Peta Ashworth
Director, Curtin Institute for Energy Transition
Curtin University
- 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)
- 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)
John Ivulich
Chief Executive Officer & Country Chair
ATCO
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)
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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