Stream 1 – Utility-Scale Solar & Storage Integration

Why Attend?

 

  • Address Delivery Challenges: Explore why utility-scale solar and storage projects continue to stall despite planning reform and available capital, and learn strategies to overcome these barriers.
  • Unlock Storage Potential: Understand how battery storage changes the economics and risk profile of utility-scale solar, and discover best practices for integrating storage effectively in a constrained grid.
  • Navigate Policy and Market Signals: Gain clarity on recent policy developments, market design changes, and auction outcomes, and their implications for investment decisions and project delivery.
  • Expert-Led Insights: Hear from leading developers, investors, utilities, and policymakers on navigating delivery risks at scale and unlocking the next phase of deployment.
  • Future-Focused Content: Learn how planning reform, grid access, and storage integration can accelerate utility-scale solar and storage projects in the UK’s congested energy system.

Who Attends?

 

  • Developers and Project Managers:
    • Professionals driving utility-scale solar and storage projects, seeking solutions to planning, permitting, and grid challenges.
  • Investors and Financial Institutions:
    • Stakeholders evaluating the evolving risk profiles and revenue mechanisms of large-scale solar and storage projects.
  • Utilities and Grid Operators:
    • Experts managing grid access, congestion, and storage integration to ensure project viability and system resilience.
  • Policymakers and Regulators:
    • Government representatives shaping planning reform, market design, and renewable energy targets.
  • Technology Providers:
    • Companies offering innovative solutions for storage integration, hybrid project optimization, and grid management.

"I came to the Summit to connect with others in the industry and get a clearer picture of what’s happening across the sector. It’s one thing to read about the challenges and progress from a distance, but being here gives you a much better feel for the conversations that are shaping things in real time."

British Solar Renewables (Fran Button, Deputy CEO? - who can confirm the quote, it's without a person in the PSR? Stova shows she attended as a speaker for BSR. The other BSR Attendee was Natalie Lam, Communication and Engagement Manager)