Grid Modernisation & Microgrids: Building Resilience
Enhancing grid resilience against shocks and variability Examines grid upgrades, digitalisation, and microgrid solutions that improve resilience against extreme weather, system failures, or sudden demand spikes. How modern grid technologies enhance resilience. Microgrid design and operation for localized stability. Regulatory and commercial barriers to grid innovation.
Networking Break
M&A, Competition and Project Delivery
M&A activity across the UK renewables sector is at an all-time high, reshaping competition, project delivery and supply chain dynamics. Bringing together leading developers and EPCs, this session will explore what is driving consolidation, how it could impact delivery of Phase 1 projects and NESO targets, the growing pressure on service providers and EPC panels, […]
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 […]
