Storage & Resilience

Building flexibility that the grid can rely on

Wednesday 15 April 202609:30 BSTVirtual event · Electrical Review
Electrical Review — The Briefing

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Grid-scale batteries in the UK continue to scale, while long-duration storage moves from the talking stage to selecting and contracting. It’s no longer a theoretical solution to our future problems, but something that could solve our real-world issues today. Ofgem has already run the first round of its Long Duration Electricity Storage cap-and-floor regime, and the first projects are due to gain approval in Q2 2026.

But how exactly do we ensure that those projects, and the others hoping to come online in the near future, are delivered successfully? In this Briefing we turn to the near-term challenge of turning a strong project pipeline into financed, connectable assets — while revenues, safety expectations, and network constraints evolve quickly.

Agenda

09:30

Opening remarks

09:35

Operator keynote

An operator’s point of view

Luke Sperrin · Sr. Practice Lead, Energy & Sustainability · Digital Catapult

  • What the system needs most (fast response, duration, locational needs) as renewables accelerate
  • How connections reform and queue ‘readiness’ rules change storage project strategy
  • Where storage is now competing with (or complementing) other flexibility options
  • What ‘good’ looks like for operational performance, data, and controllability in 2026
10:05

In conversation

A viewpoint from Pulse Clean Energy

Trevor Wills · CEO · Pulse Clean Energy

  • Why energy storage matters for grid resilience, energy security and economic growth
  • What it takes to turn project ambition into operational assets
  • What drives investor confidence and long-term value in the market
  • How reform, delivery and collaboration will shape the road ahead
10:35

Panel discussion

Where we are today, successes, challenges and future opportunities

Moderated by Louise Shaw · Partner, Energy & Infrastructure Corporate Finance · EY

  • What the LDES cap-and-floor changes (and what it doesn’t) for investment decisions
  • Short-duration vs long-duration: where each wins on value and resilience
  • Grid bottlenecks, curtailment, and energy storage’s role in enabling renewables
11:25

Q&A

11:30

Close

Speakers

Keynote

Luke Sperrin

Sr. Practice Lead, Energy & Sustainability

Digital Catapult

In conversation

Trevor Wills

CEO

Pulse Clean Energy

Panel moderator

Louise Shaw

Partner, Energy & Infrastructure Corporate Finance

EY

Panellist

Pedro Rodríguez

Head of Grid, UK & ROI

Lightsource BP

Panellist

Mark Meyrick

General Manager, Smart Grid

Ecotricity