Webinar14 July 2026
The Changing Shape of Energy Demand in Industry
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Overview
Industrial energy demand is changing fast. The webinar will explore the risks, opportunities and pathways to a resilient, low-carbon future.
Industrial energy demand is entering a period of profound transformation. As industries adapt to competitive pressures, adopt new technologies and pursue decarbonisation strategies, the scale, timing and geography of energy demand are being reshaped. These developments are creating new opportunities for productivity and growth, but face significant challenges, including persistently high and volatile energy prices that are affecting cost structures and investment decisions across sectors.
Businesses are engaging with this transition from very different starting points. Constraints on capital, skills, infrastructure access and organisational capacity shape how, and how quickly, firms can respond. At the same time, infrastructure limitations, including grid connection constraints, and evolving competitive dynamics are influencing where investment flows and where new energy demand emerges.
This webinar brings together perspectives from industry, policymakers and researchers to explore the forces driving change, the implications for energy demand, system planning and industrial competitiveness, and the barriers and opportunities across sectors. It will also examine practical pathways to better align policy, infrastructure and investment decisions, and to ensure energy systems can support industry through the transition to a resilient, low-carbon economy.
Speakers:
Jon Saltmarsh, Chief Technology Officer at Catapult Energy Systems, works to identify key innovation challenges and drives a range of major new research, knowledge and product development initiatives.
Adesina Oluwatomi, Research fellow at University of Leeds, will speak to the link between infrastructure deployment and opportunities for industrial decarbonisation.
Matthew Rhodes, Managing Director at Camirus Limited and Director & Acting CEO at BCIC West Midlands, specialises in industrial decarbonisation, microgeneration, low and zero carbon energy policy, energy efficiency and demand side energy systems management, and innovation in business models.
Dr Imogen Rattle, Research fellow in local low carbon industrial strategy, is an energy social scientist working at the Sustainability Research Institute, University of Leeds.
Key info
Time
2 PM - 3 PM GMT+1
Location
Online
Cost
Free