Transmission

Fabrizio Fenu, Head of business development at EDF leading battery route-to-market and optimisation for large portfolios. He pulls back the curtain on how battery optimisation works at scale. Short takes cover trading-floor algorithms and AI, contract types like merchant, floor and tolling, financing challenges for co-located solar+battery, and what makes an ideal large battery asset.

Fabrizio Fenu, Head of Business Development at EDF for battery route-to-market, optimising a multi-gigawatt portfolio. He explains scaling batteries from small tests to 5GW, how trading desks and AI shape optimisation, differences between merchant, floor and tolling deals, plus why co-located solar and battery projects are trickier to finance.

Emma Wong, Nuclear Principal Lead for Innovation at EPRI, applies quantum sensing to grid and nuclear reliability. She discusses atomic-based, no-drift sensors and quantum LiDAR for inspecting water intakes, welds, and pipes. Talks cover cutting nuclear downtime, utility pilot programs, and pairing quantum with AI to make inspections faster and data smarter.

Emma Wong, Nuclear Principal Lead at EPRI who applies quantum sensing to grid and nuclear reliability. She discusses atom-based, no-drift sensors and near-term quantum LiDAR. Topics include underwater and plant inspections, cutting nuclear downtime with faster sensing, pilots with utilities, and combining quantum methods with AI for faster, leaner analytics.

Peter Berini, Director of Industry at Modo Energy and seasoned U.S. power markets analyst, breaks down why building renewables in New York is so hard. He discusses transmission bottlenecks, the NYISO interconnection queue and costly upgrade bills. He compares slow cluster studies with faster ERCOT approaches and explains how market rules, offshore uncertainty and labor costs hamper projects.

Peter Berini, Director of Industry at Modo Energy with 10+ years analyzing U.S. power markets, breaks down why building renewables in New York is so difficult. He discusses transmission bottlenecks between upstate and downstate. He covers NYISO interconnection queues and costly upgrades. He compares New York’s slow cluster study approach with ERCOT’s faster connect-and-manage model.

Matt Black, Managing Director of IG Renewables and Chair of Solar Energy UK, brings experience building solar and storage across the UK and beyond. He talks grid connection reform and the Gate Two shakeout. He explores M&A and capital pressures, the need for co‑located batteries, workforce and training gaps, and whether the UK can realistically hit massive rollout targets.

Matt Black, Managing Director of IG Renewables and Chair of Solar Energy UK, brings hands-on experience building and financing UK solar. He unpacks the connections reform and the Gate Two shakeout. He discusses M&A and who will actually deliver projects. He covers co-located batteries, the 60GW delivery challenge, workforce gaps, and the rise of rooftop and balcony solar.

Terry Embury, VP and Head of Trading and Market Operations at AES Clean Energy, runs trading and operations for large-scale renewables and storage serving hyperscalers. He discusses how rapid solar growth flipped market dynamics, the rise of solar-specific trading blocks, why batteries are crucial for 24/7 clean power, and how data center demand is reshaping project siting and value.

Terry Embury, VP and Head of Trading and Market Operations at AES Clean Energy, leads trading for large renewable and storage projects. He discusses how soaring AI data center demand and collapsing solar prices flipped market dynamics. They cover ERCOT’s sudden duck curve, why solar+storage is becoming standard, and batteries as a fast solution to looming generation shortfalls.