Agenda and minutes

Venue: Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Contact: Martha Da Gama Howells 

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1.

Introductions, apologies and substitutions

Minutes:

1.1 Apologies were received from Joyce Watson. There were no substitutions.

2.

Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business: Items 4 and 6

Minutes:

2.2 Members of the Committee agreed the motion.

09:30-10:45

3.

Inquiry into "A smarter energy future for Wales?"

David Clubb, Renewable UK

Professor Malcolm Eames, Low Carbon Research Institute, Cardiff University

Chris Blake, Director, The Green Valleys

 

Paper 1

Paper 2

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.1 Witnesses responded to questions from Members of the Committee. 

10:45 - 11:00

4.

Discussion of evidence (in camera)

Minutes:

4.1 Members of the Committee discussed the evidence.

11:00 - 12:15

5.

Inquiry into "A smarter energy future for Wales?"

Nigel Turvey, Design and Development Manager, Western Power Distribution

Scott Mathieson, Network Planning & Regulation Director, Scottish Power Energy Networks

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

5.1 The witnesses responded to questions from Members of the Committee.

 

5.2 Stephen Stewart agreed to provide the Committee with:

 

·         Heat maps, depicting grid connection capacity;

·         Further details on activity within Liverpool in relation to its selection as a ‘Smart City’.

 

5.3     Nigel Turvey agreed to provide the Committee with:

 

·         Charts that show the amount of output seen at different months from the different technology types;

·         Information on the megabytes needed to support a smart city such as Bristol/Liverpool;

·         Further information on the scale necessary, in terms of breakthrough costings, for new storage systems to become economically viable;

·         Further information on what investment Western Power Distribution is putting into research and development in relation to storage.

12:15 - 12:30

6.

Discussion of evidence (in camera)

Minutes:

5.1 Members of the Committee discussed the evidence.