The 14th annual Canada UK Energy Summit gathered energy sector leaders from the UK and Canada to explore avenues for advancing bilateral commercial collaboration, including to bolster energy security. Discussions will cover industrial decarbonization, hydrogen production and use, carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) and clean electrification technologies.
One hundred and forty company representatives participated, in addition to thirty Canadian and British government representatives who are responsible for the advancement of policy and funding frameworks. The Summit included a business ‘mission’ of 25 Canadian entrepreneurs, some of whom presented during the afternoon session.
The Summit covered the following themes:
Background
The Canada UK Energy Summit was founded in 2011 to advance transatlantic commercial and policy cooperation. The Summit includes participation from industry, finance and government from Canada, the UK and globally.
Reception
A networking reception took place following the Summit in the grand foyer of Canada House (the Canadian High Commission) on Trafalgar Square.
UK industrial cluster seminar and industrial site visit
An aim of the Canada UK Energy Summit is to provide a forum for generating commercial opportunities for Canadian exporters. The Summit included a training seminar for a delegation of Canadian CCUS and hydrogen companies on UK industrial clusters, including how participate in decarbonization projects.
Following the Summit on March 13th, the Canadian delegation conducted a site visit on March 14 & 15 to the Net Zero Teesside industrial Custer.
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| MC | Jason Langrish, President, The Energy Roundtable & Canada Europe Roundtable for Business | |
| 1:00 pm | Opening remarks
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| 1:15 pm | Canada UK collaboration
Industry and government are working to advance the development of new energy technologies in efforts to meet our emissions targets. This includes hydrogen and supporting technologies and infrastructure projects, such as CCUS, clean electrification and clean fuels that will be essential for decarbonizing industrial sectors. The scale of the transformation is unrecognizable to what was happening only a few years ago. Panelists will discuss the frameworks and technologies that are facilitating the transition to a low carbon industrial economy, including initiatives to expand Canada UK cooperation and enhance energy security.
Chair: Peter Tertzakian, Deputy Director, ARC Energy Research Institute |
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| 1:45 pm | Keynote address
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| 2:10 pm |
Industrial decarbonization catalysts: Hydrogen, sustainable fuels and CCS Electrification – clean power – provides a near-term pathway for emissions reductions in many sectors including transport and the built environment. But decarbonizing through switching to low carbon fuels, including clean hydrogen, sustainable biofuels and carbon capture and storage is expected to play a critical role in ‘hard-to-decarbonize’ sectors such as heavy industry and medium- and heavy-duty freight. Even in scenarios with ambitious electrification, it is estimated that more than half of energy demand in 2050 may need to be met with clean fuels and carbon capture to meet a net-zero goal. The panel will examine how hydrogen, sustainable fuels and carbon capture projects co-exist and evolve at scale in industrial ecosystems in Canada and the UK and their nexus with the broader low-carbon fuel sector.
Chair: Adel Muna, Regional Director, Energy Europe, Hatch |
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| 2:55 pm |
Networking break |
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| 3:25 pm |
Advancing CCUS projects in the UK and Canada Strengthened climate goals and new investment incentives are delivering unprecedented momentum for CCUS. Capture, storage and removal technologies will play an important role in meeting net zero targets, including as one of few solutions to tackle emissions from heavy industry and to remove carbon from the atmosphere. Furthermore, CCUS offers compelling avenues for the production of hydrogen and clean fuels. The panel will discuss how these technologies and projects are being advanced in Canada and the UK and explore the potential for broader collaboration between the two territories.
Chair: Jemima Bruin-Bland, Global Lead CCUS & UK Energy Transition Strategy, Arup |
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| 4:10 pm |
Fireside chat: Renewables, nuclear, hydrogen and the energy transition
In conversation with: Troy Aharonian, Director, Net Zero Transition, Madano Partnership Ltd. |
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| 4:35 pm |
Fireside chat: UK Canada energy cooperation
In conversation with: Jason Langrish, President, Canada Europe Roundtable for Business & The Energy Roundtable |
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| 5:00 pm | Innovators session
Canadian entrepreneurs will discuss how their energy technology solutions are solving real world business problems. The panel will also review the ecosystem that exist in Canada for hydrogen and CCUS technology companies.
Chair: Prof. Walter Merida, Associate Dean, Research and Industry Partnerships, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of British Columbia |
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| 5:45 pm | Close | |
| 6:00 pm | Networking reception at Canada House, Trafalgar Square |
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