Financing Rooftop & C&I Solar Assets: Why Capital Does Not Flow
Why Capital Doesn’t Flow A lender- and investor-focused session examining how rooftop and C&I solar is financed, what structures work, and what blocks capital deployment. The session explores how scale and standardization unlock capital, including blended PPAs or weighted average savings across multi-site offtakers. It addresses a critical question: if solar works on one rooftop or […]
Industrial Electrification: Getting the Power to the Companies That Need It
Why decarbonisation stalls even when companies want to act This session focuses on industrial demand, competitiveness, and the real-world impact of delayed infrastructure. The electricity requirements of industrial electrification. The main infrastructure bottlenecks factories face. The impact on productivity, jobs, and investment decisions.
Data Centres, AI & Digital Infrastructure: When Demand Arrives Faster Than the Grid
What happens when loads arrive at city-scale AI and cloud computing are driving unprecedented electricity demand. Hyperscale data centres increasingly require the power equivalent of small cities often in locations not designed for them. The electricity intensity of AI and hyperscale data centres. How grid constraints are reshaping site selection. Mitigation strategies including on-site generation […]
Firm Power & Flexibility in a Renewable-Dominated Grid
Ensuring reliable supply during intermittent renewable generation Examines the need for firm capacity and system flexibility to manage renewable intermittency, including long-duration storage, interconnectors, and demand-side solutions. The role of firm power and flexibility in a high-renewable grid. Storage, interconnectors, and demand-side management solutions. Strategies to prevent supply gaps.
Networking Lunch
Investor Confidence in Utility-Scale Renewables: Opportunities & Risks
Capital remains available for clean power, but investors are selective. Grid uncertainty, market reform and policy risk are reshaping how capital is allocated. Current investor risk perceptions in utility-scale renewables. The policy and regulatory clarity investors now expect. How RNP, balancing reform, curtailment risk and transmission charging uncertainty are influencing investment appetite and project valuation. […]
Unlocking Rooftop Solar at Retail Parks
Retail parks offer large, often underused roof spaces that could make a significant contribution to the UK’s clean energy goals. This session explores how to overcome legal, structural, and financial barriers to rooftop solar deployment. It highlights strategies such as using power purchase agreements (PPAs), taking advantage of relaxed planning regulations, and fostering collaboration between […]
Government Role and Political Landscape: Energy Security, Affordability, and Climate Goals
The political spotlight has increasingly moved from climate leadership to energy security and affordability, creating new pressures and opportunities for renewable projects. This session examines how policy priorities are evolving, the implications for investment, permitting, and project pipelines, and what developers and system operators must do to stay ahead. Attendees will leave equipped to align […]
Securing the UK’s Energy Supply Chains
The UK remains heavily dependent on imports for critical clean energy equipment, including solar panels, batteries, and grid components. This session explores how to manage supply chain risks, strengthen local capability where feasible, and ensure energy resilience. Experts will discuss policy levers, strategic investment, and international collaboration to support the UK’s clean energy ambitions despite […]
The New Demand Reality: Where UK Electricity Growth Is Really Coming From
Why demand forecasts keep being wrong Electricity demand is no longer growing evenly or predictably. AI, EV charging, logistics hubs, electrified industry, and digital infrastructure are creating sharp, localised spikes. This opening session sets the demand-growth baseline the system is struggling to plan for. Which sectors are driving UK electricity demand growth. Why traditional forecasting […]
