The conference has now been set for 9:00 am to 16:45 pm Tuesday April 15, at the Societe Jersiaise meeting room, 7 Pier Road, St Helier This could be extended to 2 full days depending on how much time we allocate to each speaker for presentation plus questions (45 minutes shown below or 1 hour?)
This Conference will be video recorded and made available on YouTube
Relevant to Jersey energy source for electricity generation option presentations will include:
Offshore Wind Farms,
Tidal Systems,
Modular Nuclear Reactors,
Petroleum-based systems (Natural Gas Liquids or Oil),
Solar Panels for generating electricity,
Surface water heat exchangers
Long-term renewal of our electricity supply from France.We have initially contacted speakers for most of these energy topics and will finalise speakers and the 3 panel energy expert attendees soon.
| Provisional Schedule | All to be confirmed | Planing draft @ 08 03 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 15 April 2025 | 9:00 to 9:15 | Opening comments – Chair/moderator Graeme Phipps, Welcome |
| 9:15 to 9:30 | TBC Economic Opportunities for Jersey Possibly Deputy Kirsten Morel Minister for Sustainable Economic Development | |
09:30 – 09:45 | Opening address speaker (to be determined but maybe Michael Kelly?) | |
| 9:45 – 10:15 | TBC Jersey’s long-term electricity needs, existing supply contract with France and contract renewal timing and considerations Speaker possibly from Jersey Electric? | |
| Islands Energy Group – Invited TBC | ||
| 10:15 AM – 11:00 | Offshore Wind Farms: – TBC An invite has been sent to Mark Leybourne -Dyna Energy | |
| 11:00 to 11:15 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:15 – 12:00 | Tidal Energy Recovery System (TERS) hydro-pneumatic types – not submerged – Joseph Carney | |
| 12:00 – 12:45 | Modular Nuclear Reactors: Simon Humphreys from Jersey Energy Technologies | |
| 12:45 – 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 2:00 – 2:45 | ||
| 2:45 – 3:30 | TBC Petroleum-based systems (Natural Gas Liquids or Oil) ?? Need to see who best knows about existing /past system and can talk about this situation re start up again? | |
| 3:30 – 3:45 | Coffee break | |
| 3:45 – 4:30 | TBC Solar Panels for generating electricity ?? need speaker or example to discuss this option? | |
| 4:30 – 4:45 | day one closing remarks Graeme Phipps | |
Conference closes. Follow-up press release and video recordings distribution.
| Potential Candidates @ 12 03 2025 All to be invited or scheduled |
| Head table/panel: 3 energy experts Present head table to possibly include Dr Michael Kelly Paul Burgess Dr. Euan Mearns |
| Island Energy Group – Gas for electricity generation – Invited 06 03 2025 |
| Sun Works – Domestic Solar Panels and Storage – Invited 03 03 2025 |
| Deputy Hilary Jeune – Previous Minster for Energy and has made proposition P.11/2025 Evidence-Based Energy Strategy and is also the Chair of Offshore Windfarm Review Panel |
| Tidal Flow in Alderney Still to be invited |
| Adrian Tett – Geothermal – An initial invitation has been made – To be confirmed |