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With the UK accelerating its transition to a low-carbon economy, momentum is growing around carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) and hydrogen project development. Supported by government policy, industrial clusters and private investment, these technologies are becoming essential to decarbonising heavy industry while maintaining economic growth.

This conference will focus on the role that CCUS, and hydrogen will play in the UK’s industrial decarbonisation strategy. Discussions will also explore policy developments such as the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS), the impact of CBAM on UK industry, the potential of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), and the growing energy demands of data centres within the future energy system.

The 8th UK CCUS & Hydrogen Industrial Decarbonisation Summit will explore how carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) and hydrogen are being deployed to decarbonise industry and transport. The event will bring together 600+ senior stakeholders, including government officials, regulators, industrial leaders, project developers, academia and technology providers, to discuss policy, infrastructure and investment needed to accelerate deployment. Alongside the conference, a 50+ exhibitor showcase will highlight the latest CCUS and hydrogen technologies, solutions and services driving the UK’s industrial energy transition.

Sessions One and Two

Current trajectory assessments suggest the UK is not yet on track to fully meet its 2030 carbon reduction targets, with delivery timelines increasingly extending towards the mid-2030s under current project and infrastructure development pathways. In this context, the session will examine recent UK policy and regulatory developments shaping industrial decarbonisation. It will explore the progress of CCUS cluster deployment, hydrogen production frameworks, and the role of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) alongside mechanisms such as the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). The discussion will also address investment challenges, planning and consent timelines, and the need for stronger alignment between government policy, industry and infrastructure development to accelerate delivery and maintain the UK’s Net Zero ambitions.

Schedule:

9:25
Chairs Opening address: Paul Davies, Director, Severnside Carbon Capture & Shipping Hub
9:30
Minister Martin McCluskey, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Energy and Jobs, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)
9:50
Olivia Powis, Chief Executive, CCSA
10:10
Q&A
10:20
Delivering the Next Phase of Industrial Cluster Decarbonisation: Investment, Infrastructure and Industrial Competitiveness

Arjan Geveke, Director, Energy Intensive Users Group (EIUG)

Chloe Evans, Director, Banking & Investments, National Wealth Fund

Dan Sadler, Director of Scheme Delivery, Low Carbon Contracts Company

Jonathan Briggs, Director, VPI

Marian Garfield. Director of Sustainability, Heidelberg Materials
10:50
Main Sponsor
11:10
Coffee & Networking Break

This session will provide a strategic update on CCUS and CCS project developments across the UK, highlighting expected Final Investment Decision (FID) milestones over the next 18 months as the UK’s cluster-based deployment model begins to take shape. The discussion will explore the pathway from FEED to FID within the UK policy framework, including the Track-1 and Track-2 cluster process and government support mechanisms designed to enable project delivery. Focus will be placed on the development of CO₂ transport and storage infrastructure, shared offshore storage assets in the North Sea, liability frameworks, and third-party access models. The session will assess how scalable transport and storage networks are essential to unlocking industrial decarbonisation across the UK’s major industrial clusters and enabling long-term carbon management infrastructure.

Schedule:

12:00
Sven van den Bedem, Humber Expansion Manager, The Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP)

"From First-of-a-Kind to Scale: Building the East Coast Cluster"

The Northern Endurance Partnership is delivering the first phase of the East Coast Cluster CO₂ transport and storage system on Teesside, turning CCUS ambition into real infrastructure, jobs and regional investment. This presentation will share key lessons from taking a first-of-a-kind CCS network from development through FID and into construction. It will also look ahead to the Humber Expansion, the next phase of the East Coast Cluster, which has the potential to unlock significant industrial decarbonisation and economic growth. We will explore what is needed to connect new customers in Teesside and scale the system across the East Coast and beyond.
12:20
Case Study
12:40
Operator Case Study
13:00
Jan Ochmann, Project Manager Sales, Linde Engineering
13:20
Q&A
13:30
Lunch & Networking Break
14:30
Chairs Opening Address: Paul Davies, Director, Severnside Carbon Capture & Shipping Hub
14:35
Case Study
14:55
Operator Case Study
15:15
Q&A
15:20
Alistair Macfarlane, Head of Carbon Storage , North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA)
15:30
From Clusters to a Connected CO₂ Storage Market: Scaling UK Deployment and Cross-Border Collaboration.

This panel will examine how the UK can progress from individual cluster projects towards an integrated and internationally connected CO₂ transport and storage market. Discussion will cover Track 1 and Track 2 developments, storage licensing and appraisal, pathways to FID, non-pipeline transport for dispersed emitters, and the regulatory and commercial frameworks required to enable cross-boundary and cross-border collaboration.

Alistair Macfarlane, Head of Carbon Storage , North Sea Transition
Authority (NSTA)

Denise Moylan, CCS & Hydrogen Director, The Crown Estate

Keith Birch, Technical Director, Severnside Carbon Capture & Shipping Hub

Nic Braley, General Manager Acorn, Storegga

Sophie Burnoud, Hydrogen and Technology Performance Insurance Lead, AON
16:10
Coffee & Networking Break

Session Three

This session will examine the “U” in CCUS, exploring how captured carbon can create new products, revenue streams and industrial value chains within the UK’s evolving decarbonisation landscape. It will highlight opportunities across sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), low-carbon fuels and energy-from-waste, including how organisations preparing for inclusion in the UK Emissions Trading Scheme can use CCUS to strengthen asset value and long-term commercial resilience. The discussion will assess how government policy, carbon pricing, market demand and emerging business models can support the deployment of carbon utilisation technologies. It will also explore what is required to move CCU projects from demonstration to commercial scale—creating investable opportunities while delivering measurable industrial decarbonisation.

Schedule:

16:15
Case Study
16:35
Bringing Energy-from-Waste into the UK ETS: CCUS, Costs and Circular Value

Jacob Hayler, Executive Director, Environmental Services Association

James Eyton, Director CCS, Viridor

Stuart Hayward-Higham, Chief technical development & innovation officer, SUEZ recycling and recovery UK
17:15
Scaling a UK SAF Market: Production, Infrastructure and Long-Term Offtake

Felix Leworthy, Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer, ETFuels

Rob Griggs, Policy and Public Affairs Director, Airlines UK

Dr Simon Owens, Engineering & Technical Director, Alfanar Projects

Emerson
17:40
Evening Drink Reception
19:00
End of Day 1

Sessions One and Two

This session will examine how low-carbon hydrogen projects can progress from Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) through Final Investment Decision (FID) to commercial operation. Covering CCUS-enabled and electrolytic production, it will explore the UK Hydrogen Production Business Model, industrial offtake and the Energy Independence Bill’s proposed hydrogen-to-power framework. Discussion will focus on competitive pricing, long-term supply agreements, demand aggregation and the investment required for industrial users to switch fuels. It will consider how producers can serve both continuous industrial demand and variable power-generation requirements, alongside the transport and storage infrastructure needed to ensure reliable supply. Bringing together producers, customers, investors and infrastructure developers, the session will assess how commercial risks can be shared and delivery timelines coordinated to build bankable projects and strengthen UK energy security.

Schedule:

9:25
Chairs Opening Address: Dr Emma Guthrie, CEO, Hydrogen Energy Association
9:30
Operator Case Study
9:50
Case Study
10:10
Making Hydrogen Bankable: Production, Demand and Commercial Offtake – Panel Discussion

Boris Davis, Head of BD UK, Lhyfe

David Eccles, Director, Hydrogen South West

Eric Adams, Hydrogen Director, Carlton Power
10:50
Coffee & Networking Break

The expansion of data centres and AI infrastructure is creating new requirements for secure, affordable and reliable low-carbon power. This session will examine how the UK can accommodate this growth alongside rising energy demand from industrial electrification, advanced manufacturing and hydrogen production. Against the backdrop of the Energy Independence Bill, discussion will explore proposed reforms to electricity networks and market arrangements, and their potential implications for grid access, investment and infrastructure delivery. It will assess how power availability, connection timelines and electricity costs shape the location and commercial viability of data centres and new industrial developments. The session will consider on-site generation, private-wire networks, storage and long-term power purchase agreements, alongside the potential contribution and deployment timescales of nuclear energy and Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). It will also examine how data centres can support the wider energy system through demand flexibility and heat recovery while maintaining operational resilience. Bringing together data-centre operators, industrial users, energy developers and investors, the discussion will focus on coordinating generation, networks and demand to support industrial competitiveness and UK energy security.

Schedule:

11:40
Case Study
12:00
Richard Gwilliam, Director, The Future of Drax Power Station

Repurposing Existing Energy Infrastructure to Power the UK’s Industrial and Digital Future
12:20
Case Study
12:40
Q&A
12:45
Meeting Britain’s New Industrial Energy Demand: Grid Capacity, Electrification and Firm Low-Carbon Power

Julian Leslie CEng FREng FIET, Director of Strategic Energy Planning and Chief Engineer, NESO

Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer, Champion and Director of the UK Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC)

Phil Reid, Head of Energy, RED Engineering
13:15
Lunch & Networking Break

Sessions Three and Four

The UK’s energy transition will require gas infrastructure that can support low-carbon hydrogen and sustainable biomethane alongside an increasingly electrified economy. This session will examine how hydrogen transport corridors and storage can develop alongside greater biomethane injection into existing gas networks, connecting domestic production with industrial demand and flexible power generation. Against the backdrop of the Energy Independence Bill and wider gas-sector reforms, discussion will explore network investment, connection capacity, the repurposing of suitable assets and the different technical and commercial requirements of hydrogen and biomethane. It will consider how sustainable supply availability and coordinated infrastructure planning can support industrial clusters and dispersed users while strengthening energy security. Digitalisation will be central to the discussion, including integrated data platforms, digital twins, metering and real-time monitoring. The session will assess how these tools can improve demand forecasting, network capacity management, gas-quality monitoring and emissions tracking, enabling more efficient operations, reliable market information and better-informed infrastructure investment.

Schedule:

14:15
Chair's Opening Address: Dr Emma Guthrie, CEO, Hydrogen Energy Association
14:20
Case study
14:50
Building Britain’s Low-Carbon Gas Backbone: Networks, Storage and Digital Operations

This panel will explore how hydrogen transport and storage can develop alongside greater biomethane integration into existing gas networks. Panellists will discuss investment priorities, connection constraints, asset repurposing and the coordination needed to connect supply with industrial and power-sector demand. The discussion will also examine how shared data, digital twins and real-time monitoring can improve infrastructure planning, operational efficiency and energy security.

NESO

Orlando Minervino, Decarbonisation Strategy Manager, Xoserve
15:30
Coffee & Networking Break

UK ports are becoming critical hubs for industrial decarbonisation, energy security and the development of new low-carbon supply chains. Located alongside many of the country’s largest industrial clusters, they are well positioned to connect energy production, industrial demand, transport infrastructure and international markets. This session will explore how ports can support the production, storage, import and export of hydrogen, ammonia and sustainable fuels. It will also examine their role in enabling CO₂ shipping and storage networks, connecting dispersed emitters with offshore storage sites and supporting the growth of offshore energy infrastructure. The discussion will assess the investment, infrastructure and collaboration required to transform UK ports into integrated clean-energy and carbon-management hubs.

Schedule:

15:45
Case Study
16:05
Building Investable Port Energy Hubs: CO₂ Shipping, Hydrogen, Ammonia and Clean Fuels

Mark Simmonds, Director of Policy & External Affairs, British Ports Association

Ralph Windeatt, Group Head of Business Development, ABP

Simon Green, CEO, Humber Freeport

Felix Leworthy, Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer, ETFuels
16:40
End of Conference

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