 Deloitte hosted Revitalised resources, a renewable energy seminar, on Thursday 24 May 2007 in The Deloitte Academy. Hosted the day after the Government released its Energy White Paper, much of the discussion focused on this area.
As part of the seminar Deloitte conducted an interactive survey and have since evaluated the specific industry issues discusssed. For further information please download our publication Revitalised resources (PDF, 418KB).
Speakers and presentations: Tom Murley, Director and Head of Renewable Energy Team, HgCapital Lord Colin Moynihan, Executive Chairman, Clipper Windpower Europe Ltd and Executive Chairman, Ocean Power Delivery Ltd
Theme:
The UK Government’s stated objective is that “we must significantly increase investment in, and support for, renewable energy.” The forthcoming Energy White Paper is expected to address in more detail the Government’s thinking on the optimal framework to deliver clean, secure and sufficient energy in the long-term. In the meantime, renewable energy businesses and investors have to make decisions on how the landscape will look in 2020 and beyond. The recent agreement on binding EU wide renewables targets, developments on nuclear and last year’s Energy Review are just some of the factors that have to be taken into account. It is clear that there is no simple, single solution and a more balanced approach, driven by technological advances, increased efficiency and demand management, will be needed. However, as policy objectives and implementation are being refined, a number of questions for business are only being answered, slowly if at all. |
