Past energy events, seminars and conferences. Past events Search Tags Event date Date from Date to Jun 17 2025 15.00 - 17.00 What can state ownership do for the clean energy transition? In leading jurisdictions, the “easy” part of the clean energy transition has been achieved. What remains to be accomplished - constructing energy systems that emit no carbon, rather than just substantially less carbon - will be harder and more expensive. In recognition of these challenges, both New York State and the United Kingdom recently passed laws creating state-owned clean energy companies: NY by giving a new mission to its "New York Power Authority", and the UK by creating "Great British Energy". Further information Oct 15 2025 15.30 - 17.00 Energy@Edinburgh seminar on The Energy Transition and Voter Partisanship We invite Professor David B. Spence to present the Energy at Edinburgh seminar Further information Feb 20 2026 14.30 - 17.00 Dr Pradeep Tharakan: Scaling the energy transition across developing Asia and the Pacific: notes from the front lines Join us as we welcome Dr Pradeep Tharakan, Director for Energy Transition at the Asian Development Bank, to the Business School. Further information Mar 19 2026 09.00 - 17.30 Risk and Resilience Day 2026 Energy Systems | Risk | Resilience | Uncertainty | Reliability | Modelling | Understanding Further information Oct 07 2026 14.00 - 16.00 Contracts for Difference and the Pursuit of North Sea Renewable Energy: State Authority and Party Autonomy in the UK, Norway, and Belgium The talk offers a comparative look at how Contracts for Difference (CfDs) underpin offshore renewable energy financing across the UK, Norway, and Belgium, and how national legal structures shape both contractual autonomy and the prospects for deeper cross-border cooperation in the North Sea energy system. Further information Further information 1 2 3 This article was published on Friday 30 October 2026
