End of Conference
Closing Remarks & Thank You
LDES, Co-location and the International Question
Final decision on the first LDES cap-and-floor shortlist is expected Summer 2026. Co-location remains commercially constrained in the GB market, and a growing number of developers and investors are allocating capital to Germany, Spain, Ireland, and Australia. Does the UK still offers a sufficiently compelling risk-return profile?
Predictive Maintenance and Fault Diagnostics: Moving Beyond Reactive Operations
How are leading operators shifting from reactive response to predictive intervention? What are the early-warning indicators, current remote diagnostics capabilities, and the cost-benefit case for maintenance in BESS assets?
Networking Lunch
Investor Expectations in 2026: What Has Changed Since Financial Close?
Return expectations, risk appetite and what makes a project attractive have all shifted since the first wave of BESS. What signals are investors watching and which assets are attracting follow-on capital?
ESG and the Liability Nobody Has Priced
How is recycling cost allocation being handled in LTSAs today, what green metals traceability requirements mean for procurement in 2026, and are the industry’s ESG commitments bankable?
Data That Earns Its Keep: From Monitoring to Operational Intelligence
How should asset owners and operators examine what data is collected and what decisions it changes: state-of-health and state-of-charge estimation across mixed battery portfolios, and the difference between a dashboard and a decision-support tool?
