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Roy Amner

UK Development Director Starlight Energy

Starlight Energy

Roy Amner is the UK Development Director for Starlight Energy, which is the development arm of the NextEnergy Group. With over 30 years of experience of infrastructure development and deployment in the UK and across Europe, he has managed businesses in the telecoms, wind, solar, and battery space. He is currently managing a 2.5GW pipeline in the UK, which has been subject to the UK Grid Reforms and NESO Gate 2 process.

Fireside chat

  • The current state of grid reinforcement, digitalisation, and flexibility programmes across Europe
  • The UK example of the impact of the new two-gate grid queue process on developers
  • How TSOs and DSOs are changing connection rules, queue management, and access to capacity
  • Where congestion, curtailment, and redispatch remain structural
  • How storage is being positioned as a system tool rather than an optional add on