ENERGYx2022 North | Chester Racecourse | 21st September 2022

Published 15 Aug 2022

ENERGYx2022 North | Chester Racecourse | 21st September 2022 | Book Now

ENERGYX2022 north

What:  ENERGYx2022 North | Electrical Industry Event
Where: Chester Racecourse, New Crane Street, Chester, CH1 2LY
When:  Wednesday 21st September 2022 09:00 – 16:00
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ENERGYx2022 North is an Exhibition and Conference for anyone working within the Electricity Industry (distribution network operators, private network operators, energy transmission, renewable energy, telecommunications, and rail companies). This Net Zero event combines Overhead Lines, Plant and Cables as well as featuring the Health & Safety aspects.

Thorne & Derrick are delighted to announce that we are exhibiting at ENERGYx2022 North taking place this September at Chester Racecourse. Earlier in the year we were Exhibition Sponsors for ENERGYx2022 South in Chester. We would like to take this opportunity to invite our supply chain to attend this prestigious event.

Thorne & Derrick will be showcasing a range of products including the Strutslayr Rigid Tool, HV Joints, Terminations and Connectors, Arc Flash PPE & Electrical Safety Equipment and Cable Jointing Tools.

There is much to see and do at ENERGYx2022 North, be that hear from leading industry figures, meet the best of the supplier base, take part in practical health and safety demonstrations, and sample the food drink and entertainment available at the Networking event the evening prior.

This event will be attended and supported by a wide mix of people working in Electrical Utilities, Network Operators, DNOs, Railway Companies, Transport Specialists, Renewable Companies, Civil Works, Health & Safety, Telecom, data centres and Industrial Manufacturers with private networks.

Following on from ENERGYx2020/21, COP26 and the UK government’s drive for us all to reduce the use of fossil fuels ENERGYx2022 will be a great place to benchmark our progress. The challenges reaching Net Zero creates for transmitting and distributing electricity whilst maintaining safe and reliable networks, though not insurmountable requires a lot of joined up and collaborative thinking.

With the proliferation of working from home it has become more difficult to meet and network with potential customers and suppliers and therefore events such as ENERGYx and The Electrical Engineers Circle have grown in importance.

Contact Louise Purcell Events Director at Energy Network Events Limited to discuss further:
Tel: +44 (0)121 736 0411
Mobile: +44(0)7581 779661
Email: [email protected]

Energyx2022 North Confirmed Speakers

Liam O’Sullivan – Licence Director, SP Manweb, SP Energy Networks

Liam O’Sullivan is the Licence Director for the SP Manweb area for SP Energy Networks. He started his professional career in ScottishPower in 2000 and has gained a wealth of experience in several senior roles, in both the Retail and Networks businesses, including Customer Collections, E-Commerce, Network Operations, Customer Connections and Large Capital Investment Projects.

In his current role, he is responsible for the electricity distribution network in North West England, North and Mid Wales. As a result of the decarbonisation of transport and heat networks, demand and reliance on our electricity network infrastructure is expected to increase significantly. Liam is committed to ensuring a smooth transition to low carbon technologies for all industrial, commercial and domestic customers in Merseyside, Cheshire, North Shropshire and North Wales.

Cara Blockley – Head of DSO Strategy, Electricity North West

Cara has been with Electricity North West for 14 years working in network innovation and transition to distribution system operations for the last 8 of those. Cara has responsibility for the teams who are charged with leading the North West to Net Zero.

This means ensuring we understand what the needs of our customers will be in relation to network capacity requirements, seeking innovative, flexible solutions to those requirements through running tenders for flexibility and supporting the adoption of low carbon technologies.

Geoff Murphy – Head of Delivery for Low Carbon Technology and Low Voltage Cables, SP ENERGY Networks

Geoff is currently the Head of Delivery for Low Carbon Technology and Low Voltage Cables in the SP Manweb Licence Area. He is a Chartered Engineer that has worked for SP Energy Networks for 18 years.

During this time, he has held several varied positions within the organisation, with a strong focus on developing, trialling an implementing innovation strategies and solutions.

Kailash Singh – Lead Engineer – Future System Strategy, SP Energy Networks

Kailash Singh is a Lead Engineer within Future System Strategy team at SP Energy Networks.  With over 15 years of industry experience, Kailash is specialised in power system planning, design, and network innovation.

At SP Energy Networks Kailash is involved in development of the state-of the art Engineering Net Zero (ENZ) Model which underpins Load Related Expenditure (LRE) within SPEN’s RIIO-ED2 Business Plans.  Kailash has been instrumental in development of SPEN’s flexible network planning process and have been involved in assessment of over 1.5GW of flexibility capacity across both distribution license areas of SPEN.

Professor John Barrett OBE

John is a Professor in Energy and Climate Policy at the Sustainable Research Institute, University of Leeds with over 20 years of experience in energy and climate policy. John’s research interests include energy demand, resource productivity, energy and economy modelling, carbon accounting and exploring low carbon transitions.

John has been the Director of a number of large research centres that has employed a range of modelling approaches to understand how changes in production and consumption can contribute to a low carbon future. John was the Director of the Centre for Industrial Energy, Materials and Products (CIE-MAP – www.ciemap.ac.uk), a £4 million initiative funded by the UK Research Council. The centre explored how using material and products differently could contribute to the UK carbon targets. John is now a Co-Director for the Centre for Research in Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS – www.creds.ac.uk). This £19 million initiative is a new research centre established in 2018 with a vision to make the UK a leader in understanding the changes in energy demand needed for the transition to a secure an affordable, low carbon energy system.

John’s research is applied in various arena having been an advisor to a number of UK Government departments, Government Select Committees and agencies such as the Committee on Climate Change. John’s research team are responsible for providing annual headline Government indicators, including an indicator on “Consumption-based GHG emissions” and “Resource Productivity”. His research findings have provided evidence and influenced many Government publications related to energy demand projections, climate policy and resources and waste strategies. John was also a lead author for the International Panel on Climate Change, Working Group III.

Helen Gaier-Laidlaw – Licence Programmes Manager, SP Energy Networks

Helen is responsible for the development and delivery of investment programmes for SP Energy Networks including Overhead lines, vegetation management, telecoms, civils, Low Carbon Technology connections and investments including EVs and heat pumps.

Management of budgets, asset and business performance as well as preparing for the next Price Control contract from Ofgem and enabling SP Energy Networks transition to Net Zero.

Tom Walsh – District General Manager – Scottish Power

Tom leads a multidiscipline team to build, operate and maintain the EHV, HV & LV electricity distribution network in Merseyside and delivering a world class customer experience.

Tom is an experienced GM with a demonstrated history of working in the construction and utilities industries.

Guy Shapland – Lead Commercial and Policy Analyst, SP Energy Networks

Guy started his career in Manweb in 1993 as an apprentice jointer and has worked in many areas throughout his time. More recently Guy has been taking a lead role in developing the processes and systems to manage the procurement and operation of flexibility services.

Jason Hicks – Offshore Network Strategy Manager, National Grid ESO

Jason started his career at National Grid in 2011. During this time, Jason has been responsible for producing the Network Options Assessment (NOA) signalling the future transmission network requirements needed to deliver the renewable energy revolution.

With 10 years’ experience in onshore network planning Jason recently pivoted into the offshore network planning space. Since then, Jason has developed the Holistic Network Design, a first-of-a-kind plan to coordinate the connection of 23GW of offshore wind and recommend the key onshore and offshore infrastructure requirements necessary to facilitate the Government’s ambition of connecting 50GW of offshore wind by 2030.

In his current role, Jason is continuing to develop the strategy that delivers a future offshore transmission network, unlocking access to large volumes of renewable generation and paving the way to Net Zero.

Simon Sutton

Simon has over 25 years’ experience in the electricity transmission and distribution industry predominantly in the cables sector. He has worked in the cable materials supply industry, as the cables policy manager for a transmission utility and in the research sector. His interests also include condition monitoring, diagnostic testing, forensics and asset management.

Simon now works as Director of Professional Services for Altanova and is based in the UK. His responsibilities include business strategy, external relationships, and the coordination of technical activities around the world.

Simon holds a degree and PhD in Physics both from the University of Reading. He is active in International professional bodies and recently became chairman of CIGRE Study Committee D1, Materials and Emerging Test Techniques. He is also a member of the editorial board of the IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine and a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the University of Southampton.

Sebastian Ebert – M Sc of Engineering / Diplom-Ingenieur Elektrotechnik (FH)

Sebastian graduated from the University of applied sciences Zittau, Görlitz (Germany) as a Electrical Engineer and has worked in the industry for nearly 20 years in Germany and across the world. He has been with Suedkabel since 2019 and as a keen environmentalist he and his team want to play their part in helping with the drive to Net Zero.

Based on what we learnt at previous ENERGYx events we thought it fitting to have a speaker from a world class manufacturer, Suedkabel, who have been producing high quality cables and accessories for more than 120 years.

Sebastian will speak about the importance of maximizing the use of European power cable system manufacturing with technological leadership and sustainable advantage as contribution to meet the climate targets to drive the energy transition in the UK and in Europe.

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