Water Climate Discussion

COP26: Energy Transition

You are invited to the third in our series of Water Climate Discussions at 9am BST on Thursday 1 July:

Sector experts from Scottish Water Horizons and VCS Denmark will lead our discussion on the Water Sector's Energy Transition.

They will also be asking you some big questions:

We’ll be publishing your responses in a report that will shape our continued action in the run up to COP26.

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Ejby Moelle WRRF Gas storage tank with flare at the right and chimney from CHP in the background.
Ejby Moelle WRRF Gas storage tank with flare at right and CHP behind.
Credit: Ivan Vølund
Ejby Moelle Digesters at sunrise
Ejby Moelle WRRF Digesters at sunrise.
Credit: Ivan Vølund
John Sammon

Low Carbon Energy Team Leader, Scottish Water Horizons

Scottish Water Horizons have supported the delivery of the first low carbon wastewater heat recovery projects in the UK. John will describe existing projects to date and look to future opportunities, including brief discussion on innovative hydrogen production at wastewater treatment sites. ...read more about John

John Sammon leads the Low Carbon Energy Team within Scottish Water Horizons, having joined the business in 2015. The team are responsible for developing multi-disciplinary energy projects to directly support Scottish Water Group’s commitment to net zero carbon emissions by 2040. Since 2015 the team have delivered over 30 solar PV projects, 4 wind projects, and the UK’s first sewage heat recovery projects. John has been involved in renewables since 2010, starting out in solar before moving to the small wind industry in 2012 working on Scottish Water’s wind programme on the developer side.

Ivan Vølund

Head of Department, Wastewater, VCS Denmark

VCS Denmark’s Ejby Mølle WWTP has achieved 180% energy self-sufficiency, however they have also experienced energy saving projects which resulted in greater overall greenhouse gas emissions...

Ivan will promote the approach of spending your money where it will give the greatest benefit. It may sound obvious, but a lot of optimization can be done to existing plants requiring smaller expenditures instead of doing huge and expensive renovations. Efficient operation, world class maintenance and smart control strategies can be much cheaper than huge investments and can bring greater benefits in the end. ...read more about Ivan

Ivan Vølund has 20 years experience in wastewater, first as specialist then 14 years as a manager. The role evolved over the years: he started with pump stations, extended into the sewer network, then storm water handling and, from 2015, waste water treatment plants. Ivan has delivered training in Denmark, Russia and Zambia and given presentations in Denmark, Finland, USA, China and Kenya.

Ray Arrell

Head of Technical Development, Regen

Ray will be touching on a few facets of transition and what they mean for the water sector. In order to achieve net zero, we're going to need to see a number of systemic, economic and environmental changes, including building on the renewable energy deployment, and decarobonising both the more societal sectors such as transport and heat, as well as the harder to decarbonise sectors such as heavy industry, aviation, and shipping. This brings a system operability challenge, and the need for reforns in the energy market. Ray will discuss where the water sector fits into these challenges. ...read more about Ray

Ray Arrell works for not-for-profit energy advisory Regen as Head of Technical Development, coordinating the development of the company’s capabilities and expertise. Ray is also part of Regen’s senior project management team, overseeing the delivery of some of Regen’s work in electricity storage, future energy scenario modelling and the evolution of the UK’s electricity and gas networks. Prior to joining Regen in 2017, Ray spend 13 years in energy management and renewable energy operations in the water sector, through a number of roles he held at South West ater. Ray will be highlighting some of the main features of the energy transition and how they may both impact and create opportunities for the water industry..

Martin Currie will be hosting the discussion, and posing your questions to our experts. ...read more about Martin

Dr Martin Currie is an independent potable water quality and treatment specialist with Aqueum. He founded andeye at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to improve the quality of online conferences and help decarbonise and democratise conferences post-COVID. andeye are based just south Glasgow and are providing the platform for this discussion.

Martin lived in Mauritius prior to his return to Scotland, working as an independent water consultant and photographer. Prior to that he lead Atkins’ Middle East Water business from a Dubai base. This included taking the water lead on a number of sustainable city master plans. After a year of consultancy, following his PhD in water treatment, his first long-term role was as a Process Engineer with Thames Water, culminating in the Lead Process Engineer role on their Upper Thames Major Resource Development project.

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