Kick-start Your Low Carbon Innovation Journey in the Energy Efficiency in Buildings Sector

Tuesday 1st December 2020

10:00 - 11:00, online

This webinar will cover:

• Putting a face to the name
  -    Introductions and hello
• ETP overview:
  -    Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN) information
  -    STEP information
  -    How to apply for funding
  -    PhD funding opportunities
  -    EEB events and ETP events
• Energy Efficiency in Buildings Theme:
  -    Overview of what the Theme covers
  -    How we work with other ETP Energy Themes, e.g. Marine, Wind etc
  -    Project examples
• Case study videos:
  -    An SME perspective
  -    An academics perspective
• Q&A

Speakers:

Laura Finlay, Business Development Manager
Laura is the Business Development Manager for Energy Efficiency in Buildings. For the last 8 years Laura has been working in a range of offshore renewable energy roles including coordination of offshore testing of the performance of tidal turbines, to the project management of a large international consortium developing design tools for ocean energy arrays. Laura is currently working with SMEs and academics to facilitate collaboration through the Knowledge Exchange Network in order to stimulate market demand in low carbon technologies across Scotland.

Tom Bent, Business Development Manager
Tom is a wholesale energy market expert, working as an independent consultant for a variety of clients including the ETP. Tom will work alongside Laura Finlay in the Energy Efficiency in Buildings theme, providing business development support. Prior to becoming a consultant Tom worked as a trader and manager in the energy markets for 18 years, most recently as SSE’s Director of Trading and Operations. Tom is passionate about supporting the evolution of energy markets towards a more efficient and lower carbon future, and helping commercialise bright ideas.

Dr Amar Bennadji, Robert Gordon University

Dr Roy Bartle, University of Highlands & Islands

Rory Bergin, Partner, Sustainable Futures, HTA Design LLP

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Kick-start Your Low Carbon Innovation Journey in the Wind Energy Sector

Tuesday 8th December 2020

14:00 - 14:40, online

This webinar will cover:

• Introduction to ETP and the support available
• Introduction to the wind theme and project inspiration/priority areas
• Case study: Technology for Advanced Offshore Solutions
  

Speakers:

Alex Louden, Business Development Manager, ETP
Alex has been working in the wind industry since 2017, with the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult. His role is shared with ETP, enabling him to expand his SME-support activities at ORE Catapult with the support available through ETP. Alex’s experience in the wind energy sector covers the breadth of windfarm projects from development and consent through to operations and decommissioning. A particular focus has been on robotics and autonomous systems for windfarm operations.

Martin Nuernberg, Technology for Advanced Offshore Solutions

Kick-start Your Low Carbon Innovation Journey in the Energy Distribution & Infrastructure Sector

Tuesday 15th December 2020
11:00 - 12:00, online

This webinar will cover:

•     Opportunities available in the Energy Distribution & Infrastructure sector
•     How the Knowledge Exchange Network can help your SME innovate
  
  

Presentations

• ETP - Jennifer Keegan, Energy Distribution & Infrastructure BDM
• PNDC - Steven Whyte, Senior Business Development Manager

Speakers:

Jennifer Keegan, Business Development Manager, ETP
Jennifer is based at the Technology and Innovation Centre at the University of Strathclyde and works closely with Professor Graeme Burt and other specialist staff in the Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering at the university as well as in other ETP universities. Experienced in renewable technologies and power generation, she is currently helping SME’s that are working on innovative low carbon or SMART technology projects via the Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN), helping to advance the development of the low carbon economy in Scotland. She has spent more than 12 years working as a business development manager, including at  an independent engineering firm that work exclusively on operational and maintenance contracts for windfarms on and offshore.

Derrick Holliday, Driving the Electric Revolution (DER) Centre Scotland
Derrick Holliday received a PhD from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh in 1995. Since 1995, he has been held fulltime academic posts at the University of Bristol and the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. He is currently leading industrially funded research in the field of power electronics for HVdc applications. He is currently the Co-Investigator on research programs in the fields of photovoltaic systems and the interface of renewable energy to HVdc systems. He has authored or co-authored more than 70 academic journal and conference publications. His current research interests include power electronics, electrical machines, and drives.

Steven Whyte, Power Networks Demonstration Centre (PNDC)
Steven is an experienced business development professional with experience in renewables and the wider energy sectors. With a degree in Economics and an MSc, he has worked across both public and private sectors in a variety of customer facing roles.

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Kick-start Your Low Carbon Innovation Journey in the Energy Systems Sector

Tuesday 12th January 2021

12:30 - 14:30 (GMT),  online

Speakers:

Natasha Madeira, Business Development Manager, ETP & Energy Systems Catapult Scotland 
Natasha worked as a Business Development Executive for Heriot-Watt University’s School of the Built Environment, prior to joining ETP. Before that, Natasha spent 9 years working as an environmental professional in a Scottish Environmental Consultancy in areas covering Environmental Policy, Sustainable Construction and Engineering, Waste Reduction, Water and Resource Management, Biodiversity and Strategic Environmental Assessment.

Jim Lott, ERIS Technical Liaison Lead, Energy Systems Catapult (ESC)

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Kick-start Your Low Carbon Innovation Journey in Marine Energy

Tuesday 19th January 2021

10:00 - 11:00, online

This webinar will cover:

•     Opportunities available in the Marine Energy sector
•     How the Knowledge Exchange Network can help your SME innovate
•     Q&A

Speaker:

Norman Morrison, Business Development Manager
Norman has a number of years’ experience as an offshore renewable energy consultant. Much of this work involved helping companies of different sizes to diversify from parallel sectors into the offshore wind, wave and tidal sectors. Norman also works for Wave Energy Scotland helping identify suitable partners for their programmes. He has worked closely with enablers, developers and throughout the supply chain on a wide range of topics including funding, market analysis and technology evaluation. Prior to embarking on his career in renewable energy, Norman worked on the analysis of leading edge semiconductors. Norman is based at the University of Edinburgh and works across ETP’s partner universities to facilitate collaboration through the Knowledge Exchange Network.
 

Kick-start Your Low Carbon Innovation Journey in Heat Energy

Tuesday 26th January 2021

10:00 - 11:00, online

This webinar will cover:

•     Opportunities available in the Heat Energy sector
•     How the Knowledge Exchange Network can help your SME innovate
•     Q&A

Speakers:

Emma Church, Business Development Manager at ETP
Emma joined ETP in 2018 as Heat Energy Business Development Manager and now holds a joint role with Construction Scotland Innovation Centre.  With a degree in Energy and Environmental Management and a previous research role with Glasgow Caledonian University, Emma's role centres around facilitating collaboration between industry and academia to develop innovations helping Scotland and the UK meet their ambitious heat decarbonisation targets.

David Townsend, Managing Director at TownRock Energy  
With over seven years experience working at the interface between the private, public and academic sectors, David brings extensive understanding of the technical, financial, political, and environmental aspects of the global geothermal energy sector. He has managed numerous geothermal and ground-source energy projects from pre-feasibility stage through to drilling and testing. He draws on his practical experience to help clients unlock the valuable geological assets beneath their sites.

Neil Burnside, Geoscientific Engineer at University Strathclyde 
Is a geoscientific engineer at University Strathclyde (and associate of University of Glasgow) who works in the fields of sustainable energy development and environmental resilience. His main research focus is the advancement of novel analytical approaches for resource characterization. With particular interests in elucidation of ground water systems for geothermal energy and drinking water resources.

David Walls, PhD Student at the University of Strathclyde
David is a 3rd year PhD student at Strathclyde University researching minewater geothermal energy in Scotland and seeking the optimum locations to harness this resource.
 

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