Water and Energy 2021: A Marriage of Convenience

Name: Water and Energy 2021: A Marriage of Convenience
Start: 2021-04-15T09:30:00
Location: Seminar

Seminar, Live Online

15 April 2021

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Overview

Given the high power consumption of water infrastructure, utilities are continuously exploring ways to improve the energy performance of their existing processes or integrate new technologies to save power and money. This seminar will explore a number of ongoing projects to do this, and demonstrate how innovation can help the water industry to reduce costs and meet regulatory carbon targets.

Attend this seminar to:

Hear from the experts leading the UK water industry’s transition to net-zero carbon
Gain insights into the latest developments in the use of bioresources by leading water companies
Learn more about how water utilities can capitalise on the potential of hydrogen to support decarbonisation
Identify opportunities to be part of critical infrastructure's journey to energy sustainability

Confirmed seminar speakers:

Paul Monks, Chief Scientific Advisor, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
Keith Solts, Technical Manager – Asset Standards and Engineering, Environment Agency
Maria Manidaki, Principal Water Investment Planning Advisor and Net Zero Lead, Mott MacDonald
Ian Behling, Associate Director, Sustainability, Ricardo Energy and Environment
Ben Burggraaf, Head of Energy Optimisation, Welsh Water
James Keating, Principal Process Engineer, Wood
Alex Crowe, Graduate Renewable Energy Consultant, Wood
Stefano Giacalone, Head of Wastewater and Resource Recovery, Business Modelling Associates
Owen James Elson, Technical Manager, Atkins
Matthew Gee, Energy Reporting & Regulation Manager, Thames Water
Simon Farris, Bioresources Strategy and Commercial Manager, Severn Trent Water
John Baldwin, Managing Director, CNG Services Ltd

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Day 1

09:30 - Seminar Programme

	Thursday, 15 April 2021
09:30	Chair’s opening remarks
	Industry strategies for delivering a carbon neutral sector
09:35	Keynote Address: Future energy strategy for the UK Water Industry Paul Monks, Chief Scientific Advisor, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Understanding the climate impact of the water sector’s power consumption and generation Targeting energy strategies which will provide the most impactful change in industry Supporting a sustainable water industry which works for the public and the planet
10:05	UK Water sector net-zero carbon aspirations and roadmap to 2030 Maria Manidaki, Global Lead for Net Zero/Principal Water Investment Planning Advisor, Mott MacDonald Ian Behling, Associate Director, Sustainability, Ricardo Energy and Environment
10:45	Question and Answer Session
11:00	Break
	Lessons learned from existing industry net-zero roadmaps and projects
11:30	Environment Agency net-zero carbon ambition Keith Solts, Technical Manager – Asset Standards and Engineering, Environment Agency Steps taken to address organisational challenges Roadmap to net zero carbon Successes and lessons learned so far
12:00	"Dwr Carbon Isel" – Welsh Water's journey to net zero Ben Buggraaf, Head of Energy Optimisation, Welsh Water Welsh Water’s carbon strategy to achieve full carbon neutrality by 2040 The role of energy management in decarbonising Welsh Water Hydrogen – extracting the full potential out of the water cycle
12:30	The rise of green hydrogen – opportunities for water companies James Keating, Principal Process Engineer, Wood Alex Crowe, Graduate Renewable Energy Consultant, Wood
13:00	Lunch
	Innovations in the use of bioresources in water
14:00	Optimised planning of bioresource activities to support the journey to Net Zero Stefano Giacalone, Head of Wastewater and Resource Recovery, Business Modelling Associates Applying system thinking to manage and optimise large bioresources networks The routes available to achieve net zero in bioresources Optimising tactical and operational planning to maximise resource recovery
14:30	Strategies for water companies to optimise biogas beyond CHP Owen Elson, Principal Mechanical Engineer, Infrastructure, Atkins Matthew Gee, Energy Reporting & Regulation Manager, Thames Water
15:00	Case studies and lessons learned from Severn Trent’s bioresources programme Simon Farris, Bioresources Strategy and Commercial Manager, Severn Trent Water John Baldwin, Managing Director, CNG Services Ltd
15:30	Chair’s closing remarks
15:35	End of seminar

Paul Monks: Chief Scientific Advisor, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Paul Monks is Chief Scientific Adviser of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Prior to joining the department, he was Pro-Vice Chancellor and Head of College of Science and Engineering at the University of Leicester, where he remains a Professor in Atmospheric Chemistry and Earth Observation Science. His research experience covers the broad areas of air quality, atmospheric composition and climate change that has provided a platform for translation into diverse areas including forensic science, CBRN, microbiology and food safety, natural resource management and breathomics (breath analysis as a medical diagnostic). Paul was the Chair for 10 years of the Defra Air Quality Expert Group (AQEG) and Deputy-Chair of the Defra Science Advisory Council, alongside roles in the UKRI-NERC advice structures. He has worked internationally as, for example, the European representative on the Environmental Pollution and Atmospheric Chemistry Scientific Steering Committee (EPAC SSC) of the World Meteorological Organisation and ICACGP (International Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution). As founding director of G-STEP (a university innovation initiative), he developed a business facing organisation with the aim of innovating using space based (EO) data to enhance the competitiveness of industry, particularly focused on SMEs.

Keith Solts: Technical Manager – Asset Standards and Engineering, Environment Agency

Keith has been with the Environment Agency (EA) for 12 years and am currently national asset standards and engineering (MEICA) manager. He is responsible for MEICA business strategy, engineering standards, systems, and process for around £1B of MEICA capital equipment used for flood defence purposes. He has been involved in the EA carbon reduction strategy for over 10 years and has overseen significant corporate change over this time in capital and revenue works.

Maria Manidaki: Global Lead for Net Zero/Principal Water Investment Planning Advisor, Mott MacDonald

Maria is a Chartered Engineer with 17 years of post-graduate experience in the water industry. She specialises in carbon management, including energy efficiency and small-scale renewable energy technologies and carbon reduction in construction across the infrastructure value chain. She is currently Mott MacDonald’s technical lead for Net Zero Carbon, responsible for co-ordinating our cross-discipline skills required for helping clients meet their net zero carbon aspirations. She has led a number of strategic net zero carbon and carbon management projects in the UK, such as the Water UK Net Zero Carbon Roadmap.

Ben Burggraaf: Head of Energy Optimisation, Welsh Water

Ben received his Mechanical Engineering degree from Twente University in 2003 and became a Chartered Engineer with the Institute of Mechanical Engineers in 2008. After starting his career at the Corus/Tata Steel’s R&D department in the Netherlands, he was appointed as the Energy Optimisation Manager at the Port Talbot Steelworks in 2007. In 2014, he joined Welsh Water, becoming responsible for the day-to-day energy costs of the 4,000+ sites across Wales & Herefordshire. In October 2018, he was appointed as the Head of Energy, leading on all aspects of energy management for Welsh Water. Alongside this position, he sits on the board of directors for the Energy Managers Association, as Vice-Chair.

Owen Elson: Principal Mechanical Engineer, Infrastructure, Atkins

Owen has 15 years’ experience in Engineering, the majority of this spent in the water sector throughout multiple Asset Management Planning periods. Roles have included Lead Design Engineer on Wessex Water Grid projects, Client’s Engineer for La Colette port firefighting system upgrade in Jersey, Lead Design Engineer in Costain/Atkins/B&V JV delivering CHP upgrade projects for Thames Water, and now secondment into Thames Water’s Asset Engineering team to provide specialist technical input on the definition of projects with a biogas theme.

James Keating: Principal Process Engineer, Wood

James is a Chartered Process Engineer who has 17 years working within the environmental field. This experience was gained while working for consultants, local authorities and secondments to industry. Major projects have included lead process designer in the water industry on UV (crypto reduction), manganese removal filters, decommissioning of nuclear power plants and GAC contactors for pesticides and taste & odour removal. James has recently been engineering design manager on a study investigating the feasibility of utilising treated final effluent from Scottish Water’s wastewater treatment works (WwTWs) as the feed source for green hydrogen production.

Alex Crowe: Graduate Renewable Energy Consultant, Wood

Alex graduated from The University of Strathclyde in Chemical Engineering MEng in 2019. Having undertaken industrial placements at PD&MS in Aberdeen as a Process Engineering intern and Wood in Glasgow as a Renewable Energy intern, Alex joined Wood as a Graduate Renewable Energy Consultant in 2019. Since joining, Alex has worked primarily on green hydrogen projects. This has included the assessment of electrolyser technology and its effective use with renewable power. He has also undertaken work on Feasibility, Concept Design and FEED phases on green hydrogen projects for clients in the UK, Sweden & Canada. He also spent time in Sweden whilst working as assistant project manager for the delivery of the construction phase of an onshore wind farm.

Simon Farris: Bioresources Strategy and Commercial Manager, Severn Trent Water

Simon joined Severn Trent Water in 2004 following a Masters degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Bath. He held several operational roles in Water and Waste before joining the Energy & Renewables team in 2010. He developed engineering solutions in AD, Hydro and Solar power for STWs ever increasing drive towards 50% of energy consumed by the business coming from renewable sources. In 2018, he took on the role of Bioresources Strategy Lead, focussing more on the Anaerobic digestion of sewage and establishing a clear strategy for how STW would enter the new Bioresources Market being created by our regulator Ofwat. Now with 10 years’ experience in the sector, he is keen to drive our strategy towards the circular economy by finding new ways to recover value from waste.

Matthew Gee: Energy Reporting & Regulation Manager, Thames Water

Matt is Thames Water’s Energy & Carbon Strategy & Reporting Manager. He is currently leading the development of Thames’ Strategy to achieve Net Zero Operational Carbon by 2030. Matt is a Mechanical Engineer by background, who in the last 12 years at Thames has led the Energy Efficiency Programme, Energy Regulation and Compliance, and development of the company’s ISO 50001 certified Energy Management System.

John Baldwin: Managing Director, CNG Services Ltd

John is Managing Director of CNG Services Limited (CSL). CNG provides design, consultancy, and construction services in relation to both the Injection of bio-methane into gas distribution networks (ideally made from waste), and the development of Bio-CNG filling stations to fuel trucks. John is a former Chairman of the Renewable Energy Association Biogas Group.

Stefano Giacalone: Head of Wastewater and Resource Recovery, Business Modelling Associates

Stefano graduated from Glasgow University with a first-class MEng in mechanical engineering. His interest for sustainable technologies and renewable energies led him to join Imperial College London in an Engineering Doctorate co-funded by Thames, Severn Trent and Anglian Water. He spent four years at the Thames Water Innovation Centre, running experimental and modelling activities aimed at improving the understanding of the impact of operational parameters on the performance of anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge. He then joined Business Modelling Associates (BMA) in 2019 and delivered a number of operational, tactical and strategic decision support tools for different water companies in the UK. He is now Head of Wastewater and Resource recovery at BMA, leading the development and delivery of solutions in the wastewater and bioresource space.

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