Speakers

	Juan Arenal Hydropower Advisor - Civil Engineering Multiconsult Juan holds a MSc in civil engineering and is a MBA candidate at IESE Business School. He has been involved in all project phases from feasibility studies of more than 30 small hydropower plants (1-60MW) to detail engineering of 20 projects in Scandinavia and East Africa. He has been in charge of designing technical specification in tenders, project finance, optimisations and technical assistance in contract negotiations between USD 3M - USD70 M. As former head of civil engineering in the largest small-scale utility company in Norway, Juan has developed a cost-efficient methodology based on standardisation and best practice to design small hydro plants. This methodology was tested and has been transferred as a differentiated thinking to Multiconsult’s hydropower team, creating added value to developers to make projects more feasible by reducing investment expenditures.

	Sonya Bedford Partner and Team Leader Stephens Scown LLP Sonya is a Partner with Stephens Scown solicitors; a Non-Executive Director at Regen SW; a Director at Exeter Community Energy, Bath and West Community Energy and South Dartmoor Community Energy, was awarded an MBE for services to community renewable energy and is on the committee for her local branch of the Energy Institute. She has an MSc in Renewable Energy at the Centre for Alternative Technology. Sonya has been involved in a large number of hydro projects including a mill site to power a well-known tourist destination; a run of river community hydro scheme; a city centre hydro scheme and has advised on technology purchasing contracts and feasibility studies, and led a group of small scale hydro owners through funding and set up. She currently acts for over 20 community energy groups – from set up/funding/site acquisition to development and subsequent generation. With Sonya’s leadership, Stephens Scown’s Renewable Energy team has gone from strength to strength over the last six years, now being responsible for over 800MW of renewable energy projects.

	Michael Burnham CEO Hydro-Flux Aqua Products Ltd Michael Burnham is the CEO of Hydro-Flux Aqua Products Limited. He studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Liverpool but dropped out to follow a passion for business. After running two successful businesses, Michael came back home to Leeds to open Hydro-Flux Aqua Products Limited, a joint venture with his father and uncle. This business designs, manufactures and wholesales unique swimming pool equipment. Their first product, FlowBright, uses the concepts of hydropower to illuminate a swimming pool without any external electrical supply. Michael is based in Leeds, West Yorkshire and, when not in the office, is currently struggling to learn Russian.

	John Burns FIChemE, PhD, BEng. Charging Scheme Manager SEPA John’s career in SEPA has spanned 20 years and he is currently the Charging Scheme manager where he was a key lead in the development and maintenance of the all the charging schemes. His work in SEPA has covered many roles including: managing the unit directly regulating the large major industrial units in SEPA’s East Region, prior to this he managed the unit responsible for implementing, training and maintaining procedures and guidance on the Industrial Emissions and Seveso II Directives and the Emissions Trading team covering carbon dioxide. Prior to SEPA John worked 7 years as a safety consultant in the oil and gas sector, 3 years doing a PhD in biotechnology and he worked for a year as a process engineer in the industrial gases. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chemical Engineers.

	Tom Clegg Consultant Fichtner Consulting Engineers Tom is a holder of a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering with Renewable Energy from the University of Edinburgh and a Chartered Engineer with the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. During his studies he interned at Hydroplan where he had responsibilities for stream gauging and topographic surveying for the purposes of resource quantification and scheme design. Following graduation Tom moved to Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon, rising to the position of Senior Engineer. He was responsible for the design and commissioning of the mechanical, control and electrical aspects of hydroelectric turbine packages. This included Island and Micro grid systems for Scotland, Malaysia, Kenya, Tanzania and South Georgia. Now a Consultant at Fichtner Consulting Engineers, he sits within the Mechanical Engineering team advising investors and developers on a variety of technologies including hydropower, energy from waste and conventional power.

	Ian Cook Director ICCL Ian is a professional electrical power systems engineer who has been involved in hydro engineering for over thirty years. He was employed until fifteen years ago as Electrical Engineering Manager by First Hydro Company at Dinorwig and Ffestiniog Power Stations, leading the solution to many problems on the electrical to 400 kV systems and control equipment and additionally undertook many multidiscipline projects. Currently working as a Consultant including in a project management role for multidiscipline hydropower projects, Ian's specialisms include electricity/energy storage, high voltage electrical engineering - including hydropower stations and all aspects of the power systems connecting hydropower stations to National Grid (ESO) and the DNO and other grid systems, including the associated Connection Agreements.

	Jonathan Cox C Eng B Eng (Hons) MEI FEANI Representative Erre Due UK Jonathan is a civil & structural engineer by training, a chartered engineer and has been a Member of the Energy Institute for 30 years. He has enjoyed a long and varied career in the consulting, contracting and manufacturing arenas. In recent years he has worked largely in the field of renewable energy (being the UK Agent for the CINK & GESS ranges of hydropower turbines) and in the more specialist sectors of Nitrogen & Hydrogen gas production and their applications, including Hydrogen Fuel Cells and Renewable Energy Storage. He is currently developing his role as an assessor of Energy Institute & Chartered Engineer applications, though he still finds time to advise private & public clients alike on a range of subjects.

	Diane Dowdell Director Ganninon Diane gained a law degree and joined the National Coal Board in 1985, progressing to the Industrial Sales Department at their London HQ selling coal to large industrial customers and developing commercial relationships with the Coal Trade. Between 1994 and 2002 she worked at Eastern Natural Gas (later TXU), innovating some of the first UK NBP gas supply agreements to power station developments and later moving into negotiating structured electricity and gas deals that culminated in the world’s first ever Virtual Tolling Agreement with Enron in 1997. In 1998 she joined Entergy Wholesale Operations where, as Head of Commercial Operations, she was involved with negotiating fuel and electricity contracts for Entergy’s Power developments both in the UK and Europe. In 2003 she joined Tradelink Solutions as Commercial Director, helping to develop the TLS Energy Group of companies. In 2015 she became Commercial Director of LoCo2 Energy Supply Limited as well as TradeLink Solutions Ltd until the sale of the retail business in March 2017 to Solarplicity Energy Ltd, where she became Managing Director of Solarplicity Energy. In February 2018 Diane established her own Energy Consulting Company, Ganninon Limited.

	Mary Drury Head of Hydro UK Innogy Renewables UK Ltd Mary is the Chair of the BHA. A chartered Mechanical Engineer with great enthusiasm for hydropower, Mary is currently Head Hydro UK at Innogy Renewables UK Ltd and responsible for the operation of more than 80MW of hydro capacity as well as the development of new hydro schemes. Her 25 years in the industry includes roles at Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon, GE Hydro and RWE, delivering projects from 85kW to 75MW in the UK and abroad.

	Prof. Gioia Falcone Rankine Chair, Professor of Energy Engineering James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow Gioia Falcone is Rankine Chair, Professor of Energy Engineering at the University of Glasgow and Visiting Professor at Department of Earth Science and Engineering at Imperial College London. She is one of the 21 Vice-Chairpersons of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Bureau of the Expert Group on Resource Management (EGRM) and a member of its Renewable Energy Working Group. She has contributed to the expansion of the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources (UNFC), the only comprehensive international standard for consistent assessment of minerals, petroleum, nuclear fuels, renewable energy, injection projects and anthropogenic resources. She has co-authored the Specifications for the application of the UNFC to Renewable Energy Resources, led the development of the Specifications for the application of the UNFC to Geothermal Energy Resources and is currently co-leading the development of the Specifications for the application of the UNFC to Hydro Energy Resources.

	Cathy Falconer Commercial Manager Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks Cathy has worked in the electricity industry since 1987 and has been involved in various technical, planning and policy roles now predominantly concerned with new connections: new housing, major demand and generation and alternative provider projects. She is an Edinburgh University Electrical Engineering graduate, Chartered Engineer and Member of the IET. The teams of Commercial Contract Managers for Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks Distribution licences in both Scotland and England are managed by Cathy as well as the Incentive on Connections Engagement (ICE) team. Her teams provided key account management to large distributed generation and demand customers focused on providing a single point of contact for clients throughout the application process up to and beyond energization. They are also responsible for gathering and then ensuring the delivery of significant improvement Commitments for SSENs new connections customers under ICE.

	Denis Funk Head of Market Management for Power Generation FLEXIM GmbH Denis studied Industrial Engineering with focus on Mechanical Engineering, holding a Master of Science. Working several years for a manufacturer of sampling and analysing systems for water-stream cycle in thermal power plants, he gained knowledge and experience in plant instrumentation, plant engineering, water chemistry, sales and engineering of turnkey projects. Currently he is focusing on flow measurement applications in conventional and renewable power generation for a technology leader of non-intrusive ultrasonic flow measurement. Denis takes care of the market management for power generation for Flexim, an established manufacturer and technology leader of non-intrusive ultrasonic flow measurement. In recent years he has gained experience in instrumentation and analytics in several power plants using conventional and renewable energy sources in Europe and overseas.

	Clare Haigh Origination Manager Good Energy Clare manages the Origination function within Good Energy. After completing a Business Law degree, she joined the Energy industry in 2009 working as an account and contracts manager for a subsea consultancy focusing mainly on Offshore Wind and Oil and Gas projects. After deciding that her passion lay in renewables and a move to Good Energy six years ago, she focused on the PPA market and uses her market expertise and customer focused approach to help generators maximise value from their assets.

	Simon Hamlyn Chief Executive Officer British Hydropower Association Simon, who is a 3-Dimensional Designer by qualification, comes from a family of architects - both parents and his Grandfather. His career has embraced international branded drinks, hotels & leisure, electronic entertainment, magazine publishing, internet businesses and most recently holding senior posts in a variety of membership organisations. He has been at the BHA since January 2014. , Simon is based in Whitchurch, Shropshire, and enjoys, when time permits, a love of music, cricket, football, skiing, walking, running and game shooting.

	Nicholas Hansen Student Nick is a recently graduated product designer. He grew up in a family of engineers and artists and he has found industrial design to be the perfect medium of the two, drawing inspiration from his family’s extensive and wise set of outlooks and expertise. This started out when he was a 10-year-old, spending most of his time drawing, making and building things, and this passion has grown as he has developed his skills. During his teenage years he developed a moral view on the environment and how we, as humans, impact it. Since then Nick has made environmental concerns a focal point of his design process and rationale, which has led to his interest in renewable energy. He spent his final year at university developing a new device to responsibly harness hydropower.

	David J Henry BSc (Hons) MRICS Director Henry Consulting David is a chartered Quantity Surveyor specialising in providing capital allowances advice to commercial property owners and occupiers. He established Henry Consulting in the autumn of 2011 following more than a decade working for a leading national capital allowances consultancy. David has worked on a range of hydro schemes including high-head run-of-river, dam storage and projects that use screw generators. In addition to hydro, he has prepared capital allowances claims across a broad cross-section of market sectors, including commercial offices, retail, industrial & distribution, food & drink manufacturing, primary & secondary healthcare, hotels, pubs, nightclubs and restaurants. David also has a keen interest in sports cars as an agent for Westfield Sportscars in Scotland.

	Nigel Holmes CEO Scottish Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Association Nigel is Chief Executive of the Scottish Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (SHFCA), recognised as one of the most proactive hydrogen & fuel cell industry associations in Europe. SHFCA has over 100 members, mostly in Scotland and UK but with an increasing number of members from overseas, many involved in Scottish activities. Nigel represents SHFCA member interests on the Renewable Industry Advisory Group, is a steering group member for the Scottish Transport Emissions Partnership, and has recently been involved in the review of the Scottish Transport Strategy for Transport Scotland.

	Kenny Hunter Director Hunter Hydro As Director of Hunter Hydro Services, Kenny Hunter is responsible for managing a portfolio of hydro schemes throughout Scotland and providing a range of additional support services on behalf of clients including Guinness EIS Investors, Mount Stuart Trust, CRF Hydro, Farr Hydro LLP and Glenkiln Hydro LLP. Over the past three years, Kenny has been at the forefront of the Scottish hydro sector’s lobbying efforts on business rates, engaging specifically with the Scottish Government on behalf of a BHA/Alba/Scottish Renewables working group. Before establishing Hunter Hydro Services in 2018, Kenny worked for MEG Renewables, developing and managing a portfolio of hydro and solar pv assets.

	Mike Kay MA MSc CEngFIET FRSA Director P2 Analysis Ltd Mike is a chartered electrical engineer and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). His expertise and experience covers all aspects of power engineering associated with the distribution and transmission of electricity, along with the economic regulation of network utilities. He chaired the Distribution Code Review Panel of Great Britain for 14 years, and led on interface issues with National Grid for the GB Distribution Companies collectively for the same period. He is active in many industry forums and has led the development of standards for connecting renewable and other generators to the GB distribution system. He has been an independent consultant since leaving Electricity North West in July 2015. In recent years Mike has been part of The IET’s and Energy Systems Catapult’s steering group for the Future Power System Architecture project. He has also been advising the ENA and distribution companies on the implementation of the EU Network Codes.

0	Sue Kearns Deputy Director of Consumers and Low Carbon Division Scottish Government Sue’s career has developed within the Scottish Government (SG) where she has held various policy posts including on enterprise education, regional policy, and information technology. As a previous Head of Telecommunications Policy in SG, she led a major procurement which extended basic broadband coverage to rural and remote areas of Scotland. Sue has worked in several Energy Policy roles since 2006, most notably driving development of policy and support on community and local energy where Scotland is now recognised as leading within the UK. Her current role is Deputy Director of Consumers and Low Carbon Division, which covers key areas of policy and support under Scotland’s new Energy Strategy and is developing a new focus on consumer policy for the Scottish Government.

	Mattias Kullberg Senior Mechanical Engineer Multiconsult Mattias is a Mechanical Engineer with ten years of experience in hydropower development in Norway and over 50 power plants on his CV. The portfolio is varied with 1-25 MW installed power and 9-650 m gross head. He currently works for Multiconsult Norway as senior advisor, working as a project manager and owner’s engineer. Previously team leader for a cross-discipline engineering group at Norway’s largest small-scale hydropower developer, Mattias has a special interest in innovation and is eager to utilize new technologies and new way of thinking design for hydropower. He has been part of the hydropower boom that has been going on for the last 15 years in Norway. Low energy prices forced developers to reduce cost and innovation was needed in both design and project management to maintain profitability. Mattias has been working with both of these issues together with developers.

	Adrian Loening Director Mor Hydro Adrian has worked in renewable energy since 1980 when he was a technician at the Edinburgh University Wave Power Research Group. He has an honours degree in Engineering Design and Appropriate Technology from the University of Warwick. Having worked in the field of solar refrigeration and solar heating, he began working in the landfill gas industry in 1990 and the hydro industry in 2006. He is currently the Managing Director of Mór Hydro Ltd, a technical consultancy and project developer. The company currently owns (in JV) two hydro schemes in Scotland and has provided technical consultancy on more than 46 hydro projects in Scotland. The company also provides technical due diligence services to major high street banks and supervises lender interests in micro-hydro schemes.

	Stuart MacLeod Account Executive - Renewable Energy Bruce Stevenson Insurance Brokers Stuart MacLeod joined Bruce Stevenson in 2001 having spent the previous 10 years working for a global insurer then insurance broker. For the past 13 years he has been working in the renewable energy team at Bruce Stevenson and specialises in hydroelectric and wind project insurance. The insurance team at Bruce Stevenson has arranged cover on over 800 renewable energy projects during this time and are champions of green and sustainable energy in the UK.

	Kiran Madisetti Operations Director HYDROGRID GmbH Kiran is the Operations Director at HYDROGRID responsible for the Company’s daily operations, delivering innovative, digital solutions to the hydro generation sector. Holding a degree in Computing Science from the University of Greenwich, London, Kiran started out in the UK’s power and gas industries in 1990. He now has a proven track record and almost 30 years’ experience in international operational energy management and business excellence. Previous to HYDROGRID, Kiran was employed by Verbund, Austria’s largest hydro operator. During this time, he also served as CEO to Enerjisa Trading, part of Turkey’s largest privately owned energy group, where he held various Board memberships both within the Group and the country’s Energy Traders’ Association.

	Duncan Morrison Hydro UK - Debelopment and Projects Manager Innogy Duncan joined Innogy Renewables UK 11 years ago and is presently manager of the Hydro Development and Projects team based in Perth. His career in the renewables industry started 32 years ago in the former NOSHEB owned hydro schemes in the north of Scotland. Various interruptions to working in the hydro industry included time spent in the onshore and offshore wind industry as a consultant and then as a project manager with Innogy Renewables. He also spent a few years working as a technical advisor on very non-renewable power and desalination projects in the Middle East while working for a consultancy firm.

	Daniele Novara PhD Student Trinity College Dublin Daniele gained a BCs in Energy Engineering at the Polytechnic of Turin (2014), double MSc in Energy Engineering and Management at the Silesian University of Technology and the Instituto Superior Tecnico of Lisbon (2016). Since September 2016 he has been a PhD student in Civil Engineering at Trinity College Dublin as part of the Dwr Uisce project). He was selected in December 2017 among six other international experts to participate in a workshop of the European Commission at the JRC in Ispra on the topic of emerging technologies in the field of hydropower. Daniele is experienced as a consultant in the field of hydropower.

	Oliver Paish Director Derwent Hydroelectric Power Ltd Oliver is a Mechanical and Hydraulic engineer with over 25 years’ professional experience in the research, design, and project management of hydropower systems, in both the UK and developing countries. He has been a director at Derwent Hydro Developments Ltd since 2003, working on the consenting and detailed design of small-scale hydro schemes throughout the UK. He wrote the Guide to UK Mini-Hydro Developments available on the BHA web-site.

	Daniel Pargeter Business Development Manager - Power Limejump Ltd Daniel Pargeter is an expert in maximising the value of generation and hydro plant output. Having delivered PPA’s and trading agreements to site owners, hedge funds, industrial and commercial businesses across multiple technologies, Daniel continues to drive the trading of power for distributed generation with value and innovation at the core.

	Josh Riddett CEO Easy Crypto Hunter Award winning entrepreneur, CEO of Easy Crypto Hunter and one of the UK’s leading Cryptocurrency Mining experts. Josh Riddett keynotes at major Rural Business and Renewable Energy Shows across the UK. Blockchain technology is misunderstood by most, but Josh has always adopted an approach of total transparency and will reveal just how you can take advantage of this rapidly growing sector. Over the past two years Josh has established himself as the ‘go to guy’ for everything Blockchain and Crypto related. The approach of having honest and real conversations, plus having open offices for anyone to visit has firmly established Josh and Easy Crypto Hunter as one of the UK’s leading companies within this field. Josh is helping rural entrepreneurs turn their farms into mini data centres and yield up to 59% yearly (40p/kWh) with Blockchain technology.

	Jan Tosnar Managing Director Hydropol Jan is the Managing Director of both Hydropol Group and Renfin International, which are active in the field of development, construction and operation of hydroelectric power plants. After gaining his university Degrees in Law and Economics, he established the Companies back in 1996, specialising in the organisational, legal and financial aspects of international development and financing of small and medium sized hydropower with activities in Europe, Asia and South America.

	Steven Usher BSc, MBA, MPhil (Cantab) Deputy Editor Aqua-Media International Ltd Steve is the Deputy Editor of the International Journal on Hydropower and Dams. He holds a Master's Degree, with Distinction, in Economics and Law of the Environment from the University of Cambridge, a First Class BSc in Rural Resource Management, and MBA Degree, with Distinction. He has worked throughout Asia on climate change, disaster reduction and poverty alleviation projects for UNESCO. With the Nam Theun 2 Power Company in Laos PDR, he worked with the Director as the Senior Coordinator for the Environmental and Social Programmes of this 1070MW project.

	Charles Ward Head of Route to Market New Stream Renewables Charlie has been involved in financial/commodity markets since 2001. From 2005 he worked as a Fund Manager for a London based Multi-Family Office with a keen focus on renewable development and optimisation. In 2013, Charlie joined New Stream Renewables and is now responsible for New Stream's PPA tendering service for both short and long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs).

	Ian Winteridge Principal Structural Engineer Multiconsult UK Ian is a Chartered Structural Engineer with over thirty years' of varied experience in all aspects of civil, structural and geotechnical engineering works. This experience has been gained whilst working on a diverse range of projects including hydropower works, bridges, industrial buildings, underground works, roads and general infrastructure. He specialises in structural design and assessment and has many years’ experience managing schemes from conception to completion. This has involved the detailed analysis and design of steelwork, reinforced concrete, masonry and timber, together with the production of contract documents, specifications and detailed reports. Experience includes the detailed structural design of powerhouse layouts including dynamic analysis, large steel high pressure penstock pipes, anchor blocks, spillway and intake structures, dams and towers. Ian has designed and assessed various bridge types throughout the UK including steel, reinforced concrete, composite and masonry arch bridges, together with the detailed design of steel and reinforced concrete buildings.