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All-Energy 2012 Business Breakfast - Last Few Spaces Remaining!

Venue: Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre

Date: Wednesday May 23, 2012

Time:  6.45 - 8.45am

Cost: £31 (+VAT) members £47 (+VAT) non-members 

Speakers:

Iain Todd, Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (Chair)

Andrew Donaldson, Head of Offshore Engineering, SSE Renewables

Ben Madden, Director, Element Energy

Alexander Pohl, Director, Renewable Energy and Infrastructure Finance, HSBC Commercial Banking

We are pleased to welcome our panel of expert speakers from the renewable sector to the opening morning of this year’s conference. Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce will also be exhibiting at All-Energy. Meet the team at Stand C94.

Andrew Donaldson will describe the SSE Group's portfolio of renewable energy activities focussing on generation and consumption. He will highlight initiatives that have a particular relevance to Aberdeen and Scotland.

Hydrogen vehicles were touted as the way of the future at the start of the millennium. Originally delayed by problems around durability and cost, a commercial launch is now targeted for 2015 following resolution of these issues. This is attractive to Scotland given hydrogen's potential to stabilise the grid, by converting intermittent renewables into a transport fuel. Ben Madden will look at the current state of the sector and focus on the exciting development of a renewable hydrogen bus system for Aberdeen.

Alexander Pohl will explain why, in a challenging funding environment, companies need to think about how they plan to fund their projects. If through debt, the key is to anticipate a bank's areas of concern and to manage any risks proactively. He will also cover why the due diligence process is intended to be a validation process rather than a discovery one.