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Scaling up Renewables |
Finance, Policy and Market Growth
Monday 19 November 2007
to Tuesday 20 November 2007
Location
Chatham House, LondonTo enable as open a debate as possible, this conference will be held under the Chatham House Rule.
The Chatham House Rule: Information for journalists
Conference Overview
Climate change and energy security have never been higher on the public and political agenda, with a role for renewable energy, and energy efficiency undisputed. This has been further reinforced by the recent agreements at EU level. Last year, renewable energy investment world wide totalled over $70+ billion, with further mergers, acquisitions and buyouts in the pipeline, signalling increasing interest and maturity in the sector.
Effective policy remains essential for enabling investment at present, and the finance community has a crucial perspective on policy design, and regulatory issues that provide conditions for greater deal flow and address such complex 'international' matters such as technology transfer in a world where Indian and Chinese renewables companies are international actors.
Yet to date, financiers are generally not involved in policy processes directly. Is the policy community now at risk of lagging behind in the opportunity to mobilize significant further investment?
This conference will create a unique opportunity for policymakers, investors and financiers to examine perspectives on market trends and political drivers, as well as exploring how the sector may be scaled up still further.
Opening Keynote Addresses
- Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP
Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK - Matthias Machnig
State Secretary for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany
Other confirmed speakers and participants include
- Chris Barton
Director, Market Instruments - Energy Supply, Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR), UK - Richard Burrett
Head of Sustainability, ABN Amro - Steve Drummond
CEO, CO2e - Dr Gordon Edge
Director of Economics and Markets, British Wind Energy Association - Nick Gardiner
Director, Energy and Utilities, Fortis - Kirsty Hamilton
Associate Fellow, Chatham House - Peter Hobson
Senior Banker Transition and Energy Efficiency, EBRD - Eddie Hyams
Englefield Capital - Marcos Jank
President, UNICA, Sugar Cane Industry Union, Brazil - Sophie Justice
Director, Utilities and Renewables, Royal Bank of Canada and Member of SEFI Advisory Board - Michael Liebreich
CEO & Founder, New Energy Finance - Nick Mabey
Chief Executive, E3G - Clive Mason
Senior Advisor, World Bank Asia Sustainable and Alternative Energy Program, The World Bank - Ignasi Nieto Magaldi
General Secretary of Energy, Ministry for Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Spain - Per Hornung Pedersen
CEO, Denmark, Suzlon - Steve Sawyer
Secretary General, Global Wind Energy Council - Virginia Sonntag O'Brien
Deputy Director, REN21 - Eric Usher
Head, Renewable Energy and Finance Unit, United Nations Environment Programme - Dr Anthony White MBE
Managing Director of Market Development and Chairman of Advisory, Climate Change Capital - James Wilde
Director of Insights, The Carbon Trust
Media partners
- Earthscan
- Elsevier
- Emerging Markets Monitor
- Environmental Finance
- Euromoney Yearbooks
- Heren Energy
- Newsbase
- Platts
- Point Carbon
- Practical Law Company
- Renewable Energy Finance
- Renewable Energy World
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