Towards a full-scale grid integration of solar PV in the UK
STA and EPIA PV Grid Seminar
Location: Watson Farley Williams, 15 Appold St, London, EC2A 2HB
Date: Thursday 4th July, 11am to 5pm
Draft Agenda
11:00 Welcome and Introduction - Paul Barwell, STA CEO
11:10 PV GRID Project – Paolo Sonvilla, Eclareon
Context: Towards large scale PV growth in Europe and the UK
11:30 Global market outlook; connecting the sun – Giorgia Concas, EPIA
11:50 UK deployment, growth potential, market barriers – Ray Noble, STA
12:20 Case study 1 – solar farm perspective – Nick Pascoe, Orta Solar
12:40 Case study 2 – social housing & PPA’s – Bob Knowles, Empower Community
13:00 Lunch
Regulatory, political and technical challenges to integration of PV
14:00 Barriers to deployment, PV Grid analysis – Paolo Sonvilla, Eclareon
14:15 Integration of PV – challenges faced by DNO’s, Dave Spillett, ENA
14:30 National Grid – balancing the system (Alice Etheridge)
14:45 Ofgem, Regulatory Framework (Olivia Powis, Ofgem)
15:00 UK PV Strategy, Government ambition (Richard Cave, DECC)
15:10 Panel debate – Ofgem, National Grid, DECC, DNO’s
15:30 Break
Technical solutions towards integration of PV
15:45 Grid integration solutions - Giorgia Concas, EPIA
16:00 Technical solutions offered by the PV system – Inverter functionality (Joseph Clarke, Fronius)
16:20 Peak shaving, dynamic voltage control and other solutions (TBD)
16:40 Keeping the lights on – storage integration (TBD)
17:00 Capacity planning, working with the DNO’s (TBD)
17:20 Q&A – closing remarks
Due to limited availability, attendance is only possible through pre-registration at events@solartrade.org.uk. Lunch will be included from 1am, plus tea/coffee in the afternoon.
STA members £50+vat (per delegate)
REA members £100+vat (per delegate)
Non-members £150+vat (per delegate)
Non STA members who join the STA on the day will receive a refund. Any company that wish to
sponsor the event can do so by e-mailing events@solar-trade.org.uk
More information on PV GRID – www.pv‐grid.eu; Solar Trade Association – www.solar-trade.org.uk
Summary
EPIA’s European PV GRID project was set up to identify the grid connection barriers to deployment
of solar power into the electricity distribution systems in each country across Europe1 The STA has
supported EPIA to address the barriers relating to the UK and this seminar looks at the differences
between other EU Countries and the UK in order to establish a potential route to a common
solution.
This interactive seminar will look at all aspects of grid connection in the UK including G83, G59, 11kV
and 33kV relating to buildings and solar farms and will look to communicate both the barriers and
the solutions. These solutions will form part of the industry feedback to the UK Government’s Solar
Strategy in order to achieve the Renewable Roadmap ambition of 20GW by 2020.
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A hard copy of the initial report will be available at the event
Agenda to include:
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Deployment, growth potential, market barriers
Case studies on solar farms and social housing projects
Barriers to deployment, PV Grid analysis for the UK
Integration of PV – challenges faced by DNO’s
UK PV Strategy, Government ambition, regulatory challenges
Technical solutions offered by the PV system – Inverter functionality, electronic controls,
peak shaving, dynamic voltage control and other solutions
Keeping the lights on – storage solutions in buildings and integration in to the local grid
distribution system providing a balanced supply
There will be presentations from key speakers from industry including EPIA’s director of the PV Grid
project, STA PV specialist Ray Noble, Nick Pascoe (Orta Solar), Bob Knowles (EmpowerCommunity),
Joseph Clarke (Fronius), Solar Strategy Co-Chairman Richard Cave from DECC, Olivia Powis (Ofgem),
David Spillett (ENA) plus speakers (TBC) representing the DNO’s.
Why should you attend?
By attending this seminar you will gain insight into the growth potential of the UK PV industry,
understand the regulatory, administrative and technical barriers which are currently constraining the
integration of PV into the electricity grids in the UK. You will also hear about the technical solutions
that will be deployed through inverter innovation, electronic controls and how storage will play a
key feature in the domestic, commercial and large scale solar markets.