On line webinar – you will receive a link to a Teams webinar

The presentation will last 45 mins and will be followed by a 30 minute Q&A using your questions submitted using the chat facility.

You will receive a ticket when you book, thus to tell you that you have been registered. You will not need it to receive the link to the webinar - it is just admin.

With a large forecast increase in demand for electricity for our cars, transport, domestic and industrial heating and processes from a peak demand of 58GW in 2020 to 63GW in 2030,

plus a major change in the mix of sources of supply to more variable and asynchronous generators such as offshore wind’s target of 50GW by 2030-2040 and solar predicted at 42GW 2030 rising to 70GW 2040

plus changes to demand patterns which will mean that winter peak demand is no longer the single worst case for system control

plus technical issues are also entangled in political, environmental and social considerations, such as the debate about how to bring offshore electricity onshore into the grid

The presentations will cover the fascinating history of the Grid then outline the strategy for meeting these challenges as we progress towards operating the electricity system at zero carbon

The Presenters

Amanda May Group Engineering Policy Manager, Chief Engineer and Risk Office (CERO), General Counsel

Amanda will present the challenges, opportunities and innovations that will help deliver a decarbonised network by 2035

James Watson CEng, FIET, Lead ACE, Asset Operations, London, Electricity Transmission

James is an experienced electrical engineer and a historian of technology

James will cover the history of the grid in the UK from the 19thC to the supergrid and the engineering requirements and plans to prepare for the future