WJM Renewable Energy Seminar

Event Starts: 7th November 2024

ACHIEVING ALIGNMENT: The Realities of Delivering Net Zero

Renewable energy experts from Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP and Irwin Mitchell will be joined by
an exciting line-up of guest speakers at our annual seminar at the Royal Concert Hall,
Glasgow on Thursday 7 November.

Claire Petricca-Riding, Irwin Mitchell: Biodiversity Enhancement and Net Gain: Reviewing progress in England in the last six months in relation to Biodiversity Enhancement and Net Gain and examining what lessons we can learn

Fraser Gillies, WJM: Planning: Annual planning update, reflecting on the key planning decisions for renewables projects in the last year 

Geum Howatson, Locogen: Aviation Lighting: Aviation lighting and the Onshore Wind Sector Deal, the need for Guidance, and the work of the Aviation Lighting Guidance Working Group. 

Neil Copeland, NESO: Grid: Considering NESO’s work on Clean Power 2030 and summarising NESO’s proposals for aligning the connections process with the Government Clean Power Plan for 2030

Kate Dooley, RES: Politics & Policy: The REMA programme and market reform, what we need to see from the NPPF and Planning and Infrastructure Bill and the governance and politics of the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan.

Thursday 7 November, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

1.30pm: Registration opens
2.15pm: Move to seats
2.30pm: Welcome from Esme Macfarlane, Chair
2.40pm: Planning Update - Fraser Gillies, WJM
3.00pm: Bio-diversity Enhancement and Net Gain – Claire Petricca- Riding, Irwin Mitchell
3.20pm: Aviation Lighting – Geum Howatson, Locogen
3.40pm: Break
3.55pm: Politics and Policy – Kate Dooley, RES
4.15pm: Grid – Neil Copeland, NESO
4.35pm: Panel Q&A. Chaired by Esme Macfarlane. Panel: Fraser Gillies, Claire Petricca- Riding, Geum Howatson, Kate Dooley, Neil Copeland.
5pm: Finish, networking, drinks and canapes

Places are free and can be booked by emailing events@wjm.co.uk