After the welcome and opening to the event Co-chair Johnny Gowdy, Director at Regen presented on ‘Why Sustainable Severn’.
In his opening presentation Johnny spoke about as the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary become the focus for new energy including tidal lagoons and Hinckley C, the estuary is entering a period of radical change.
Building on the themes from the previous two forums of energy, environment and economy, and introduced that the conference will consider how we can deliver new energy projects in balance with the environment and the economy.
The interactive electricity and CO2 emissions map that was referred to at the start of the presentation can be seen here.