2025 Programme
Registration & networking
North East England – Powering Energy Transition
• Welcome, Caroline Lofthouse, NOF
• Diamond Sponsor, David Brennan, Eastgate Engineering
• The UK’s mission for clean power and the role of North East England as an industrial powerhouse for energy transition, Rob Gilbert, Great British Energy
• Enabling the connection of clean power projects, Paul Glendinning, Northern PowerGrid
• Event Partner Welcome, Matt Ord, Interim Chair of the Tees Valley Business Board
• The need for a balanced energy mix in the UK, Bill Cattanach OBE, North Sea Transition Authority
• Closing Remarks, Caroline Lofthouse, NOF
Networking Break
Decarbonisation not deindustrialisation, a focus on CCS, Hydrogen and Energy Storage
• Session Welcome, Caroline Lofthouse, NOF
• Tees Valley, our ambition to deliver the world’s first net zero industrial cluster by 2040, Chris Rowell,
Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA)
• Tees Valley Carbon Capture Plant, Sinead Goodall, SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK
•Developing new energy infrastructures for the future, Matt Wilson, Navigator Terminals
•Net Zero Teesside Power – project update, Matthew Allan, Technip Energies, Hugh Ferguson,
Balfour Beatty & Rachel Kaye, Balfour Beatty
• Teesside Gigapark, our new battery energy storage project, James Doig & Calum Munro, NatPower UK
• The UK Hydrogen Value Chain, Orla Davin, Siemens Digital
• The Tees Green Hydrogen Project update, Pete Fear, Hynamics
• Closing Remarks, Caroline Lofthouse, NOF
Networking Lunch
Beyond carbon
• Session welcome, Caroline Lofthouse, NOF​
• North East England, at the forefront of the green energy revolution, Ross Lowrie, North East Combined Authority (NECA)
• Supplying green hydrogen to power industry and transport partners in the North East of England, Boris Davis, Lhyfe
• Providing a secure and sustainable supply of domestic lithium with associated geothermal energy from underground brines in Weardale, County Durham, Stewart Dickson, Weardale Lithium
• Deep water offshore wind in North East England, Tom Nightingale, Equinor and
Energi Coast Deputy Chair
• Powering the UK, naturally through Geothermal, Professor Jon Gluyas, National Geothermal Centre
• Closing Remarks, Caroline Lofthouse, NOF
Networking Break
Sustainable Aviation Fuels – new and emerging opportunities for the supply chain
• Session welcome, Caroline Lofthouse, NOF
• The SAF opportunity – promoting the uptake of better road, aviation and maritime fuels,
Gaynor Hartnell, Renewable Transport Fuel Association
• SAF production to scale with Project Speedbird, Richard Marsh, LanzaJet
• Propelling the future of aviation, Tom Andrews, Willis Sustainable Fuels
• Lighthouse Green Fuels – the jet fuel for Net Zero, Andrew Beckett, Alfanar Projects
• The reindustrialisation of Teesside, Professor Martin Atkins, Green Lizard Technologies & Paul Foster CBE, Community Nuclear Power
• Decarbonising Teesside: The X-energy nuclear solution, Leon Flexman, X-energy
• Closing Remarks, Caroline Lofthouse, NOF
Supply Chain Side Sessions
Better Energy Together for a Sustainable Future, Alasdair Smith, THREE60 Energy
Bigging up manufacturing in North East England, Eric Finé, Smulders
Driving the energy transition on Teesside – clean energy investment, Gillian Baker, Sembcorp
Working with the local supply chain on the O&M contract for the Tees Renewable Energy Plant, Christine McKie, px Group
Engaging with the local supply chain, Faye Ward, Wood
The UK Defence sector opportunity, Bill Scott OBE, Wilton Group and NOF Ambassador
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