BWEA
Session 1 | THE ROAD AHEAD FOR RENEWABLES (09.30 - 10.30) Session 2 | PLANNING DECISION TRENDS AND CUMULATIVE IMPACTS (11.00 - 12.30) Session 3 | DELIVERING THE MID WALES GRID (14.00 - 15.00) Session 4 | THE JOURNEY AHEAD – EVALUATING THE RENEWABLE ENERGY ROUTE MAP – PANEL DEBATE & QUESTION TIME (15.30 - 17.00)

Session 1 | THE ROAD AHEAD FOR RENEWABLES

  • Welcome by Maria McCaffery, Chief Executive, BWEA
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  • Jane Davidson AM, Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing
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  • Vincent Kane, Chairman, Windpower Wales - Core sponsor address
  • John Woodruff, Chair of BWEA Cymru & Senior Development Manager, The Natural Power Consultants Ltd

Session 2 | PLANNING DECISIONS TRENDS AND CUMULATIVE IMPACTS

Chaired by Conrad Trevelyan, Senior Project Manager, Dulas Ltd & Vice-Chair of BWEA Cymru

  • Julian Boswall, Partner, Eversheds LLP: Update on planning decisions and analysis of trends
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  • Jacob Hain, Renewables Developer, npower renewables: An introduction to the cumulative impacts posed by developing wind farms within the SSA’s
  • Simon Power, Associate Director, Arup: Cumulative impacts: approaches and acceptable impacts
  • Andrew Bullmore, Associate, Hoare Lee Acoustics: Assessment of cumulative noise
  • Session 2: Q & A

Session 3 | DELIVERING THE MID WALES GRID

Chaired by Paul Vernon, West Coast Energy

  • Graham Denison Smith, Senior Planning & Environment Officer, Land and Development Group National Grid: Grid connection requirements for TAN8 SSAs in mid Wales
  • Dr Maggie Hill, Regional Manager, South & East, Countryside Council for Wales: Working together on grid connection projects
  • Conrad Trevelyan, Senior Project Manager, Dulas Ltd & Vice-Chair of BWEA Cymru: From feasibility to delivery
  • Session 3: Q & A

Session 4 | THE JOURNEY AHEAD – EVALUATING THE RENEWABLE ENERGY ROUTE MAP – PANEL DEBATE & QUESTION TIME

A panel debate chaired by television/radio presenter Sarah Dickins, presenter of, among other programmes, BBC Radio Wales’ flagship news programme, ‘Good Morning Wales’

  • Session 4
  • Mike Batt, Carbon Trust Wales: Carbon savings potential from renewable technologies
  • Peter Davies, Vice-Chair, Sustainable Development Commission Wales: The Severn Barrage debate
  • Ron Loveland, Head of Sustainable Energy and Industry, Welsh Assembly Government: Outlining the Welsh ambition
  • Alun Pugh, Director of Cymdeithas Eryri & Chief Executive of the Vestri Foundation
  • Leanne Wood AM, Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales AM for South Wales Central
  • John Woodruff, Senior Development Manager, The Natural Power Consultants Ltd & Chairman of BWEA Cymru: The industry perspective