Solar Summit 2023 - UK | Solar Media Limited | 26 June 2023 | Hilton Tower Bridge, 5 More London Pl, Tooley St, London SE1 2BY, United Kingdom

Since the inaugural summit took place, UK solar has gone from strength to strength with deployment reaching over 1GW in 2022. New ground-mount solar sites are being announced daily with sizes ranging from the smallest individual landowners through to “mega-solar” sites of 100s of MW. On the commercial rooftop side we are seeing businesses looking to solar as a way to gain control in light of rapidly increasing energy costs.

This Summit will look at the role solar currently plays in the energy mix, how this will change over the coming years and how this aligns with net-zero and other government targets.

It brings together stakeholders from across the value chain as a valuable opportunity to share knowledge and make new business connections to keep driving the sector forward. The Summit will help businesses and individuals’ identify the market drivers and dynamics that will provide opportunities over the coming years. Expert speakers will share their knowledge on how to bring projects through from the earliest stages of planning through to technology decisions and ultimately asset management.

2023 Speakers

Rt Hon Graham Stuart MP
Minister of State, Department For Energy Security & Net Zero

Tim Warham
Renewable Electricity Senior Policy Advisor, Department For Energy Security And Net Zero

Dr. Alan Whitehead MP
Shadow Minister for Energy and the Green New Deal, MP For Southampton Test

Axel Thiemann
CEO, Sonnedix

Richard Cave-Bigley
Managing Director, SSE

Cathal Hennessy
Head of Onshore Renewables Development (Wind, Solar and Storage) UK & Ireland, RWE

Ben Fawcett
Head of Solar, EDF Renewables UK

Hildagarde McCarville
CEO, Anesco

Peta Donkin
EIA Director (Energy and Infrastructure), LDA Design

Rosalind Smith-Maxwell
Senior Vice President, Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners

Nikki Hunter BA, CMILT, MCIPS
Sourcing Lead – Network Rail Decarbonisation Programme, Network Rail

Bob Psaradellis
President and Chief Executive Officer, Renewable Power Capital

Helen Seagrave
Community Energy Manager, Electricity North West

Norbert Szalay
Global Procurement Manager - Energy, RECKITT

Phil Brennan
Head of APSE Energy, Association For Public Service Excellence

Martin Buckland
Managing Director Freedom Professional Services, Freedom

Geoff Hoffheinz
Chief Engineer, Glennmont Partners

Marina Valls
Associate Director, Renewable Strategy, KPMG LLP

Guy Parker
Founder, Wychwood Biodiversity

Dan Griffiths
Programme Manager (Energy, Carbon & Economic Development), Cheshire East Council

Georgina Worrall
Project Manager, POWERful Women

Vinh Thông Le Nhut
Director Group Energy Projects, Digital Realty

Ursula El Mir
Technical Account Manager (Europe), Clean Power Research

Andrew Donovan
Investment Director, Schroders Greencoat

Marco Schweer
Executive Director, Project Finance Origination, Hamburg Commercial Bank AG

Emma Bridge
Chief Executive, Community Energy England

Brian Milnes
Deputy Leader, South Cambs District Council, Lead Member for the Environment, South Cambs District Council

Carlos Javier
Managing Director EAM, Elgin Energy

Mark Tyson
Head of Property Operations, Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM)

Shane Brennan
CEO, Cold Chain Federation

Shane Brennan
CEO, Cold Chain Federation

Isaac Nunn
Senior Planning Officer (Energy), Suffolk County Council

Beth Motley
Director of Energy & Utilities, Counter Context

Matthew Clayton
Managing Director, Thrive Renewables

Connie Muir
Community Renewables Manager at Younity & Founder of Croydon, Community Energy
Younity

Alex Herbert
Head of Planning, Telis Energy UK Ltd

Inga Doherty
Climate Policy & Programme Team Lead, Oxfordshire County Council

Eric Montméan
Head of UK Solar Development, Totalenergies

Lisa McDermott
Managing Director, Project Finance, ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

David Kemp
Principal, Emanate Capital

Stéphane Têtot
Director, BlackRock Infrastructure, BlackRock

Ray Noble MBE C.Eng
Director, SolarBIPV

Luba Kotzeva
MD, European Energy & Renewables, Lazard

Justin Thesiger
Director of Operations and Asset Management, Low Carbon

Clare Bottle FCILT
CEO, UK Warehousing Association

Lynne McDonald
Programme Manager - Distribution System Operator (DSO) Readiness, UK Power Networks

Ross Driver
Managing Director, Foresight Group

Nancy Yell
Head of Sales for Northern and Eastern Europe, Schletter Group

Jon Crouch
Head of Commercial Development, Infinis

Massimo Resta
Partner, Zouk Capital

Massimo Resta
Partner, Zouk Capital

Marta Sanchez Lopez
Head of Asset Management, Cero Generation

Joseph Holmes
Executive Director - Resources, West Berkshire Council

Jing Liu
Executive Director – Sector Lead of Power, Utilities, Metals & Mining, SMBC Bank International Plc

Peter Bolton
Investment Director, Renewable Energy, Gresham House Plc

Tadgh Cullen
Head of Energy Storage, Cero Generation

Chris Hewett
Chief Executive, Solar Energy UK

Steve Atkins
Senior Manager, Stakeholder (Distribution), Scottish And Southern Electricity Networks

Sophy Fearnley-Whittingstall
Founder, SFW Communications Ltd

Rachel Hayes
Associate director, Regen & Director Energy Storage Network, Regen / Energy Storage Network

Scott Burrows
Director, Co-Founder, Eden Sustainable Group

Stephen Cirell
Founder, Stephen Cirell Consultancy Ltd & Advisor, APSE Energy

Brian Moorhead
Lead Grid Connections Manager, ESmart Networks

Chris Jardine
Technical Director, JoJu Solar

Jonathan Selwyn
Managing Director, Bluefield Development

Joshua Murphy
Head of Storage, Econergy Renewable Energy

Alastair Mounsey
Regional Sales Director, JA Solar

Robert Simon
Business Development Manager – Renewable Energy, Stäubli

Chloe Hood
Head of Communications, Aura Power Developments

Amandine Tetot
Head of Project Finance, Triodos Bank UK

Constantinos Peonides
Senior Vice President Europe, Skyfri

Jo Wilkinson
Director, Event Content, Solar Media

Gonzalo De Blas
Account Executive UK&I, RatedPower

Paul Manning
Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer, NovoGrid

Matt Black
Chair, Solar Energy UK

Jonathan Scurlock
Chief Adviser - Renewable Energy and Climate Change, National Farmers' Union (NFU)

2023 Sponsors

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• LONGI

GOLD SPONSORS:
• EDF renewables

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Freedom
• RatedPower
• SCHLETTER
• Staubli

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• CTSG
• JA Solar
• RWE
• SOLARPORT
• SSE Renewables

SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
• Skyfri
• NovoGrid