
Can the grid keep pace with the UK's data centre ambitions?
With demand surging, Eclipse Power’s Charles Deacon explores whether grid reform can unlock the power needed for the UK’s data centre ambitions.
Technical Director of Grid at Eclipse Power
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With demand surging, Eclipse Power’s Charles Deacon explores whether grid reform can unlock the power needed for the UK’s data centre ambitions.
Technical Director of Grid at Eclipse Power

Equity Energies’ Elliott Meighan asks whether Ofgem’s new connection rules strike the right balance between readiness and financial strength.
Energy Solutions Consultant at Equity Energies

Schneider Electric's Layton Hill says the UK must modernise its grid faster, using smarter, distributed energy to meet rising power demand.
Vice President of Strategy for the United Kingdom & Ireland at Schneider Electric

Oversizing a PV array can lift yield, smooth generation and improve project economics – but only when clipping, layout and limits align.
Head of Technical (UK & Ireland) at Segen Ltd

The UK's path to net zero can't rely on renewables alone, argues Patrick Gardiner from POWWR, as he advocates for a more flexible approach.
SVP Customer Success at POWWR

Louise Manfredi, CEO at Leep Utilities, explains how capacity bottlenecks, price rises, and regulatory change are forcing better utility planning.
CEO at Leep Utilities

Is the UK’s biggest risk leaving new renewable capacity stranded behind a slow, stop-start grid and planning system?
Managing Director of Transmission & Distribution at Burns & McDonnell

As non-commodity charges climb and grid costs become harder to predict, private wire renewable projects can give large power users an alternative.
Commercial Director at Xela Energy

With BP and Shell cooling on renewables, Mike Torbitt of Cressall argues the real battleground is grid infrastructure.
Managing Director of Cressall