2011 Annual Conference (Glasgow) - Out of The Blue

SESSION 1 : Opening plenary - The Benefits of Hydropower Development

• Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park - Gordon Watson
• Community Energy Scotland - Melanie MacRae
• Scottish Renewables - Simon Patullo

SESSION 2 :  Hydro Innovation

• Spectral Marine Converter - Peter Roberts and Paul Bird, VerdErg RE Ltd
  

SESSION 3 : Hydropower in a National Context

• Hydropower opportunities within a utility's operational asset and what considerations need to be accounted for - Roger Middleton, Black & Veatch
  

SESSION 5 : Hydropower and the Environment

• High Head Hydro Guidance - Mark Cropper, Ellergreen Hydro
  
• Environmental & social issues and the value of strategic level assessment - Lara Ball & Matthew Clegg, Black & Veatch
  
• Environmental regulation and its impact on developing successful hydro schemes - Jennifer Ballantyne, McGrigors LLP
• Approaches for predicting & assessing hydromorphological changes associated with hydro-electric developments - David Fraser, APEM
  

SESSION 7 :  Case Studies and Incentives for Hydro

• Case study - Chris Elliott, Western Renewable Energy
  
• Case study - Lowwood - Chris Brett, Inter Hydro Technology
  
• Case study - John Heaton, Dulas
  
• Financial challenges of hydropower development - Adrian Loening, Carbon Trade
  
• Capital Allowances - Robert Winters, Davis Langdon
  

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