{"id":1611,"date":"2026-04-09T08:40:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vitalenergi.creativespark.co.uk\/?p=1611"},"modified":"2026-04-09T08:40:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:40:26","slug":"future-of-energy-event-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitalenergi.creativespark.co.uk\/?p=1611","title":{"rendered":"Future of Energy event success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no\"><meta http-equiv=\"X-UA-Compatible\" content=\"IE=edge\"><meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no\"><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><title>Future of Energy event success<\/title><meta name=\"description\" content=\"\"><meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"\"><meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index,follow\"><meta name=\"googlebot\" content=\"index,follow\"><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\"><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Future of Energy event success\"><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"\"><meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"website\"><meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.vitalenergi.co.uk\/media\/press-releases\/future-of-energy-event-success\/\"><meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Future of Energy event success\"><meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"rich-text-case-study rte\">\n<div class=\"wrap rich-text-case-study__wrap\">\n<p class=\"rich-text-image__text rte__image-text\">We had a fantastic time at the \u201cFuture of Energy Event\u201d, hearing from\u00a0inspiring people about the part heat networks, energy conservation measures and renewable energy is playing on the road to net zero.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-text-image__text rte__image-text accordion__text\">We\u2019d particularly like to thank:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:circle\">\n<li class=\"rich-text-image__text rte__image-text accordion__text\">Steve Hunt<span>\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ener-vate.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Ener-Vate\">Ener-Vate<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"rich-text-image__text rte__image-text accordion__text\">Des Keighan from<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sbuhb.nhs.wales\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Swansea Bay University Health Board\">Swansea Bay University Health Board<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"rich-text-image__text rte__image-text accordion__text\">Claire Barrett<span>\u00a0and John Hamilton from\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westminster.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Westminster City Council\">Westminster City Council<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"rich-text-image__text rte__image-text accordion__text\">Tim Ward<span>\u00a0from\u00a0<\/span>Department for <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"BEIS\">Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"rich-text-image__text rte__image-text accordion__text\"><span>for their contributions to the day.\u00a0The speakers talked us through some fundamentally important topics such as drivers, policy and stakeholder engagement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Our clients provided us with some lessons learnt and best practice from the projects they have delivered and how they hope they can help other public sector organisations follow in their footsteps.<\/p>\n<p>One particular highlight was introducing two of our green energy apprentices to the attendees.\u00a0Harvey and Leah took part in a Q&amp;A, spoke eloquently about their careers so far and their hopes for a net zero future.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Vital Energi team gave guided tours around the Manchester Civic Quarter energy centre as part of the event, highlighting that decarbonisation is already happening.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-text-image rte\" data-anchor=\"\">\n<div class=\"wrap 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