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WELCOME TO THE FEBRUARY EDITION

OUR CONTRIBUTORS EDITOR’S LETTER

JO GILES IT’S A SAD FACT of modern life that around 200,000
Customer Safeguarding Manager, Cadent older people in the UK have not had a conversation
Jo is utility lead on the National Mental with a friend or relative in more than a month. And
Capacity Forum (NMCF) and head of the this ‘loneliness epidemic’ is feeding another
utility specific work group, working to insidious social ill – the rise of the scam.
create and disseminate practical guidance Gas professionals come into contact with lonely
to companies on embedding the Mental and potentially susceptible customers on a daily
Capacity Act (2005). basis, meaning few people are better placed to
safeguard their interests. Now, a new campaign is
SOPHIA RUSHTON urging utility companies to join the fight against scammers who target
Project Engineer, Orbital Gas Systems vulnerable customers. Cadent’s Jo Giles has the details in this edition.
Sophia joined Orbital as a Mechanical The move to 100 per cent hydrogen may seem like light years away, but the
Design Engineer in 2016 working on a low carbon transition is picking up speed thanks to a ground-breaking
variety of projects, designing metering, project, being led by SGN. H100 is a critical step for the hydrogen movement
pressure reduction and conditioning in Scotland. Julien Mouli-Castillo, Postdoctoral Research Assistant at the
skids. She has since been exposed to University of Edinburgh’s School of Geosciences, gives us the latest update.
process engineering and the world of Over the past decade, the UK’s energy supply has diversified substantially,
sample system design and now ensures leading to a complex and constantly shifting legislative landscape. As a
the delivery of Orbital’s key engineering result, navigating the sea of environmental legislation has become a real
projects, with an emphasis on innovation. challenge. Libryo’s founder Malcolm Gray explains how your business can
stay afloat of the latest changes.
MALCOLM GRAY Any gas that enters the natural gas transmission and distribution networks
Executive Director of Libryo must meet certain requirements for quality and safety. As the potential for
Prior to co-founding Libryo, Malcolm biomethane grows, ensuring contaminants are properly measured so they do
spent 16 years working in asset not find their way into the network is crucial. Project Engineer for Orbital Sophia
management in a number of senior roles. Rushton explains the pitfalls of gas sampling and how you can evade them.
Malcolm is an attorney who graduated In addition, we have four whole pages of IGEM events from over the festive
with a BSc in Geology and Hydrology, an period and another fascinating paper from the 2019 YPPC. This year’s
LLB and an LLM in Environmental Law. competition is open now, so put your thinking caps on. If, like me, you can
He was the conceptualiser and founding no longer pass for 35, our Gas Industry Awards are also open for
portfolio manager of the WWF Prescient nominations now, so get your entries in sharpish.
Living Planet Fund and is currently a We hope you enjoy the February edition,
Senior Associate of the University of
Cambridge’s Institute for Sustainability SHARON BAKER-HALLAM
Leadership (CISL). Malcolm is also an
Africa Leadership Initiative and Aspen EDITOR
BA (HONS) AIGEM
Global Leadership Fellow.
INSTITUTION OF GAS ENGINEERS AND MANAGERS (IGEM)

CCC’S CHRIS STARK TO DELIVER SIR DENIS ROOKE MEMORIAL LECTURE

2019 WAS A year of seismic change for But now that increasing numbers of and Climate Change for the Scottish
the environmental lobby. Across the politicians acknowledge that climate government and before that worked across
world, millions of protestors took to change is the biggest challenge facing Whitehall, including in the Treasury.
the streets to make their voices heard. humanity, how can our leaders turn On 25 March, witness this seminal
Closer to home, scores of councils and good intentions into action? event in the IGEM calendar and hear
local authorities declared a climate This year’s Sir Denis Rooke Memorial from one of the UK’s leading voices
emergency and the UK became the first Lecture will be delivered by Chris Stark, on climate change. This should be of
major economy in the world to pass Chief Executive of the Committee on particular interest to senior figures
laws to end its contribution to global Climate Change, the UK government’s in the gas industry, with plenty of
warming by 2050. This was the year of official climate change advisor. opportunities to network with decision-
Greta Thunberg, Extinction Rebellion Chris has been in post since April 2018. makers at the heart of our industry.
and the Impossible Burger. He was previously the Director of Energy Book your place now at bit.ly/IGEMsdr20

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