2022
The 2022 seminar will be held at Liverpool Football Club Anfield and The Marriott City Hotel One Queen Square Liverpool on 14 and 15 July 2022
Programme
The 2022 programme will show here soon
Keynote address
Craig Dyke Head of International Decarbonisation National Grid and Chair of the IET Power Academy Executive
Keynote speakers
- Michelle Richmond Director, Membership & Professional Development The IET
- Scott Mathieson Director, Network Planning and Regulation Scottish Power Energy Networks
IET Power Academy essay competition 2022
Every year, the Power Academy invites scholars to write a mini-essay on a chosen topic
The first prize is £600, the second prize is £400, and the third prize is £200.
In 2022 scholars will be invited to write 700 words on selected topics
2021
The 2021 virtual interactive seminar was held on 29 and 30 July 2021
Programme
Scholars were sent a link directly to the Seminar.
Keynote address
Rob Watson, Director Rolls-Royce Electrical, Chair of IET Power Academy Executive
Keynote speakers
Dawn Ohlson Vice President The IET
Nigel Vardy Mountaineer
Nigel Vardy Mountaineer
Read more about the 2021 winners
2020
We’d planned for this year’s seminar to be in Liverpool. However, due to the COVID-19 situation, the decision was made to cancel the seminar this year.
2019
The 2019 seminar was held on 18 and 19 July 2019 at The Crowne Plaza, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Programme
View the 2019 IET Power Academy Seminar programme.
After dinner speaker
The after-dinner speaker was Nick Ellins, Chief Executive, Energy and Utility Skills Group and the National Skills Academy for Power.
Presentations
- The Future of Flight: Electrifying Aerospace by Rob Watson, Director Rolls-Royce Electrical, Chair of the IET Power Academy Executive
- Tackling the 4D Energy Challenge through Storage and Flexibility: Decarbonisation, Decentralisation, Democratisation, Digitalisation by Professor Phil Taylor,Head of Engineering, Newcastle University
Some years on! Ex scholars presentations
- Andrew Allan - RWE Generation UK
- Andrew Berndes - Western Power Distribution
- Gavin Howarth - Northern Powergrid
The IET Power Academy essay competition 2019
Every year, the Power Academy invites scholars to write a mini essay on a chosen topic.
The first prize is £600, the second prize is £400, and the third prize is £200.
In 2019, scholars were invited to write 700 words on one of the following topics:
| 1. | The decarbonisation of heat is critical for the UK is to meet its decarbonisation targets. Discuss the possible routes to decarbonisation for the heat sector and the potential impacts on our existing infrastructure. |
| 2. | The UK’s installed capacity of base-load generation will continue to reduce as coal power is phased out and nuclear plant reaches end-of-life ahead of new-nuclear build. Is this a cause for concern or is the electricity supply industry ready for the changes this brings? |
| 3. | Is electric power really green? |
The 2019 winners were:
- 1st Prize - Connie Edgar, Rolls-Royce, University of Strathclyde
- 2nd Prize - Caleb Halfpenny, RWE Generation, Queen's University Belfast
- 3rd Prize - Fraser Steedman, Atkins, University of Strathclyde
The three winners were announced at the Power Academy Seminar dinner on 18 July 2019.
They received an invitation to attend the IET Annual Dinner in 2020, including accommodation in a London hotel.
