Solar & Storage Live, London
- May 1
- 2 min read
By Darren Lewis | 1-5-26
Solar & Storage Live took place in London this week, and like most years, it brought together a broad mix of the industry. Developers, operators, suppliers, and a growing number of people focused on storage and how everything connects together. It’s one of those events where you don’t just see what’s new, you get a sense of how people are thinking about things day to day.
What felt slightly different this year was where the conversations were sitting. There’s still a lot of activity around new projects and capacity, but it wasn’t the only focus. There seemed to be more discussion around what happens once sites are live. How they’re performing, how they’re being managed, and how different parts of the system interact with each other.
Storage came up a lot, but not just in terms of adding capacity. More around how it’s actually being used alongside solar, and how it helps deal with some of the challenges that are becoming more common, like grid constraints and curtailment. It felt less like a separate topic and more like part of the same conversation.
It was also a good moment to announce the launch of AMP Trust. The event brought together exactly the kind of people the network is aimed at, those working across delivery, operations, and long-term asset performance. There’s been a lot of discussion recently around standards, consistency, and how work is carried out across the industry, so it felt like a natural place to introduce something focused on those areas.
There was also quite a bit of focus on delivery and operations. Not in a formal sense, but in the way people were talking about projects. More emphasis on how things are run over time, not just how they’re built. Which makes sense, given the number of assets now in operation and the level of complexity that comes with that.
Nothing particularly surprising in isolation, but when you take it all together, it does feel like the industry is settling into a slightly different phase. One where building remains important, but the ongoing performance of those assets is becoming a bigger part of the conversation.
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