Energise2030

Unpacking the forces reshaping the future energy market

Energise2030 brings you clear and practical insight from experts in TLT’s market-leading Future Energy team.

As the UK accelerates its shift to a low‑carbon future, the energy market continues to be reshaped by rapid growth in renewables, rising investment in large‑scale infrastructure, and far‑reaching planning, regulatory and grid reform.

The sector is facing a new set of complex considerations, particularly as it moves into a grid reform post Gate 2 to Whole Queue world. Developers, investors, funders and operators are now contending with the impact these changes are having on future project structures.

Energise2030 brings together the conversations shaping the sector, helping you make sense of change and apply it in practice.

The Energy Exchange video series

Future Energy Women's Network

Energise2030 podcast

The Energy Exchange

Short, expert-led discussions exploring the big picture issues shaping the sector. Each conversation focuses on the developments that matter most and what they mean for the months ahead and beyond.

Onshore wind: momentum building across the UK

England and Wales

Maria Connolly, Head of Future Energy, is joined by Infrastructure and Planning Partner Mustafa Latif-Aramesh to explore how planning reform is reshaping the onshore wind landscape in England and Wales. They discuss renewed policy support, greater flexibility in planning routes, and the growing role of co-location and repowering.

Scotland

In this conversation Nick Shenken, Real Estate Partner, and Infrastructure and Planning Partner Mustafa Latif-Aramesh explore what’s driving onshore wind in Scotland. They discuss the role of sustained policy support, grid and economic pressures, and the practical considerations shaping project delivery and growth.

TLT’s Future Energy Women’s Network

Our network brings together senior leaders from across the sector to share ideas, perspectives and experiences on the issues shaping the energy transition, as well as their careers and progression.Our network brings together senior leaders from across the sector to share ideas, perspectives and experiences on the issues shaping the energy transition, as well as their careers and progression.

In these videos, women from across TLT’s future energy team discuss market developments, career lessons and the client challenges defining the sector today.‍

To join the network, and receive invites for future events, please email natasha.volk@tlt.com

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Maria and Kay

Introducing TLT’s Future Energy Women’s Network, highlights the importance of sponsorship, visibility and leadership for women in the sector, alongside reflections on client priorities as the market moves beyond grid reform.

Lowri and Krista

Exploring the thinking behind the network, this discussion covers career development in future energy real estate and the challenges clients face around grid reform, planning pressure and the increasing strategic importance of land.

Sinead and Sarah

Focusing on planning in future energy, this video highlights the importance of client-focused advice, the pressure to secure consent quickly, and the legislative changes developers should monitor over the coming months.

Emily and Victoria

How future energy financing has evolved is central here, alongside the funding uncertainty created by grid reform, and market trends shaping lender appetite, project structures and investment over the coming months.

Madi and Tash

Construction in future energy is the focus, covering the broader support clients now expect from their legal advisers and why programme pressure, supply chain constraints and delivery risk are front of mind.

Antonia and Kay

Exploring corporate work in future energy, this conversation touches on the role of sponsorship in supporting women’s progression and how grid reform is influencing M&A timelines, investor behaviour and the overall market activity.

Amber, Helen and Juliet

This discussion shares insights into energy regulation, including the impact of grid reform and the wider policy and regulatory developments that clients should be watching closely over the coming months.

Energise2030 podcast

The Energise2030 Podcast explores issues impacting the Future Energy sector, including grid connection reform, renewable deployment at scale, repowering, pathfinder project structures, market‑driven M&A, and the next generation of financing, helping you stay ahead in an increasingly dynamic and competitive landscape.

Developing energy projects for the long term

Amy Campbell is joined by Chirag Rao, Head of Legal at renewable energy infrastructure company Field, to explore energy project development and structuring, and the mechanisms developers can use to navigate these challenges.

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Grid reform, Gate 2 and what's next for connection

Nick Pincott and Amber Bains share an overview of the latest developments in one of the most topical areas for those working in the future energy sector: grid connection reform.

From the first revised Gate 2 offers to the knock-on impact of delays affecting protected projects.