Thursday 13 June: Generation 2.0 Stream

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08:30
Welcome Coffee
08:50
Opening remarks from the Chair

Peta Ashworth
Director, Curtin Institute for Energy Transition
Curtin University

Creating the policy environment to foster growth in the renewable energy sector
09:00
INTERNATIONAL ADDRESS: Defining effective policy and regulatory settings that can expedite decentralised energy generation
  • Defining strategies to ease the backlog of connection requests from energy developers
  • Regulatory options to manage the growth in decentralised generation and maximise its value
  • Innovation in renewables policy to encourage growth – what works and what doesn’t?

Jignasa Gadani
Director, Office of Energy Policy and Innovation
US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

 

09:30
Supercharging the rollout of renewables – addressing the lack of action on renewables build-out
  • Will the Capacity Investment Scheme be more successful than the RET in ramping up renewable development?
  • Integrating power supply with transport and industry demand
  • Distilling the electricity market reform which will encourage more renewable generation

Frank Jotzo
Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy; Head of Energy, Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions
Australian National University (ANU)

10:00
ATCO presentation

John Ivulich
Chief Executive Officer & Country Chair
ATCO

10:20
PANEL DISCUSSION: Which generation formats are going to contribute most in the long and short term?

Renewable generation in Australia is dominated by solar and on-shore wind. This panel will explore the viability of underdeveloped energy technologies in Australia

  • How can the Australian regulatory system better support new technologies for efficient energy generation?
  • How can the economic feasibility of new generation formats be accurately assessed?
  • Which energy formats can be implemented in time to be helpful to the transition, and which are longer-term propositions?
  • Who should carry standing risk with new generation projects?

Moderator:

Erin Coldham
Chief Development Officer
Star of the South

Panellists:

Ian Brooksbank
Chief Executive Officer
Hydro Tasmania

Michael Brear
Director
Melbourne Energy Institute (MEI)

Chloe Hicks
Executive Director, Strategy and Policy
Energy Corporation of NSW (EnergyCo)

11:00
Morning tea in the expo hall
Creating solutions that work for all stakeholders – local community, investors and buyers of renewable energy
11:40
Examining models for selling energy and how renewable energy producers can meet the needs of buyers
  • Resolving the thorny issues emerging for PPAs (eg dealing with negative prices, impact of LCGs)
  • Addressing increased concerns about Scope 2 emissions with innovative renewable energy purchasing alternatives (distributed energy behind-the-meter, community energy and project equity opportunities)
  • Ensuring buyers are not scared off new, large-scale transmission projects by politically divisive misinformation

Jackie McKeon
Program Director
Business Renewables Centre Australia (BRC-A)

12:10
Powering the transition toward sustainable energy generation with hydro
  • Harnessing hydroelectric innovation for robust and sustainable energy production
  • Integrating hydropower into diverse energy mixes for resilient generation
  • Advocating for policies that recognize the long-term value of hydropower

Markus Brokhof
Chief Operating Officer
AGL

12:40
Navigating the green divide: strategies to overcome new and entrenched barriers to delivering a clean energy future
  • What’s really holding us back from a wind, solar and storage energy system in Australia?
  • How do we address the new and emerging trade-offs in a transition to 100 per cent renewable energy?
  • How can investors, industry, governments, communities and customers truly align on a net zero agenda?

Rik De Buyserie
Chief Executive Officer
ENGIE Australia & New Zealand

13:10
Lunch in the expo hall
14:20
Investor perspective: dodging the transmission logjam and unlocking the investment pipeline
  • Investing in smaller renewables and storage projects which can deploy faster and have lower risk and quicker grid connections
  • Using platforms to smooth administration when a multitude of smaller companies and projects are involved
  • Building a deep pipeline of projects in large-scale energy transition and renewables projects

Lachlan Creswell
Head of Green Investment Group ANZ
Macquarie Asset Management

Heat energy 2.0: reshaping the landscape of renewable heating in tomorrow's energy mix
14:50
Future gas demand for gas-powered generation (GPG) - uncertainties, implications and transition concerns
  • Modelling the growing volatility in future gas demand for power generation, as the NEM transforms
  • Assessing the ability of current physical systems and markets to cope with highly uncertain future GPG demand patterns
  • Implications for the gas and electricity sectors, and energy transition planners

Joe Lane
Senior Research Fellow
UQ Centre for Natural Gas

15:20
INTERNATIONAL ADDRESS: US perspective on transitioning from fossil fuels to low carbon power as an on-site generator
  • What strategies can be implemented during the transition, to ensure a high level of reliability and resiliency on critical infrastructure assets
  • How the IRA incentivises the transition at a local level in the US

Malcolm Bambling
Senior Manager Central Power Plant
University of Michigan

15:50
Afternoon tea in the expo hall
From fossil to phoenix: the rise of green heat solutions in the next wave of energy transformation
16:10
Accelerating the production of renewable gas projects within the next few years to meet net zero goals
  • Standardisation of Guarantee of Origin and infrastructure to ensure compatibility with low carbon solutions (LCS)
  • Examining pathways for integrating natural gas into projects versus operating renewable sources independently
  • Determining the policy and regulations to incentivise the development of renewable gas

Emma Roberts
Executive General Manager Future Energy
CS Energy

16:40
PANEL DISCUSSION: What is the future of gas-powered generation in Australia?
  • How do the tightened emission reduction targets impact gas-powered generation?
  • How vital is gas to filling reliability gaps as coal generation retires over the next 3-4 years?
  • Can gas-powered generation move from natural gas to alternatives smoothly?

Panellists:

Joe Lane
Senior Research Fellow
UQ Centre for Natural Gas

Cathryn McArthur
Executive General Manager, Customer and Strategy
Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG)

John Ivulich
Chief Executive Officer & Country Chair
ATCO

Jane Ballard
Partner
Herbert Smith Freehills

17:20
Closing remarks from Chair
17:30
End of Generation 2.0 stream