Energy Technology Live, featuring The Distributed Energy Show and the successful launch of The Energy Storage Show, concluded its highly anticipated event, showcasing the industry’s latest efforts toward a clean, sustainable, and flexible energy system. Held for the first time at the NEC, Birmingham, on 12th and 13th March 2025, the event brought together thousands of energy executives, users, engineers, and supply chain professionals.
Energy Technology Live provided an invaluable platform for networking, collaboration, and knowledge exchange, allowing attendees to engage with industry leaders and peers. With a comprehensive lineup of exhibitors, expert speakers, and interactive sessions, participants gained valuable insights into the latest industry trends and innovations driving the transition toward a net-zero future.
The exhibition hall displayed a wide array of technologies and services, with some of the energy sector’s most prominent companies alongside innovative start-ups, all united by the same goal: helping energy users and industry leaders optimise energy usage while advancing sustainability and efficiency targets.
Leading exhibiting companies included Flexitricity, Joulen, NESO Power Responsive, the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero, OVO, GOODWE, Thales, BOSCH, DSO – Electricity North West, Greener Power Solutions, Siemens Financial Services, and Voltalis. These companies showcased their latest products, services, and solutions, including Energy Storage, Heat Pumps, Wind Turbines, Hydrogen, Smart Energy Control Systems, Switchgears, Solar Systems, Gas Turbines, Small Hydro, Energy Systems, Batteries, Cabling, Power Electronics, Transport and Logistics, and much more.
In each corner of the hall, four dedicated conference theatres were curated to offer practical insights, industry trends, challenges, and opportunities that are shaping the future of the sector.
The industry-leading conference featured a diverse range of experts, researchers, and thought leaders from companies such as Vattenfall, Ofgem, Zenobe, Siemens, SSE Energy Solutions, NESO, Mott MacDonald, and ABB. These thought leaders delivered insightful presentations, panel discussions, keynote talks, and workshops on topics such as ‘Energy Storage for a Net-Zero Future’, ‘The Energy Act, One Year On’, ‘Transforming the Energy Sector Through Digital Innovation’, ‘Emerging Energy Flexibility Solutions’, and more.
Dr. Nina Klein, Flexibility & Policy Expert from Ofgem, commented: “Conferences like Energy Technology Live are really important for contributing to innovation and growth in the UK. By bringing the industry together in one space, we can share successes and also talk about the remaining challenges. We can learn from these and scale them at the pace we need for clean power by 2030.”
Attendee companies included JLR, Veolia, EDF Energy, National Express, Freedom Leisure, Tesco, Boots, Nestlé, Transport for London, Total Energies, Amazon, Rolls-Royce, Mercedes, Virgin Media O2, Manchester Airport Group, British Steel, and many more.
Attendees and exhibitors also took full advantage of exclusive networking opportunities, including three drinks receptions hosted by Greener Power Solutions, GoodWe Technologies Co., and Power Responsive.
“I’d recommend others to come along and gain perspectives different from their own, as it will help identify the right way forward for their business, sector, and industry,” said Luke Strickland, Project Director – Energy Transition at Mott MacDonald.
Energy Technology Live, featuring The Distributed Energy Show and The Energy Storage Show, will return to the NEC on 11th and 12th March 2026.
To find out how to get involved or to stay up to date with the latest updates for the 2026 event, visit www.energytechlive.com.
Energy Technology Live is an annual event dedicated to accelerating the transition to a sustainable energy future in the UK. Organised by Event Partners Ltd, the event brings together industry leaders, innovators, and policymakers to discuss emerging technologies and drive progress toward a net-zero future.
This article appeared in the April 2025 issue of Energy Manager magazine. Subscribe here.