Peta Ashworth
Director, Curtin Institute for Energy Transition
Curtin University
08:30
Welcome Coffee
08:50
Opening remarks from the Chair
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)
Ravi Kumar Mandalika
APAC Energy & Utilities Industry Leader
IBM Consulting
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
Afternoon tea in the expo hall
15:50
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
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