Penelope Carruthers is the inventor of the Carruthers Wheel, the first waterwheel patented in over 100yrs and only waterwheel specifically designed to generate electricity. Carruthers Renewables Ltd is working towards commercialising the Carruthers Wheel, as a way of opening the undeveloped market in Very Low-Head Hydropower, which in the UK is estimated to be over 3GW, equivalent to 2 new Hinkley Point C nuclear reactors.

George joined GreenPower after 12 years at SSE in 2019 and leads its development programme. In addition to playing a key role in delivering consents and a construction pipeline of over 3.5GW of renewable energy and storage projects whilst at SSE, George has significant experience in public affairs (government relations), policy and communications. Having previously worked for the Scottish Green Party and with WWF Scotland and Friends of the Earth Scotland he is no stranger to battling for the environment as well as delivering renewable energy projects.

Greenbackers are specialists for climate, cleantech and circular economy venture capital, advisors internationally for equity, asset and project finance and hosts of the Greenbackers Climate Pitch, an invitational, introducing entrepreneurs to active funders. Robert has spent the last 12 years of a 30-year technology career focused solely on the sector. Prior to Greenbackers, he was Chairman at ecoConnect, a national green business forum and held technology management positions at ABB, Worldcom and GEC-Marconi. Robert is a passionate advocate for green innovation, having chaired and spoken at over 200 events on technology, policy, commercialisation, business growth and investment subjects. http://greenbackers.com.

Stuart is a Commercial Director at RES, the world’s largest independent renewable energy company. He has been involved in the financing of renewable energy projects for 15 years across offshore wind, onshore wind, solar and energy storage. Stuart leads a team in RES that is responsible for all M&A, procurement and PPA origination activities across the UK and Ireland. He has also been involved in a number of working groups advising on renewable energy policy development.