AREG Energy Futures Digital Innovation

Sheryl Newman, CEO of Appetite for Business, chairs AREG’s Energy Futures Digital Innovation Network. Her expertise in digital innovation and passion for connecting with industry professionals enable her to lead the network effectively, ensuring successful events and collaboration.

The Digital Innovation Network is a community serving as a vibrant platform for professionals, experts, innovators, and enthusiasts passionate about leveraging digital technologies to drive innovation and sustainability within the renewable energy sector.

The group brings together individuals from various backgrounds, including renewable energy companies, technology firms, research institutions, government agencies, and startups, who share a common goal of advancing the adoption and integration of digital solutions in renewable energy.

Through engaging discussions, knowledge sharing, collaborative projects, and networking opportunities, members of this group explore the latest trends, best practices, case studies, and emerging technologies in the intersection of digital innovation and renewables.

Following the successful launch of the Digital Innovation Network in April 2024, the first online Digital Innovation Webinar, ‘Supply Chain Connection and Collaboration’ took place in July 2024. Expertly facilitated by the network chair Sheryl, and with insights from Carjon-NRG and Paratus Commercial Services, this event discussed the importance of supply chain connection and collaboration in accelerating the sector with digital innovation. You can watch the recorded webinar on our YouTube Channel here.

AREG hosted a Digital Innovation event at the ONE Tech Hub in Aberdeen on October 17th in collaboration with AREG’s Supply Chain and Technology Network. The event focused on Breaking Through Supply Chain Bottlenecks: strategies for Operations.

The next Digital Innovation networking event, to be held on December 5th at the ONE Tech Hub in collaboration with AREG’s Communications Network, will focus on Revolutionising Communications in Renewables with Digital Tech.

To sign up and find out more information about this event here.

To sign up for the Digital Innovation Network mailing list, please email [email protected]

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AREG has played an important role in the growth of Scotland’s renewable energy sector, engaging the supply chain and developing the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre. However, we are only at the very beginning of the transition that AREG was established to both lead and support so there are still opportunities for companies to get into the constantly evolving renewables supply chain. We look forward to continuing our work together as renewables builds on its place as Scotland’s main source of power, and as we seek to deliver real change in the crucial areas of heat and transport.

Scottish Renewables
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Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce has worked closely with AREG since its formation. The recent progress in the developments of offshore wind projects by Equinor and Vattenfall are as a result of the work of the group over many years. The north-east is known as the oil and gas capital of Europe. At the Chamber, we believe the region must evolve its position to being recognised as the energy capital. Whilst hydrocarbons will continue to be essential in driving our economy for years to come, the generation of renewable resources will play an increasingly important role in providing cost-effective power, innovative development and economic growth.

Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce
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The enthusiasm and dedication of the early group that would become AREG was fundamental in us choosing to launch All-Energy in Aberdeen. The first tiny show was held in 2001, and AREG’s Chairman at the time, Jeremy Cresswell, played such an active role that I often describe him in terms such as All-Energy’s ‘midwife’. All-Energy is now the UK’s largest renewable and low carbon energy exhibition and conference in terms of number of attendees, space booked, and number of exhibiting companies. As AREG became firmly established, their presence and support for the event grew spectacularly over the years. We thank them most sincerely for their invaluable input.

All-Energy
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Vattenfall has forged a strong working relationship with AREG through the development of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre. AREG has worked tirelessly on behalf of the North East and it can take enormous credit for the growth of sustainable energy in the region and the path it has cleared for the region to capture further investment.

Vattenfall
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Aberdeen City and Shire is emerging as a key location for renewables by successfully transferring its world-class oil and gas expertise into the sector and AREG has done much to advance this through a broad range of initiatives. It has acted as a catalyst in driving further investment in the local economy by engaging with companies, Government, public bodies and existing projects and we have been pleased to support their efforts. Scottish Enterprise will continue to engage with AREG as we increase Scotland’s use of renewable energy.

Scottish Enterprise