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Platts 3rd Annual European Power Generation conference will take place in Amsterdam at the Hilton Amsterdam on April 26–27, 2012.

European Power — Exploring the Threat of Under-Investment

The closure of 8-GW of German nuclear capacity and a slow-down in central power plant investment is squeezing European capacity margins.

Generation margins in Europe have been comfortable but peak demand is increasing and a harsh winter with nuclear outages could see shortages begin to appear.

Oppressed by economic turmoil and weak market signals, a bunker mentality has developed with utilities shelving non-essential projects until recovery is clear. There is, however, significant activity in development where investment is fully justified. The Dutch market a standout example and now the German market is responding to nuclear phase-out with new or revived lignite and gas proposals.

Other jurisdictions are wrestling with regulation. The UK is trying to bump-start a low carbon revolution with a CO2 floor price and long-term support contracts. Capacity payments for backup are an ever-present debating point in several markets while renewable subsidies are under pressure everywhere.

Utilities and policymakers agree that the long-term aim of decarbonization must remain in focus through the economic crisis. All routes to carbon neutrality are needed — renewables; energy efficiency; new nuclear; carbon capture and storage; smart grid; super grid.

The investment to deliver this revolution is vast, but is the market in any state to deliver capital-intensive projects? How does the sector keep sight of its ultimate goal in such conditions? Who is managing to navigate projects through the recession, and who has fallen by the wayside?

2012 Program

Platts 2012 European Power conference will debate these questions with concrete examples from the field. The conference will bring together the major investment players in each technology as well as from the policy, funding and advisory side to help inform and elucidate.

The Conference Will Explore:

• Delivering Europe's low carbon revolution — Are we on track?
• Demand, price and policy — Wait-and-see on big-ticket high-risk items
• Key power market presentations — Latest developments, upcoming challenges — The Netherlands, Germany, UK and France
• Understanding EU utility performance — Value destruction set to continue?
• The regulatory landscape — Where is policy helping, where is it hindering?
• Filling the funding void — The threat of under-investment
• Technology focus: renewables, new nuclear, gas, coal, and CCS progress
• European grid infrastructure and market design
• Contestable, open markets — State of play

Audience

The 2011 event was attended by over 120+ senior-level delegates, including utility officials, project developers, regulators and government officials, service providers, investors, academics, NGOs, lawyers and, consultants.

This Year, We Have the Following Industry Leaders Confirmed:

• Jan Taschenberger, Head of Generation Strategy, EON
• Dr. Frank-Detlef Drake, Vice President Corporate Research & Development RWE
• Kevin Welch, Corporate Vice President Strategy Europe, GDF Suez
• Gunnar Lundberg, Vice President Regulatory Affairs, Vattenfall
• Antonio Scala, Head of Industrial Development, Generation & Energy Management, Enel
• Philip Lowe, Director-General, DG Energy, European Commission
• Laszlo Varro, Head of Gas, Coal and Power Markets Division, International Energy Agency (IEA)
• Konstantin Staschus, Secretary-General, ENTSO-E
• Juha Kekkonen, Executive Vice President, Fingrid Oyj
• Peter Plug, Chair, Electricity Working Group, ACER/CEER; Director, Office of Energy Regulation and Transport Regulation, Netherlands Competition Authority (NMa)
• Pierre Bernhard, Head of Business Development, ELIA
• Allan Baker, Global Head of Power Project Finance, Société Générale
• Dr. Per Lekander, Managing Director, Head of Utilities Research, UBS
• Dr. John McElroy, Director of Policy and Public Affairs, RWE npower
• Dr. Susanne Nies, Head of Unit Energy Policy and Generation, Eurelectric
• Dr. Franz Bauer, Head of Fossil-fired Power Plants, VGB PowerTech e.V.
• Peter Ramm, Technical Director, Advanced Power
• Dr. Christian Nabe, Head of Power Systems and Markets, Ecofys
• Dr. Olaf Heil, Director, Hydro Power & New Technologies, RWE Innogy
• Dr. Andy Read, Capture Director, ROAD Project, E.ON Benelux
• José A. López, Vice President European Utilities, HSBC
• Trevor Sikorski, Director, Carbon Markets and Environmental Products Research, Barclays Capital
• Henry Edwardes-Evans, Managing Editor, Power in Europe, Platts
• David Jones, Editor, Renewable Energy Report, Platts

Some of the Comments from Previous Attendees of Platts European Power Generation Conference:

"Platts doesn't disappoint. Yet again the conference got to the heart of the issues facing the power sector."

Richard Catterson, Doosan Babcock

"It was a very good conference."

Jiri Vatral,  Vitkovice Power Engineering

"This is the first Platts conference I have attended but it has been very well structured and particularly well-chaired by Henry Edwardes-Evans."

Mark Thomson, Fluor

"Very good and excellent mixture of speakers."

Ankur Giarg, Citiworks AGI Munich

"Very interesting to have the market/industry point of view."

Maria Elena Efthymiou, European Parliament

"Good — mix of presentations/topics."

David Powell, GE Hitachi

"Excellent, very interesting."

Dietegen Muller, Finanz und Wirtschaft

"Good and to the point."

Yuen Cherry, ABB Switzerland Ltd

Past Attendees Included:

• ABB Schweiz AG
• ADAPT Consulting
• Advanced Power
• Aertssen Kranen nv
• Allegro Development
• ALPIQ Holding AG
• AREVA NP
• Association of Electricity Producers (AEP)
• Bank of America Merrill Lynch
• Barclays Capital
• BHP Billiton
• Bloomberg News
• BNP Paribas Fortis
• British Management Data Foundation
• CALYON
• Carmeuse
• CCEE Chamber of Electric Energy Commercialization
• CDC Climat Arcueil
• CEZ, a. s.
• Chubu Electric Power Company
• Citiworks AG
• Commerz Bank
• Coyne et Bellier
• CREG
• Deutsche Bank
• DG Energy
• DONG Energy
• DONG Naturgas A/S
• Doosan Babcock
• Doosan Power Systems Ltd
• Drax Power Ltd
• E.ON Climate & Renewables
• E.ON Energy Trading
• E-Control GnmH
• EDF
• EGL AG
• Electrabel
• Elia
• EMCC – European Market Coupling Co. GmbH
• Emerson Process Management
• EnBW
• Enel Green Power
• ENERGA SA
• ESB Energy International
• ESBI Engineering & Facility Management Ltd
• EURELECTRIC
• European Commission
• European Energy Exchange (EEX)
• European Investment Bank
• European Parliament
• European Wind Energy Association (EWEA)
• EVN GRP
• Federal Network Agency Germany
• Finanz und Wirtschaft
• Fingrid Oyj
• Fluor Ltd
• Fluxys S.A.
• Fortum Corporation
• Fortum Corporation
• Gas Natural
• GasTerra B.V.
• GDF Suez
• GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy
• Iberdrola Energie Deutschland
• ING Bank N.V.
• International Energy Agency (IEA)
• KfW IPEX-Bank
• Landsvirkjun
• Lazard
• LITGRID turtas AB
• Macquarie
• Mergermarket Group
• Metso Power
• MGT Power
• Mlex Market Intelligence
• Nuon
• NV Nederlandse Gasunie
• Nvalue Ltd.
• OECD / NEA
• OMV Trading GmbH
• PE Electric Power Industry of Serbia
• Petoro AS
• PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A.
• Port of Rotterdam
• RWE AG
• RWE Innogy
• RWE Supply & Trading GmbH
• RWE Technology GmbH
• ScottishPower
• Siemens Project Ventures
• Siemens Wind Power A/S
• Slovenske elektrarne, a.s.
• Société Générale Corporate & Investment Bank
• SolarReserve
• SPE s.a.
• Standard & Poor's
• Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd.
• Tavanir Co.
• TenneT TSO
• THUNDERSTROM INTERNATIONAL LTD
• UNISYS
• Vattenfall AB
• VERBUND Trading AG, ATU45644600
• Verivox GmbH
• Vestas Wind Systems
• VITKOVICE POWER ENGINEERING a.s.
• Wartsila
• Wärtsilä Finland Oy
• World Fuel Services Europe Ltd
• WSB Projekt GmbH
• WWF
• XEMC Darwind B.V.