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The DTI (now BERR) committed to hearing the views of a broad range of key stakeholders and organisations during the Energy Review consultation. As part of this commitment we held a number of stakeholder seminars across the United Kingdom.
Summaries of the main points raised at the seminars can be found below, together with the accompanying presentations and a list of the organisations that attended.
Tower Thistle Hotel, London, 27th January
This seminar was hosted by Malcolm Wicks, Minister of State for Energy. Attendees discussed the prospects for investment in the UK's energy industry, considered the impediments to investment, and thought about how networks should respond to new gas and electricity capacity. They also looked at what the UK could do to influence the international agenda, and how UKCS can contribute to meeting the UK's energy goals in the medium and long term.
Radisson SAS Hotel, Birmingham, 31st January
This seminar was hosted by Malcolm Wicks, Minister of State for Energy. Attendees discussed a range of issues around both these topics, including how to make businesses and households use their energy more efficiently, and what could be done to reduce the number of people in fuel poverty.
Bristol, 20 February 2006
This seminar was hosted by Alan Johnson, Secretary of State for Trade. Attendees discussed the key issues for security of supply in the UK in the coming years, and considered the implications of increased reliance on imported fuels. They also looked at the impediments to investing in new gas and electricity capacity, and suggested what role the government might play.
Edinburgh, 23rd February
This seminar was hosted by Malcolm Wicks, Minister of State for Energy. Attendees discussed whether the government is right to pursue ‘technology-neutral’ measures such as the Renewables Obligation or carbon trading schemes, and the current measures being taken to promote close-to-market technologies. They also looked at the drivers and barriers to industry investment in RD&D, and the government's approach to tackling climate change and security of supply issues in transport.
St.David's Hotel, Cardiff, 27 February 2006
This seminar was hosted by Malcolm Wicks, Minister of State for Energy. Attendees discussed a range of issues including the role could renewables play in our long term energy policy, what barriers need to be addressed in order to ensure that we meet our 2010 target for renewables, and what more could the government do to promote those renewable technologies that are not currently being built on a commercial scale.
Radisson SAS Hotel, Manchester Airport, 9 March 2006
This seminar was hosted by Malcolm Wicks, Minister of State for Energy. Attendees discussed a range of issues including what role, if any, should nuclear play in our long term energy policy, and how new nuclear could help meet our goals.
Ramada Jarvis Hotel, Brighton, 20th March
This seminar was hosted by Paul McIntyre, Head of the Energy Review Team. Attendees discussed the possible costs, risks and opportunities for UK business arising from climate change and what policy mechanisms might be most effective in delivering UK climate change goals whilst taking account of business concerns.
Middlesbrough Football Club, Middlesbrough, 24 March 2006
This seminar was hosted by Malcolm Wicks, Minister of State for Energy. Attendees discussed a range of issues including the potential role carbon capture and storage (CCS) could have in our long term energy policy and meeting our goals, and considered the timescales, impediments and potential solutions for deploying CCS in the UK.
Stormont Hotel, Belfast, 7th March 2006
This seminar was jointly organised and hosted by the Department of Enterprise, Trade & Investment (DETI) Northern Ireland and the DTI. The seminar was attended by 50 senior representatives from the Northern Ireland energy sector, together with some observers from the Republic of Ireland. Jenny Pyper, Head of Energy Policy, DETI opened the seminar and put the Energy Review in the context of Northern Ireland. Paul McIntyre, Head of the DTI's Energy Review Team gave an overview of the key issues for the Review before opening-up the discussion. In groups attendees discussed: carbon emissions; security of supply; low carbon technology; and fuel poverty.
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