Next steps for energy storage in the UK Market development and expanding capacity, innovation and commercialisation, competition, and regulation by Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum

March 29th, 2022

Next steps for energy storage in the UK
Market development and expanding capacity, innovation and commercialisation, competition, and regulation

Morning, Tuesday, 29th March 2022

Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum policy conference: This full-scale conference is easily accessed online for full participation

with

A senior speaker confirmed from BEIS

Nick Winser, Chairman, Energy Systems Catapult
Duncan Botting, Group Chief Executive Officer, Global Smart Transformation

Professor Nigel Brandon, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College London

Kate Jones, Innovation Lead, Innovate UK

Kyle Martin, Market Change Delivery Senior Manager, National Grid ESO

Professor David Stone, Professor in Electrical Engineering and Member of the Management Board of the Energy Institute URI, University of Sheffield

and
Matt Allen, Pivot Power; Katherine Marshall, SSE Group; Claire Miller, Octopus Electric Vehicles; Basil Scarsella, UK Power Networks; and Alec Whiter, Burges Salmon

[full chair and speaker details]

Overall, areas for discussion include:

market development - access to finance, support for commercialisation, and reducing network and regulatory barriers to entry
expanding capacity - system flexibility, and the role of small- and large-scale storage
innovation - battery storage and developing alternative technologies
decarbonisation - the role of energy storage, including in the transition to low-carbon energy generation
policy - regulatory and whole-system reform, and priorities going forward

The conference will be an opportunity for stakeholders to consider the issues alongside key policy officials who are due to attend from BEIS; DfT; HM Treasury; DAERA, NI; DIT; the DfE, NI; the Government Legal Department; HSE; PINS; and the Welsh Government.

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The agenda: [taking place online - further details]

Draft subject to change

8.30	Registration

9.00	Chair’s opening remarks Senior Parliamentarian

9.05	Increasing energy storage capacity in the UK - key challenges, trends, and opportunities Professor Nigel Brandon, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College London Questions and comments from the floor

9.25	Break

9.30	Priorities for expanding storage capacity - supporting innovation in battery storage and wider enabling technology, grid connectivity and the transition to low-carbon energy generation, and coordination with the wider EV rollout Matt Allen, CEO, Pivot Power Basil Scarsella, Chief Executive Officer, UK Power Networks Alec Whiter, Senior Associate and Director of Energy and Net Zero Projects, Burges Salmon Claire Miller, Director, Technology and Innovation, Octopus Electric Vehicles Katherine Marshall, Director of Markets Regulation and Group Compliance, SSE Group Questions and comments from the floor

10.40	Chair’s closing remarks Senior Parliamentarian

10.45	Break

10.55	Chair’s opening remarks Senior Parliamentarian

11.00	Integrating large- and small-scale energy storage across the electricity network, encouraging innovation, and reducing barriers to entry Nick Winser, Chairman, Energy Systems Catapult Questions and comments from the floor

11.20	Break

11.25	Utilising storage solutions to support decarbonisation across business and energy-intensive industries Duncan Botting, Group Chief Executive Officer, Global Smart Transformation

11.35	Developing alternative storage technologies - challenges for research, finance, and adoption Professor David Stone, Professor in Electrical Engineering and Member of the Management Board of the Energy Institute URI, University of Sheffield
	Kate Jones, Innovation Lead, Innovate UK

11.55	Questions and comments from the floor

12.05	Policy priorities for expanding the energy storage sector - support for commercialisation, and reducing network and regulatory barriers Kyle Martin, Market Change Delivery Senior Manager, National Grid ESO Senior speaker confirmed from BEIS Senior representative, regulation

12.35	Questions and comments from the floor

12.55	Chair’s and Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum closing remarks Senior Parliamentarian Michael Ryan, Deputy Editor, Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum