London and Home Counties YPN
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The Energy Institute's London and Home Counties YPN is a community of energy enthusiasts dedicated to creating spaces for dialogue, connection and learning. The network is run by a committee of 14 volunteers, supported by a group of ambassadors.
We organise not-for-profit seminars, panel discussions and workshops across a variety of topics related to the energy industry. Our events are aimed at bringing together young energy professionals who are passionate about driving positive change in the sector. We host one panel event per month, and have many additional socials, site visits and sponsor companies' events across the year.
Our core values can be summarised in three pillars:
- Ensuring accessibility – We ensure that our events remain affordable to young energy professionals. While most professional conferences can be incredibly expensive, we aim to make our event more affordable than a pub pint in central London (often while offering food and drinks!)
- Developing curiosity – We ensure that our event calendar spans across a multitude of topics, and design each event so that it can be enjoyed by both professionals working in the field and curious minds without previous knowledge.
- Fostering critical thinking – We are committed to creating spaces where a variety of voices and opinions across the industry are welcome. We believe that debates and discussions are fundamental to shaping a better, open, energy future.
We also thank our partners for supporting our events and we look forward to creating new partnerships to deliver more ambitious initiatives.
If you are a company looking to partner with young professionals to support their development and increase your visibility, please do reach out to us at [email protected]
The London and Home Counties YPN community is a unique space in London. The enthusiasm and dedication of our members and elected committee representatives are what drive all of our activities. We have a good mix between long-standing members and new ones, with almost all of our events selling out in just a couple of weeks, demonstrating the strong interest in energy transition and opportunities for real-life connections with like-minded people.
Belen De Bacco, AMEI
Chair, EI London and Home Counties YPN
Upcoming events and EI resources
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New gas-peaker plants highlight changing role of gas on UK grid
9/6/2026
New gas-fired power plants continue to be developed in the UK even as gas loses market share to renewables, reflecting the fuel’s evolution from continuous to peaker role supporting an electricity system increasingly dominated by wind and solar generation.
NEW ENERGY WORLD
UK energy bills to rise despite growing role of renewables in the electricity system
1/6/2026
The UK energy price cap will rise by 13% as wholesale gas volatility continues to affect household bills, despite the continued decarbonisation of the electricity system.
NEW ENERGY WORLD
2025 global heating data describes a world out of balance
1/4/2026
The world is continuing to heat at an unsustainable rate, thanks mainly to the presence of global warming gases in the atmosphere like CO2 and methane. Extreme climactic events are the result.
NEW ENERGY WORLD
Past events highlights
Take a look back at some of our recent community and EI-wide events in London and Home Counties YPN.
COP 30: What is on the table? – November 2025
KPMG Canary Wharf, Canada Square, London
This COP 30 panel discussion event, hosted in collaboration with KPMG Leaders 2050, brought together experts, industry professionals, and sustainability advocates to explore the climate action agenda shaping the 2025 UN Climate Change Conference in Brazil.
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Generation 2050 Handshake event – December 2025
National Grid, London
The event brought together early-career professionals and EI Fellows in break-out and conversational forums to discuss their journeys, aspirations, concerns, and the Generation 2050 report and reflect on what it means to build the energy system of the future, together.
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Debate: Why are UK electricity prices so high and what should be done about it? – October 2025
Boston Consulting Group office, Charlotte St, London
The debate brought together a panel of industry experts to examine the drivers behind rising UK electricity prices and the implications for households, businesses, and climate policy.
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COP 30: What is on the table? – November 2025
KPMG Canary Wharf, Canada Square, London
Read the post
Generation 2050 Handshake event – December 2025
National Grid, London
The event brought together early-career professionals and EI Fellows in break-out and conversational forums to discuss their journeys, aspirations, concerns, and the Generation 2050 report and reflect on what it means to build the energy system of the future, together.
Read the post
Debate: Why are UK electricity prices so high and what should be done about it? – October 2025
Boston Consulting Group office, Charlotte St, London
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Committee contacts
Interested in joining the London and Home Counties YPN Committee?
The new committee is elected for a yearly mandate by the current committee members. Applications usually open around May-June. Email [email protected] for more information.
London and Home Counties YPN FAQs
London and Home Counties YPN FAQs
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The new committee is elected for a yearly mandate by the current committee members. Applications usually open around May-June. Other ways of getting involved are becoming an ambassador. Selections for this position take place once a year, around September-October.
Great question, networking, mentorship, interacting with leaders are but a few benefits, there are much more like conference discounts, attend high-quality events, close-knit community.
We are open to all kinds of partnerships that help us organise events in line with our three core values. This includes longer-term partnerships (eg one year), where the partner company can become our official sponsor for the year. It also includes one-off partnerships for a specific event, in the form of a financial contribution or providing a venue to host an event. As a general rule, we are happy to discuss what fits your needs so please do reach out to us for more information.