.
What should the role of different technologies be in the UK’s energy mix? Can renewables be relied on to keep the lights on? What will be the likely impact of new sources of energy such as shale gas?
If decarbonisation targets are going to be met by 2030, Britain will need to embrace existing and other sources of energy such as low carbon heating, solar power, shale, clean coal, carbon capture, wind etc. Some believe that the main driver of energy policy should be decarbonisation not energy security. Politically, all parties need to have a coherent and long term view on the appropriate mix of options to boost security, decarbonise the energy system, deliver new jobs and raise tax revenue.
This seminar will take a realistic and long term view on how to achieve energy security and decarbonisation – the solutions and also the pitfalls.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, Minister of State for Energy
- Julie Elliott MP, Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change
- Nigel Fox, Energy Demand Manager at National Grid
- Tim Webb, Energy Editor of The Times (chair)
Who Attends
Power 2020 secures an audience of key industry influencers, political decision makers, trade bodies and consumer bodies with an interest in the in the sector. We also generate attendance from Ministers and Shadow Ministers, MPs and Peers interested in the sector and senior academics.
We have keynote contributions from other leading voices such as:
- Parliamentarians
- Senior industry representatives
- Senior figures from the regulators
- Investors
- Trade bodies, representative organizations and consumer bodies
- Academics
- Trade unions
- Industry commentators
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Power 2020: kick-starting Britain's energy revolution
Power 2020 is a national policy forum established to help kick start Britain’s energy revolution and change mind-sets.
Energy is in the policy spotlight following Labour’s promise to freeze energy prices and Government moves to reduce bills by removing the costs of some energy efficiency schemes away from energy companies.
The political battleground on energy prices comes at a time when the UK needs to attract significant investment to ensure the UK can enjoy security of supply as well as meet its climate change obligations.
The Power 2020 series of roundtable events will put the UK’s energy policy under the microscope and assess what needs to be done to respond to growing consumer, industry and business concerns over rising energy prices and lack of investment.
On the road to 2015, the Power 2020 series of policy roundtable events will kick start the debate between industry leaders and the key policy makers from each political party to find the answers to the BIG energy questions and shape tomorrow’s thinking.
The big six energy questions that Power 2020 will look at are:
- What will an energy price freeze mean for the consumer in 2017?
- Who benefits from the break-up of the big six?
- Does the UK have the skills and innovation to deliver an energy revolution?
- What should be in the UK’s “energy mix” to keep the lights on and meet decarbonisation targets?
- How can the UK energy market attract greater investment?
- Will plans for the wholesale electricity market, the break-up of the big six and abolition of OFGEM work to drive or kill competition and investment?
All these questions will be tackled and debated in the Power 2020 series on the road to 2015.