RENEWABLE ENERGY CONFERENCE
March 4th 2004 at County Hall, Atlantic Wharf,
Cardiff Bay
Conference Programme
8.30 – 9.00 Registration
and Coffee.
9.00 – 9.10 Welcome to the conference: introduction of keynote speaker.
Len Taylor
Session 1: The Present Commitment to Wind Power
9.10 – 9.30 Keynote Speaker.
Rt.Hon Brian Wilson M.P. (Former
Energy Minister).
9.30 – 9.55 10%
of the nation’s energy by 2010! Is
this achievable by wind power?
Dr. Ian Mays (M.D. of Renewable Energy
Systems).
9.55 – 10.20 Wales’
contribution to wind power. (Installed
and planned.)
Hugh
Smallwood (M.D. of Tegni Cymru Cyf)).
10.20 – 10.45 The engineering challenge, particularly the
construction of the off-shore towers.
Peter
Clutterbuck (Construction Director, Seacore Ltd.).
10.45 – 11.15 Coffee
and Tea.
Session
2.
Tidal Power
11.15 - 11.55 The Severn Barrage; Renewable Energy’s “Big Beast”.
Roger Hull
(Severn Tidal Power Group).
Improving the power cycles of the barrage.
Dr Tom Shaw
(M.D. Shawater Ltd.).
11.55 – 12.20 A Lagooning
system for tidal power generation.
Peter Ullman
(M.D.Tidal Electric Ltd.).
12.20 – 12.45 Stingray tidal
stream generator and related developments
Magnus Campbell (Technical
Head – Mechanical, The Engineering Business.)
12.45 – 13.05 Questions
and Answers.
13.05 – 14.20 Lunch
and Exhibition.
Session
3. More Ocean Machines; Finally an
Authoritative Overview
14.20 – 14.25 Chairman for the afternoon Session – Geoff Evans
President of the South Wales Institute of Engineers
14.25 – 14.50 Solar Energy; Where are we going?
John Thorp (Director, Energy
Conservation and Solar Centre)
14.50 – 15.15 “Wave
Power” machines.
Andrew Scott (Project Development Engineer, Ocean Power Delivery).
15.15 – 15.45 Questions
& Answers.
15.45 – 16.15 An “overview”
of the Renewable Energy situation in the U.K.
Gaynor Hartnell (Director of Policy, Renewable Power Association.)
16.15 Close.