Can Cap & Floor Accelerate the Next Phase of UK Energy Storage?
As the UK scales renewable generation and grid flexibility, attention is turning to whether cap and floor-style mechanisms could help unlock investment in long-duration and strategically important storage assets. The role of revenue certainty in scaling storage Could cap and floor improve investment confidence? Supporting long-duration and strategic storage projects Lessons from interconnector market frameworks […]
Hydrogen & Alternative Fuels: Balancing Intermittency and Seasonal Demand
Integrating alternative fuels to complement renewable generation Examines the role of green and blue hydrogen and other alternative fuels in providing seasonal storage and complementing renewable generation. Hydrogen’s role in energy security strategies. Technological, economic, and regulatory challenges. Integration with electricity and heating networks.
Diversification Strategies: Balancing Domestic Generation, Imports, and Storage
Creating a resilient, balanced energy portfolio Examines how the UK can balance domestic generation, imports, long-duration storage, and interconnectors to maintain system stability and reduce reliance on single sources. Trade-offs between domestic and imported energy. Storage and interconnectors to balance the grid. Optimal diversification strategies for resilience.
Designing Through Supply Chain Constraints in Utility-Scale Solar
Utility-scale solar projects are no longer constrained only by engineering they are constrained by what can actually be procured, when, and at what cost. Panels, inverters, transformers, and BESS components now carry long and uncertain lead times, forcing design and preconstruction teams to make decisions earlier, with incomplete information. This session focuses on how supply […]
C&I Load Flexibility & Energy Optimisation
Why operating costs stay high A pure operations session on how C&I customers actively manage load using flexibility, tariffs, and optimisation, independent of grid approval processes. Flexibility from a customer operations lens. How load optimisation reduces energy costs. Operational barriers to implementation.
Repowering Renewables: Navigating the Asset Lifecycle as ROC Projects Reach End-of-Life
As ROC-supported wind and solar projects approach the end of their subsidy periods in 2027, asset owners face a critical decision: decommission or repower. Repowering offers the opportunity to extend site life and increase capacity, but it comes with challenges that can rival new development. This session explores the complexities of repowering, lessons from international […]
Impact of Electric Vehicles (EVs) on Renewable Energy Demand
As EV adoption accelerates across the UK, electricity demand patterns are rapidly evolving, placing growing pressure on renewable generation, grid infrastructure and flexibility markets. This session will explore how transport electrification is reshaping renewable energy demand, the implications for Clean Power 2030 and NESO targets, and the opportunities this presents for developers, utilities, investors and […]
Long-Duration Energy Storage: Preparing for a Predicted 1,000+ Hours of Negative Pricing by 2030
The UK’s negative pricing events have surged from 29 hours in 2022 to 149 hours in 2024, with forecasts predicting over 1,000 hours annually by 2030 as renewable capacity outpaces grid flexibility. This session explores why Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) must move from the periphery to center stage to unlock the battery boom opportunity […]
CfD Performance Review: Lessons from AR7 and AR7a to Prepare for AR8
The session will assess the outlook for AR8, including strike price expectations, cannibalisation risk, budget allocation, and whether current auction structures reflect real-world project economics. The outcomes of AR7 and AR7a and evaluate the effectiveness of CfD reforms. How developers are balancing CfD participation with merchant and corporate PPA strategies in an increasingly cannibalised power market. How reforms influenced […]
Beyond the PPA: Delivering Multi-Site Rooftop Solar for Large Energy Users
What makes rooftop solar and PPA structures attractive to large commercial energy users? What delivery and stakeholder challenges arise when deploying solar across multi-site logistics portfolios? How can installers, developers and asset owners position rooftop solar as a long-term commercial energy solution?
