Montel no-reply@webinar.montel.energy https://video.montel.energy en-us Visualplatform http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Montel episodic no https://video.montel.energy/files/rv4.427/sitelogo.gif https://video.montel.energy http://video.montel.energy/uk-battery-storage-revenues <p><p>How can battery owners turn trading opportunities into revenues that support financing? This panel examines the relationship between hedging, dispatch, operating data and investment in Great Britain’s battery energy storage market.</p> <p>Fintan Devenney, Senior Energy Analyst at Montel, moderates Mark Meyrick, General Manager of Ecotricity Smart Grid Limited; Jacopo Buriollo, Founder and CEO of Megawatt Finance; and Victor Yip, GB Flexible Energy Lead at Aurora Energy Research.</p> <h2>What the panel discusses</h2><ul><li>How top-bottom price spreads can inform hedges, tolling agreements and revenue floors, and where a simple spread differs from an asset’s full cash flow.</li><li>Whether greater visibility of battery energy through GC0166 will improve dispatch in the Balancing Mechanism, and who benefits from that transparency.</li><li>The financing rationale for long-duration energy storage (LDES) cap-and-floor support, alongside concerns about procurement, location and unintended market effects.</li><li>How large storage projects may change competition for services, and where smaller batteries could find an operational niche.</li><li>The trade-off between merchant opportunities and bankable evidence in newer European markets compared with Great Britain.</li></ul><p>The speakers offer differing views on storage policy and commercial strategy. Their exchange distinguishes potential market opportunities from the contracted income and operating evidence used in financing decisions. The recording ends with the conference’s closing reflections on geopolitics, interconnectors and flexibility.</p> <p>Recorded at Montel UK Energy Day on 10 November 2026 at the QEII Centre in London, in the session on the development of BESS in the UK. <a href="https://montel.energy/resources/academy/conferences/uk-energy-day-2026">View the event programme</a> or <a href="https://video.montel.energy/uk-energy-day-2026-1">watch all UK Energy Day 2026 recordings</a>.</p> </p><p><a href="http://video.montel.energy/uk-battery-storage-revenues"><img src="http://video.montel.energy/64968576/134074723/2c434d37ba040dbddcc1d92a936794f1/standard/download-12-thumbnail.jpg" width="600" height="338"/></a></p> http://video.montel.energy/photo/134074723 Thu, 12 Nov 2026 23:02:44 GMT UK battery storage: revenues, financing and LDES | Panel How can battery owners turn trading opportunities into revenues that support financing? This panel examines the relationship between hedging, dispatch, operating data and investment in Great Britain’s battery energy storage market. Fintan Devenney, Senior Energy Analyst at Montel, moderates Mark Meyrick, General Manager of Ecotricity Smart Grid Limited; Jacopo Buriollo, Founder and CEO of Megawatt Finance; and Victor Yip, GB Flexible Energy Lead at Aurora Energy Research. What the panel discussesHow top-bottom price spreads can inform hedges, tolling agreements and revenue floors, and where a simple spread differs from an asset’s full cash flow.Whether greater visibility of battery energy through GC0166 will improve dispatch in the Balancing Mechanism, and who benefits from that transparency.The financing rationale for long-duration energy storage (LDES) cap-and-floor support, alongside concerns about procurement, location and unintended market effects.How large storage projects may change competition for services, and where smaller batteries could find an operational niche.The trade-off between merchant opportunities and bankable evidence in newer European markets compared with Great Britain.The speakers offer differing views on storage policy and commercial strategy. Their exchange distinguishes potential market opportunities from the contracted income and operating evidence used in financing decisions. The recording ends with the conference’s closing reflections on geopolitics, interconnectors and flexibility. Recorded at Montel UK Energy Day on 10 November 2026 at the QEII Centre in London, in the session on the development of BESS in the UK. View the event programme or watch all UK Energy Day 2026 recordings. How can battery owners turn trading opportunities into revenues that support financing? This panel examines the relationship between hedging, dispatch, operating data and investment in Great Britain’s battery energy storage market. Fintan... Montel 29:17 <p><p>How can battery owners turn trading opportunities into revenues that support financing? This panel examines the relationship between hedging, dispatch, operating data and investment in Great Britain’s battery energy storage market.</p> <p>Fintan Devenney, Senior Energy Analyst at Montel, moderates Mark Meyrick, General Manager of Ecotricity Smart Grid Limited; Jacopo Buriollo, Founder and CEO of Megawatt Finance; and Victor Yip, GB Flexible Energy Lead at Aurora Energy Research.</p> <h2>What the panel discusses</h2><ul><li>How top-bottom price spreads can inform hedges, tolling agreements and revenue floors, and where a simple spread differs from an asset’s full cash flow.</li><li>Whether greater visibility of battery energy through GC0166 will improve dispatch in the Balancing Mechanism, and who benefits from that transparency.</li><li>The financing rationale for long-duration energy storage (LDES) cap-and-floor support, alongside concerns about procurement, location and unintended market effects.</li><li>How large storage projects may change competition for services, and where smaller batteries could find an operational niche.</li><li>The trade-off between merchant opportunities and bankable evidence in newer European markets compared with Great Britain.</li></ul><p>The speakers offer differing views on storage policy and commercial strategy. Their exchange distinguishes potential market opportunities from the contracted income and operating evidence used in financing decisions. The recording ends with the conference’s closing reflections on geopolitics, interconnectors and flexibility.</p> <p>Recorded at Montel UK Energy Day on 10 November 2026 at the QEII Centre in London, in the session on the development of BESS in the UK. <a href="https://montel.energy/resources/academy/conferences/uk-energy-day-2026">View the event programme</a> or <a href="https://video.montel.energy/uk-energy-day-2026-1">watch all UK Energy Day 2026 recordings</a>.</p> </p><p><a href="http://video.montel.energy/uk-battery-storage-revenues"><img src="http://video.montel.energy/64968576/134074723/2c434d37ba040dbddcc1d92a936794f1/standard/download-12-thumbnail.jpg" width="600" height="338"/></a></p> 2026 balancing-mechanism battery-storage battery-tolling bess energy-day energy-storage long-duration-energy-storage panel-discussion project-finance uk-energy-day-2026 united-kingdom http://video.montel.energy/battery-finance-from-backtest-to <p><p>A strong battery revenue forecast is only part of a financing case. Jacopo Buriollo, Founder and CEO of Megawatt Finance, explains why lenders also scrutinise downside performance, operating assumptions, contracted income and evidence from real assets.</p> <p>Using Great Britain’s battery market as a reference, Buriollo follows the steps from a theoretical backtest to the cash flows used to size debt. He distinguishes revenue benchmarks from financeable income and explains how differences in foresight, availability, cycling, usable capacity and costs can change the result.</p> <h2>What the presentation covers</h2><ul><li>Why model assumptions need to be explicit before a benchmark is used in a battery financial model.</li><li>The difference between being online and being available to deliver, and why availability evidence matters to lenders.</li><li>How monthly revenue variation and the mix of wholesale, balancing and ancillary services affect the assessment of downside risk.</li><li>The role of capacity-market income, tolling arrangements and revenue floors, including the financing rationale for long-duration storage support.</li><li>How independently checkable settlement records can build an operating history, particularly in newer European battery markets.</li></ul><p>Buriollo concludes with three due-diligence questions: what does the model assume, how bad could performance become, and who can verify the underlying numbers? The recording presents his financing perspective and examples discussed at the event.</p> <p>Recorded at Montel UK Energy Day on 10 November 2026 at the QEII Centre in London, in the session on the development of BESS in the UK. <a href="https://montel.energy/resources/academy/conferences/uk-energy-day-2026">View the event programme</a> or <a href="https://video.montel.energy/uk-energy-day-2026-1">watch all UK Energy Day 2026 recordings</a>.</p> </p><p><a href="http://video.montel.energy/battery-finance-from-backtest-to"><img src="http://video.montel.energy/64968578/134073671/eb7541432936d529ba900bf62b387d75/standard/download-12-thumbnail.jpg" width="600" height="338"/></a></p> http://video.montel.energy/photo/134073671 Thu, 12 Nov 2026 23:02:39 GMT Battery finance: from backtest to bankable | Jacopo Buriollo A strong battery revenue forecast is only part of a financing case. Jacopo Buriollo, Founder and CEO of Megawatt Finance, explains why lenders also scrutinise downside performance, operating assumptions, contracted income and evidence from real assets. Using Great Britain’s battery market as a reference, Buriollo follows the steps from a theoretical backtest to the cash flows used to size debt. He distinguishes revenue benchmarks from financeable income and explains how differences in foresight, availability, cycling, usable capacity and costs can change the result. What the presentation coversWhy model assumptions need to be explicit before a benchmark is used in a battery financial model.The difference between being online and being available to deliver, and why availability evidence matters to lenders.How monthly revenue variation and the mix of wholesale, balancing and ancillary services affect the assessment of downside risk.The role of capacity-market income, tolling arrangements and revenue floors, including the financing rationale for long-duration storage support.How independently checkable settlement records can build an operating history, particularly in newer European battery markets.Buriollo concludes with three due-diligence questions: what does the model assume, how bad could performance become, and who can verify the underlying numbers? The recording presents his financing perspective and examples discussed at the event. Recorded at Montel UK Energy Day on 10 November 2026 at the QEII Centre in London, in the session on the development of BESS in the UK. View the event programme or watch all UK Energy Day 2026 recordings. A strong battery revenue forecast is only part of a financing case. Jacopo Buriollo, Founder and CEO of Megawatt Finance, explains why lenders also scrutinise downside performance, operating assumptions, contracted income and evidence from real... Montel 17:35 <p><p>A strong battery revenue forecast is only part of a financing case. Jacopo Buriollo, Founder and CEO of Megawatt Finance, explains why lenders also scrutinise downside performance, operating assumptions, contracted income and evidence from real assets.</p> <p>Using Great Britain’s battery market as a reference, Buriollo follows the steps from a theoretical backtest to the cash flows used to size debt. He distinguishes revenue benchmarks from financeable income and explains how differences in foresight, availability, cycling, usable capacity and costs can change the result.</p> <h2>What the presentation covers</h2><ul><li>Why model assumptions need to be explicit before a benchmark is used in a battery financial model.</li><li>The difference between being online and being available to deliver, and why availability evidence matters to lenders.</li><li>How monthly revenue variation and the mix of wholesale, balancing and ancillary services affect the assessment of downside risk.</li><li>The role of capacity-market income, tolling arrangements and revenue floors, including the financing rationale for long-duration storage support.</li><li>How independently checkable settlement records can build an operating history, particularly in newer European battery markets.</li></ul><p>Buriollo concludes with three due-diligence questions: what does the model assume, how bad could performance become, and who can verify the underlying numbers? The recording presents his financing perspective and examples discussed at the event.</p> <p>Recorded at Montel UK Energy Day on 10 November 2026 at the QEII Centre in London, in the session on the development of BESS in the UK. <a href="https://montel.energy/resources/academy/conferences/uk-energy-day-2026">View the event programme</a> or <a href="https://video.montel.energy/uk-energy-day-2026-1">watch all UK Energy Day 2026 recordings</a>.</p> </p><p><a href="http://video.montel.energy/battery-finance-from-backtest-to"><img src="http://video.montel.energy/64968578/134073671/eb7541432936d529ba900bf62b387d75/standard/download-12-thumbnail.jpg" width="600" height="338"/></a></p> 2026 bankability battery-storage battery-tolling bess energy-day energy-storage project-finance revenue-benchmarks revenue-floors uk-energy-day-2026 united-kingdom http://video.montel.energy/uk-battery-revenues-seasonality-and <p><p>Battery revenue depends on when energy is bought and sold, which services the asset provides, and the cost of cycling. Mark Meyrick, General Manager of Ecotricity Smart Grid Limited, examines how those choices change through the seasons in Great Britain.</p> <p>His presentation compares wholesale and intraday trading with the Balancing Mechanism, reserve and frequency-response services. It explains why a negative contribution from one market can reflect charging costs, and why an attractive balancing price does not guarantee dispatch or a full settlement period of delivery.</p> <h2>What the presentation covers</h2><ul><li>Seasonal price patterns, top-bottom spreads and the difference between earning revenue and preserving value after cycling costs.</li><li>How gas prices, renewable output and transmission constraints influence battery optimisation and the discussion around repetitive retrading.</li><li>Why skip rates and short balancing instructions complicate comparisons with wholesale trading, and how better visibility of stored energy may change dispatch.</li><li>How intraday volatility creates opportunities to adjust a trading position before physical delivery.</li><li>A battery operating example combining wholesale sales and frequency-response services, followed by questions owners can ask about their optimiser’s strategy.</li></ul><p>The session presents Meyrick’s operational perspective on market conditions at the time of the event. His examples help explain revenue choices and uncertainty; they do not establish a single strategy that suits every battery.</p> <p>Recorded at Montel UK Energy Day on 10 November 2026 at the QEII Centre in London, in the session on the development of BESS in the UK. <a href="https://montel.energy/resources/academy/conferences/uk-energy-day-2026">View the event programme</a> or <a href="https://video.montel.energy/uk-energy-day-2026-1">watch all UK Energy Day 2026 recordings</a>.</p> </p><p><a href="http://video.montel.energy/uk-battery-revenues-seasonality-and"><img src="http://video.montel.energy/64968576/134072207/6bb398999c10fc72f6abc80510922546/standard/download-12-thumbnail.jpg" width="600" height="338"/></a></p> http://video.montel.energy/photo/134072207 Thu, 12 Nov 2026 23:02:34 GMT UK battery revenues: seasonality and trading | Mark Meyrick Battery revenue depends on when energy is bought and sold, which services the asset provides, and the cost of cycling. Mark Meyrick, General Manager of Ecotricity Smart Grid Limited, examines how those choices change through the seasons in Great Britain. His presentation compares wholesale and intraday trading with the Balancing Mechanism, reserve and frequency-response services. It explains why a negative contribution from one market can reflect charging costs, and why an attractive balancing price does not guarantee dispatch or a full settlement period of delivery. What the presentation coversSeasonal price patterns, top-bottom spreads and the difference between earning revenue and preserving value after cycling costs.How gas prices, renewable output and transmission constraints influence battery optimisation and the discussion around repetitive retrading.Why skip rates and short balancing instructions complicate comparisons with wholesale trading, and how better visibility of stored energy may change dispatch.How intraday volatility creates opportunities to adjust a trading position before physical delivery.A battery operating example combining wholesale sales and frequency-response services, followed by questions owners can ask about their optimiser’s strategy.The session presents Meyrick’s operational perspective on market conditions at the time of the event. His examples help explain revenue choices and uncertainty; they do not establish a single strategy that suits every battery. Recorded at Montel UK Energy Day on 10 November 2026 at the QEII Centre in London, in the session on the development of BESS in the UK. View the event programme or watch all UK Energy Day 2026 recordings. Battery revenue depends on when energy is bought and sold, which services the asset provides, and the cost of cycling. Mark Meyrick, General Manager of Ecotricity Smart Grid Limited, examines how those choices change through the seasons in Great... Montel 16:06 <p><p>Battery revenue depends on when energy is bought and sold, which services the asset provides, and the cost of cycling. Mark Meyrick, General Manager of Ecotricity Smart Grid Limited, examines how those choices change through the seasons in Great Britain.</p> <p>His presentation compares wholesale and intraday trading with the Balancing Mechanism, reserve and frequency-response services. It explains why a negative contribution from one market can reflect charging costs, and why an attractive balancing price does not guarantee dispatch or a full settlement period of delivery.</p> <h2>What the presentation covers</h2><ul><li>Seasonal price patterns, top-bottom spreads and the difference between earning revenue and preserving value after cycling costs.</li><li>How gas prices, renewable output and transmission constraints influence battery optimisation and the discussion around repetitive retrading.</li><li>Why skip rates and short balancing instructions complicate comparisons with wholesale trading, and how better visibility of stored energy may change dispatch.</li><li>How intraday volatility creates opportunities to adjust a trading position before physical delivery.</li><li>A battery operating example combining wholesale sales and frequency-response services, followed by questions owners can ask about their optimiser’s strategy.</li></ul><p>The session presents Meyrick’s operational perspective on market conditions at the time of the event. His examples help explain revenue choices and uncertainty; they do not establish a single strategy that suits every battery.</p> <p>Recorded at Montel UK Energy Day on 10 November 2026 at the QEII Centre in London, in the session on the development of BESS in the UK. <a href="https://montel.energy/resources/academy/conferences/uk-energy-day-2026">View the event programme</a> or <a href="https://video.montel.energy/uk-energy-day-2026-1">watch all UK Energy Day 2026 recordings</a>.</p> </p><p><a href="http://video.montel.energy/uk-battery-revenues-seasonality-and"><img src="http://video.montel.energy/64968576/134072207/6bb398999c10fc72f6abc80510922546/standard/download-12-thumbnail.jpg" width="600" height="338"/></a></p> 2026 balancing-mechanism battery-revenues battery-storage bess energy-day energy-storage frequency-response intraday-trading seasonality uk-energy-day-2026 united-kingdom http://video.montel.energy/did-interconnectors-save-the-uk <p><p>Interconnectors were both a source of pressure and part of the response during Britain's June 2026 electricity-system stress, according to Noémie Baud's analysis. The Montel Market Expert – Products traces the interaction between power prices, cross-border flows and emergency assistance, while explaining why ‘blackout’ is too strong a description of what occurred.</p> <p>Recorded at Montel's UK Energy Day 2026 at the QEII Centre in London on 10 November 2026, the presentation asks: ‘Did power interconnectors save the UK from a blackout in June?’</p> <h2>What this session covers</h2><ul><li><strong>Heatwave conditions:</strong> overlapping demand pressures, thermal-generation derating, maintenance and renewable-output constraints across Britain and neighbouring markets.</li><li><strong>Price-driven flow reversals:</strong> how a change in the French–British price spread altered expected imports during the evening peak.</li><li><strong>Emergency assistance:</strong> the role of BritNed and the IFA interconnector in helping restore frequency, and the distinction between market flows and emergency tools.</li><li><strong>Lessons for resilience:</strong> battery availability, demand visibility and response, outage planning and more predictable interconnector support.</li></ul><p>Baud says frequency did not breach the statutory limits and that the system operator still had further options, despite prolonged operational stress. She also describes interconnectors as one factor among several, rather than the sole cause. Her conclusion is that cross-border links provide a valuable safety net, but emergency support is not an unconditional guarantee when neighbouring systems are also under pressure.</p> <p><a href='https://video.montel.energy/uk-energy-day-2026-1'>Watch all UK Energy Day 2026 recordings</a> · <a href='https://montel.energy/resources/academy/conferences/uk-energy-day-2026'>View the official event programme</a></p> </p><p><a href="http://video.montel.energy/did-interconnectors-save-the-uk"><img src="http://video.montel.energy/64968568/134072564/2e24fba91ac9674c0fdc39dcc96045d3/standard/download-12-thumbnail.jpg" width="600" height="338"/></a></p> http://video.montel.energy/photo/134072564 Thu, 12 Nov 2026 23:02:29 GMT Did Interconnectors Save the UK from a June Blackout? | Noémie Baud, Montel Interconnectors were both a source of pressure and part of the response during Britain's June 2026 electricity-system stress, according to Noémie Baud's analysis. The Montel Market Expert – Products traces the interaction between power prices, cross-border flows and emergency assistance, while explaining why ‘blackout’ is too strong a description of what occurred. Recorded at Montel's UK Energy Day 2026 at the QEII Centre in London on 10 November 2026, the presentation asks: ‘Did power interconnectors save the UK from a blackout in June?’ What this session coversHeatwave conditions: overlapping demand pressures, thermal-generation derating, maintenance and renewable-output constraints across Britain and neighbouring markets.Price-driven flow reversals: how a change in the French–British price spread altered expected imports during the evening peak.Emergency assistance: the role of BritNed and the IFA interconnector in helping restore frequency, and the distinction between market flows and emergency tools.Lessons for resilience: battery availability, demand visibility and response, outage planning and more predictable interconnector support.Baud says frequency did not breach the statutory limits and that the system operator still had further options, despite prolonged operational stress. She also describes interconnectors as one factor among several, rather than the sole cause. Her conclusion is that cross-border links provide a valuable safety net, but emergency support is not an unconditional guarantee when neighbouring systems are also under pressure. Watch all UK Energy Day 2026 recordings · View the official event programme Interconnectors were both a source of pressure and part of the response during Britain's June 2026 electricity-system stress, according to Noémie Baud's analysis. The Montel Market Expert – Products traces the interaction between power prices,... Montel 24:32 <p><p>Interconnectors were both a source of pressure and part of the response during Britain's June 2026 electricity-system stress, according to Noémie Baud's analysis. The Montel Market Expert – Products traces the interaction between power prices, cross-border flows and emergency assistance, while explaining why ‘blackout’ is too strong a description of what occurred.</p> <p>Recorded at Montel's UK Energy Day 2026 at the QEII Centre in London on 10 November 2026, the presentation asks: ‘Did power interconnectors save the UK from a blackout in June?’</p> <h2>What this session covers</h2><ul><li><strong>Heatwave conditions:</strong> overlapping demand pressures, thermal-generation derating, maintenance and renewable-output constraints across Britain and neighbouring markets.</li><li><strong>Price-driven flow reversals:</strong> how a change in the French–British price spread altered expected imports during the evening peak.</li><li><strong>Emergency assistance:</strong> the role of BritNed and the IFA interconnector in helping restore frequency, and the distinction between market flows and emergency tools.</li><li><strong>Lessons for resilience:</strong> battery availability, demand visibility and response, outage planning and more predictable interconnector support.</li></ul><p>Baud says frequency did not breach the statutory limits and that the system operator still had further options, despite prolonged operational stress. She also describes interconnectors as one factor among several, rather than the sole cause. Her conclusion is that cross-border links provide a valuable safety net, but emergency support is not an unconditional guarantee when neighbouring systems are also under pressure.</p> <p><a href='https://video.montel.energy/uk-energy-day-2026-1'>Watch all UK Energy Day 2026 recordings</a> · <a href='https://montel.energy/resources/academy/conferences/uk-energy-day-2026'>View the official event programme</a></p> </p><p><a href="http://video.montel.energy/did-interconnectors-save-the-uk"><img src="http://video.montel.energy/64968568/134072564/2e24fba91ac9674c0fdc39dcc96045d3/standard/download-12-thumbnail.jpg" width="600" height="338"/></a></p> 2026 battery-storage energy-day grid-frequency heatwave interconnectors montel-enappsys noemie-baud security-of-supply uk-energy-day-2026 united-kingdom http://video.montel.energy/gb-grid-constraints-and-renewables <p><p>Renewable electricity cannot always reach the consumers who need it. Louis Stansfield of AFRY explains how the location of wind generation and the limits of Great Britain’s transmission network lead to curtailment, replacement generation and rising balancing costs.</p> <p>Recorded at Montel’s <strong>UK Energy Day 2026</strong> at the <strong>QEII Centre, London, on 10 November 2026</strong>, this presentation forms part of the session on geopolitics and security of supply.</p> <p><strong>Speaker:</strong> Louis Stansfield, Principal Consultant, AFRY Management Consulting.</p> <h2>Topics covered</h2><ul><li>The concentration of wind generation in Scotland and the transmission boundaries that restrict flows towards demand.</li><li>Why managing a constraint can require wind generation to turn down and other generation to increase elsewhere, with different costs for each action.</li><li>AFRY’s renewable deployment outlook and comparisons with Clean Power 2030 targets and system-operator scenarios.</li><li>How batteries and long-duration energy storage can help with constraints, and why storage capacity and duration limit their contribution.</li><li>Planned high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission links, construction timelines and uncertainty over when reinforcement will relieve congestion.</li></ul><p>Stansfield closes by considering the balance between grid investment, renewable support and consumer bills. The discussion includes contracts for difference and a question on whether zonal pricing could return to the policy debate. Forward-looking figures and policy expectations reflect the speaker’s presentation on the event date.</p> <p><a href="https://montel.energy/resources/academy/conferences/uk-energy-day-2026">View the official UK Energy Day programme</a> or <a href="https://video.montel.energy/uk-energy-day-2026-1">watch all UK Energy Day 2026 recordings</a>.</p> </p><p><a href="http://video.montel.energy/gb-grid-constraints-and-renewables"><img src="http://video.montel.energy/64968580/134071735/f16122a18ba64b556b5f6727c340de9b/standard/download-12-thumbnail.jpg" width="600" height="338"/></a></p> http://video.montel.energy/photo/134071735 Thu, 12 Nov 2026 23:02:13 GMT GB Grid Constraints and Renewables Roll-out | Louis Stansfield, AFRY Renewable electricity cannot always reach the consumers who need it. Louis Stansfield of AFRY explains how the location of wind generation and the limits of Great Britain’s transmission network lead to curtailment, replacement generation and rising balancing costs. Recorded at Montel’s UK Energy Day 2026 at the QEII Centre, London, on 10 November 2026, this presentation forms part of the session on geopolitics and security of supply. Speaker: Louis Stansfield, Principal Consultant, AFRY Management Consulting. Topics coveredThe concentration of wind generation in Scotland and the transmission boundaries that restrict flows towards demand.Why managing a constraint can require wind generation to turn down and other generation to increase elsewhere, with different costs for each action.AFRY’s renewable deployment outlook and comparisons with Clean Power 2030 targets and system-operator scenarios.How batteries and long-duration energy storage can help with constraints, and why storage capacity and duration limit their contribution.Planned high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission links, construction timelines and uncertainty over when reinforcement will relieve congestion.Stansfield closes by considering the balance between grid investment, renewable support and consumer bills. The discussion includes contracts for difference and a question on whether zonal pricing could return to the policy debate. Forward-looking figures and policy expectations reflect the speaker’s presentation on the event date. View the official UK Energy Day programme or watch all UK Energy Day 2026 recordings. Renewable electricity cannot always reach the consumers who need it. Louis Stansfield of AFRY explains how the location of wind generation and the limits of Great Britain’s transmission network lead to curtailment, replacement generation and... Montel 23:54 <p><p>Renewable electricity cannot always reach the consumers who need it. Louis Stansfield of AFRY explains how the location of wind generation and the limits of Great Britain’s transmission network lead to curtailment, replacement generation and rising balancing costs.</p> <p>Recorded at Montel’s <strong>UK Energy Day 2026</strong> at the <strong>QEII Centre, London, on 10 November 2026</strong>, this presentation forms part of the session on geopolitics and security of supply.</p> <p><strong>Speaker:</strong> Louis Stansfield, Principal Consultant, AFRY Management Consulting.</p> <h2>Topics covered</h2><ul><li>The concentration of wind generation in Scotland and the transmission boundaries that restrict flows towards demand.</li><li>Why managing a constraint can require wind generation to turn down and other generation to increase elsewhere, with different costs for each action.</li><li>AFRY’s renewable deployment outlook and comparisons with Clean Power 2030 targets and system-operator scenarios.</li><li>How batteries and long-duration energy storage can help with constraints, and why storage capacity and duration limit their contribution.</li><li>Planned high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission links, construction timelines and uncertainty over when reinforcement will relieve congestion.</li></ul><p>Stansfield closes by considering the balance between grid investment, renewable support and consumer bills. The discussion includes contracts for difference and a question on whether zonal pricing could return to the policy debate. Forward-looking figures and policy expectations reflect the speaker’s presentation on the event date.</p> <p><a href="https://montel.energy/resources/academy/conferences/uk-energy-day-2026">View the official UK Energy Day programme</a> or <a href="https://video.montel.energy/uk-energy-day-2026-1">watch all UK Energy Day 2026 recordings</a>.</p> </p><p><a href="http://video.montel.energy/gb-grid-constraints-and-renewables"><img src="http://video.montel.energy/64968580/134071735/f16122a18ba64b556b5f6727c340de9b/standard/download-12-thumbnail.jpg" width="600" height="338"/></a></p> 2026 afry balancing-market battery-storage energy-day grid-constraints louis-stansfield renewables transmission uk-energy-day-2026 united-kingdom wind-curtailment