On 9 th March, 2017, EEG and the UK Energy Research Partnership (ERP) jointly held a research partnership seminar with industry experts form the private sector. This main purpose of the seminar was to provide a private sector perspective on some of the key themes and cross-cutting topics under EEG, and seek views from the industry experts on the EEG programme. The programme was attended by participants the Carbon Trust, Oxford Energy associates, M-Kopa, EDF, ERP, Private infrastructure development group, UC Berkeley, Columbia University, ABB and Atkins Trust. This event focussed on three themes and one cross-cutting themes.