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Dramatic price decreases in energy storage systems, especially batteries, have driven great interest in the commercial deployment of such systems at scale. Storage has emerged as a potentially disruptive force for traditional generation and distribution business models. Investors are following the storage story with interest though transactions so far have been either the acquisition of storage system manufacturers by utilities or small scale transactions where storage has been part of a wider value chain (e.g. solar PV development with integrated storage) other than the EFR tender run by National Grid. However, will energy storage emerge as an asset class of itself and amenable to the application of project finance structures or will it remain a complementary value-added enhancement to renewable energy projects? This session examines the current regulatory, financial, commercial and legal challenges issues facing the large scale deployment of energy storage and what needs to happen for greater deployment, including storage emerging as a distinct asset class.
5:00 Registration
5:30pm Welcome & Opening Remarks
Neil Donoghue, Partner, Baker & McKenzie
5:40pm Keynote Presentation
Rachel Cooper, Head of Energy Storage, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
6:00pm Panel Discussion
Moderator: Marc Fèvre, Partner, Baker & McKenzie
Anurag Gupta, Director, KPMG
Derek Rushgrove, Managing Director Power & Utilities EMEA, CA-CIB
Rachel Cooper, Head of Energy Storage, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
Question & Answer
6:50pm Closing remarks & IPFA Update
Darryl Murphy, Partner, KPMG; IPFA UK Branch Council Member
7:00pm Networking Drinks Reception kindly hosted by Baker & McKenzie and KPMG
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