Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit

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Strategy Breakfast - Wind: Surviving the Economic Cycle

Despite being the poster child for large-scale renewable energy, wind still faces significant hurdles, including continued dependence on political and regulatory support. What should the industry do to tackle these issues? The wind industry has survived the immediate financial crisis fall-out in relatively good health but is facing a period of significant overcapacity and shortage of development capital. How will the sector evolve over the next few years?

Strategy Breakfast - Solar: Matching Technology to Opportunity

The next few years will see the first 100MW+ solar projects. Bloomberg New Energy Finance analysis suggests thin-film PV will have the edge in cost terms, but crystalline silicon PV is not far behind. Solar thermal electricity generation (STEG) is more costly and requires water, but can often generate power better adapted to the local load profile. Given the pros and cons of each technology, which market will they will each capture? How are companies setting out their stalls to grab share in the 100MW+ project market?

Strategy Breakfast - Bioenergy: Follow the Money

The "Food vs Fuel" debate ignores the the complexities of bioenergy and biomaterials pathways. New feedstocks, innovative conversion technologies and the interaction with food, chemicals and energy markets will profoundly change the biomass value chain over the next decade. How will each source of feedstock find the most valuable end uses? Which pathways will dominate? What is the value of flexibility?

Break

Summit Day 2 Open

Keynote - The Future of Clean Energy: Taking a Step Back

The past year has been a roller-coaster for clean energy and the carbon markets: hit by the freezing of the debt markets, the disappointment of Copenhagen and Climategate, but helped by the first installments of stimulus funds, soaring activity in Asia and falling technology costs. In this wide-ranging keynote, Michael will extrapolate how these trends might play out for the sector in the next decade.

Fireside Chat - Working Together: Leadership for Early Action in the Post-Copenhagen Climate

Two experienced players in finance and energy discuss opportunities for leadership in the industry in the wake of the Copenhagen conference.

Interview - 'Beyond Business' by Lord John Browne

Eye Opener - Carbon Disclosure Project

Interactive Session - Policy Reboot: Building a Local Policy Portfolio

In its work for the World Economic Forum's recent meeting in Davos, Bloomberg New Energy Finance identified 35 different policy instruments that can and are being deployed somewhere in the world to promote investment in clean energy. Here we use the wisdom of crowds to identify quickly which ones should be used in which circumstances if we want to accelerate clean energy technologies quickly from the lab through scale-up, roll-out and maturity.

Buffet Lunch

Keynote - The Economics of Clean Energy: How Big, How Fast, How Much

Energy is all about economics, and economics is increasingly about energy. Bloomberg New Energy Finance's Global Energy & Emissions Model (GE2M) - used by an increasing number of governments - is a dynamic and transparent model, based on the company's proprietary abatement curves and levelized cost data-sets. Guy Turner will present the latest projections prepared for the Summit, painting a picture of the world's shift to clean energy, how much it will cost, and what it will do for energy prices.

Studio Discussion - Power Generation: Utilities on a Carbon Diet

If the world is to hit its aggressive targets for decarbonisation, and power generation has to be almost entirely carbon-free by 2050. At the same time, electricity's share of primary energy is likely to grow dramatically as transport goes electric. How are today's utilities preparing for a future of rising demand and enforced retirement of their core assets? We hear from some extraordinary leaders who are tackling these questions head on.

Studio Discussion - Energy Efficiency: Business Models That Work

Despite theoretical curves that show investing in energy efficiency should quickly pay for itself, the fact is that it is notoriously hard to make money out of energy efficiency and many opportunities remain unexploited. With over 1/3 of all stimulus cash - $62bn worth worldwide - earmarked for energy efficiency, is this about to change? Who is positioned to benefit, and which business models are actually working?

Break

Eye Opener - New Energy Pioneers

Interactive Session - The Road to 2020: Milestones and Speed Bumps

The past decade has seen extraordinary developments in clean energy. What are the key milestones which will be passed during the next decade? What are the 'breakpoints' which mean that the energy in 2020 will be qualitatively as well as quantitatively different from 2010? We will harness the assembled expertise of all Thought Leaders, Delegates and Honoured Guests to identify and evaluate the less obvious developments of the next ten years.

Eye Opener - Sustainable Energy Free Trade Area (SEFTA)

Eye Opener - Desertec Industrial Initiative

Summit Day 2 Close

Champagne Reception

Gala Awards Dinner

Bloomberg New Energy Finance League Table Awards

Bloomberg New Energy Finance is proud to present the fifth League Table Awards. These awards are based on the most comprehensive clean energy and carbon market data, and have become the industry standard.

Awards After-Party