Programme

Registration & networking

North East England – Driving the green economy

• Welcome, Caroline Lofthouse, NOF

• Diamond Sponsor, David Brennan, Eastgate Engineering

• The UK’s mission for clean power and the role of North East England, Rob Gilbert, Great British Energy

• Enabling the connection of clean power projects, Speaker TBC, National Grid

• 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)

• Developing new energy infrastructures for the future, Speaker TBC, Navigator Terminals

• Net Zero Teesside Power – project update, Matthew Allan, Technip Energies, Hugh Ferguson, Balfour Beatty & Rachel Kaye, Balfour Beatty

• Opportunities and gaps in the UK supply chain for Hydrogen / potential Teesside project overview, Andy Lane, 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

• 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, 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, Daniel Bloch, Lanzajet

• Propelling the future of aviation, Speaker TBC, Willis Aviation

• Lighthouse Green Fuels – the jet fuel for Net Zero, Speaker TBC, Alfanar

• Green Lizard Power to Liquids update, Speaker TBC

• Creating value from waste: producing Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) from recycled waste tyres,

Mike Doanghey, Wastefront

• Closing Remarks, Caroline Lofthouse, NOF

Supply Chain Side Sessions

Bigging up manufacturing in North East England, Jan de Ryker, 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, Tracy Wilson-Long, px Group
Energy to change the world – decarbonisation and asset life extension, Speaker TBC, GE Vernova