Grid Capacity: The New Scarcity

Electrification of usage, AI, data centres and renewable generation are driving unprecedented demand for network access, while volatility, extreme weather, energy transition, and energy security concerns are increasing pressure on the system.

The question is no longer how fast we build more grid. It’s how strategically we use and enhance what we already have.

Discussion topics:

• Managing competition for scarce grid capacity
• Balancing reliability, affordability and investment
• The role of flexibility, storage and demand response
• Whether flexibility can outperform traditional network expansion
• Maximising resilience and system value across the energy value chain

Panel

Join leading developers, investors, economists and energy experts as they explore the future of Europe’s increasingly constrained electricity system.

• François Berthélemy | Deputy Director – European Affairs | RTE
• Romain Desrousseaux | Deputy CEO | Neoen
• Pierre-François Dessard | Managing Director | Ardian
• Joshua Margulies | France Market lead | Aurora Energy Research France
• Thomas Padovani | Head of Europe, Kinergy | Origin Energy
• Moderator : Julie Niedzielski-Colombet |Director, Energy, and Infrastructure Finance | National Australia Bank Europe