Porter, MathewUnderhill, John2025-06-302025-06-302025-06Porter, M & Underhill, J 2025, Should Zonal Pricing be Introduced in the UK? University of Aberdeen.https://hdl.handle.net/2164/25640Matthew Porter ~ is a seasoned renewable infrastructure and investment professional with over 25 years of experience spanning both the public and private sectors. He was a founding member of the UK Green Investment Bank in 2013 and later joined Macquarie Group, where he spent nearly eight years working across its Green Investment Group and as Head of Investment Management for Corio Generation, an offshore wind platform. Matt has served as a Board director for numerous UK offshore wind projects through development, construction, and operational phases. In 2025, he founded NextLife Energy, an investment vehicle focused on operational onshore wind opportunities. Professor John Underhill ~ is the University Director for Energy Transition at Aberdeen University. He has had a distinguished academic career based at Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt and Aberdeen Universities. While at Heriot-Watt, he helped establish the Lyell Centre for Earth and Marine Science and Technology and was University Chief Scientist. His research focuses on the role of geoscience in the energy transition and use of technologies, methods, and data to deliver low-carbon net zero goals. He has led the GeoNetZero Centre of Doctoral Training, a £22M academic-industry pan-UK partnership comprising 12 Universities and 8 companies and chaired the National Energy Skills Accelerator (NESA), where he helped secure £1M from the Scottish Government’s Just Transition Fund to up- and re-skill workers for careers in renewable energy. John populates the UK Subsurface Task Force and was on the Scottish Science Advisory Council (SSAC), the leading independent advisory board for Scottish Government.15994015engSDG 7 - Affordable and Clean EnergyReporthttps://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/24503/