Name: National Grid: Net Zero Communities Forum – Birmingham
Start: 2024-11-08T12:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-11-08T16:00:00+00:00
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National Grid: Net Zero Communities Forum – Birmingham

Trent Basin Solar

Library of Birmingham
Centenary Sq
Birmingham
B1 2SN

Friday 8 November
12:00pm- 4:00pm

Labour has promised to comprehensively support local energy, including already removing planning blockages to onshore wind and, through GB Energy, offering up to £600m in funding available to local authorities and up to £400m in low-interest loans available to communities, as well as setting an ambition for 8 GW of small-scale and medium-scale community energy projects.

This has encouraged renewed and new interest in the community energy sector from experienced community organisations, local authorities, climate action groups, and individuals. We welcome all those interested in community energy to join us at National Grid Electricity Distribution’s forum to learn from peers and experts, network with other attendees and talk to National Grid about your projects. The event will include presentations, workshops and breakouts and plenty of networking time, and is open to groups and individuals of all levels of experience.

Agenda

12:00 Lunch and networking

12:30 *Optional prep session: Introduction to community energy

Prina Sumaria, net zero project manager, Regen

13:00 Welcome from the chair and National Grid

Robbie Evans, energy analyst, Regen

Faithful Chanda, community energy engineer, National Grid

13:10 *Learning from our communities: finding solutions to fuel poverty together in Bristol

Rachel Moffat, coordinator, Bristol Energy Network

13:25 Workshops (participants choose one)

1.*Writing a funding application with a specific emphasis on learnings from the Community Energy Fund.

Ruth Mulvany, Principal Rural Energy Projects Officer, Midlands Net Zero Hub

2.*Effective community engagement

Hannah Stanley, stakeholder manager, Regen

3. Creating innovative projects to generate social value using doughnut economics and experience from the Keep Warm, Keep Well scheme.

Kate Copeland-Rhodes, partnership manager, Staffordshire Community Energy

14:10 *Tea break and networking

Stalls including members of the National Grid network planning team, local community energy organisations, and transition-related organisations

14:50 *GB Energy: what we know so far

Speaker TBC

15:00 *Breakout groups discussing how GB Energy can support community energy

We will collate all feedback from this session into a document to send directly to the team creating GB Energy’s functions.

15:55 Plenary and feedback

16:00 Close

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National Grid: Net Zero Communities Forum – Birmingham

National Grid: Net Zero Communities Forum – Birmingham

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