Reading, UK: The Cold Chain Federation is staging three webinars, as part of its cold chain energy week on 8, 10, and 11 November.
The online webinars take place from 10:00 to 11:00hrs consider the current energy market and will also announce a new federation initiative for 2023.
“The volatile UK energy market continues to expose cold chain businesses to the risks of rising and unpredictable costs. In this Insight Week, we take a look at a year of rising prices and ask what the future holds for pricing and energy availability. We will be asking what businesses can do to reduce their energy usage and take more control of their energy needs,” the federation says.
Webinar 1: The energy market and impacts on the cold chain
Tuesday, 8 November, 10:00 – 11:00hrs
The energy crisis has placed enormous financial stress on all business, but energy intensive industries such as cold storage have been particularly hard hit. This webinar discusses the situation for energy pricing in 2023 and discuss what could happen when the Energy Bill Support Scheme comes to an end in March. The panel will also look at how cold chain businesses are approaching the crisis and striving for energy resilience.
Speakers:
- NFU Energy
- James Woodward, managing director, Cold Move
- Tom Southall, policy director, Cold Chain Federation
- Shane Brennan, chief executive, Cold Chain Federation
Webinar 2: transforming the energy system and maximising the opportunity from renewables
Thursday, 10 November, 10:00 – 11:00
Investment in renewables and other energy management mechanisms has skyrocketing in recent years, fuelled by high energy prices and improving returns on investments. However, it can be difficult for a business to make sense of the options and overcome barriers with their electricity provider, such as lack of capacity in the local network and/or high upgrade and connection costs. This webinar looks at the options for cold chain businesses for investing in renewables and future technologies which will become more widespread in the coming years. It will also discuss how the grid is being upgraded to meet increasing demand for local generation.
Speakers:
- Avi Aithal, open networks technical lead, Energy Networks Association
- Jon Wyllie, business development manager, Harlaxton
- Neil Stott, business development director, MyPower
- Simon Mitchell, head of commercial, YLEM Energy
Webinar 3: Energy benchmarking tool for cold storage
Friday, 11 November, 10.00 to 11.00
As revealed at this year’s Cold Chain Live! conference, the Cold Chain Federation has been working with partners at Jacobs Engineering to produce a benchmarking tool for members to help them understand the energy usage of their cold stores compared to similar facilities around the UK. The webinar will provide an overview of how the tool has been developed, what members can expect to receive and how they can interpret the data. The webinar include details of a new event coming in early 2023 linked to the new benchmarking tool.
Speakers:
- Claire Chaffer, senior associate director, climate change, Jacobs
- Shane Brennan, chief executive, Cold Chain Federation
- Tom Southall, policy director, Cold Chain Federation
