The Energy Storage Association (UK) (ESA), the national trade body dedicated to representing the full energy storage value chain, today announced a new strategic partnership with the Energy Storage Summit, a flagship annual sector event held at the InterContinental London The O2. The collaboration brings together two leading forces in the UK, European and global energy storage ecosystem to accelerate innovation, investment, and policy progress across the industry.

ESA represents the critical role of electrical, thermal, hydro, hydrogen and emerging storage technologies in delivering a resilient, affordable and net‑zero energy system. Its mission is to champion storage as the backbone of a modernised grid and unlock the full potential of technologies essential to stabilising supply, supporting decarbonisation, and reducing system costs.

The Energy Storage Summit, taking place 23 to 25 February 2026 at the InterContinental London The O2, convenes more than two thousand global leaders, innovators, policymakers and investors who come together to shape market design, financing models and strategies for large-scale deployment. Positioned as a primary decision‑making and deal‑making platform for the storage sector, the Summit sits at the centre of national strategies, capital allocation discussions, and the future of flexible energy capacity.

Driving collaboration across the UK, European and Global storage value chain

Through this partnership, our core ambitions over time are that ESA will work with the Summit to:

• Strengthen alignment between government, regulators, investors and technology providers.
• Strengthen collaboration between UK storage players and global industry leaders
• Support UK specific storage policy and market discussions
• Help accelerate deployment of energy storage to meet rising electricity demand and reinforce energy security.
• Promote innovation and emerging technologies across the full value chain. 

“The Energy Storage Summit has become a focal point for some of the most important conversations in our industry,” said Jason Howlett, CEO of ESA. “Partnering with this influential platform allows us to amplify the UK’s voice, accelerate strategic collaboration, and ensure energy storage has the central role it deserves in the clean energy transition.”

Summit organisers welcomed the partnership as a natural alignment between two organisations committed to scaling the next generation of power infrastructure. Jo Wilkinson, Director of Event Content for Solar Media, an Informa company, says:

“Energy storage is now central to the UK’s energy security and net zero strategy. Partnering with the Energy Storage Association brings the industry’s collective voice directly into the Summit, ensuring our conversations reflect real policy priorities, real delivery challenges, and real investment decisions. Together, we are creating a platform where government, capital, and technology leaders can move from discussion to deployment.”

The Summit’s 2026 edition focuses on building the flexible capacity required to support fast-growing demand from data centres, electrified industry, transport and AI-driven workloads, areas where storage is now indispensable.

Reflecting on the importance of the partnership set up, Sturge Mazzocchi, Head of Growth at ESA, explained: “With our ambitions so closely linked, we look forward to strengthening our relationship with the Summit and enabling expertise and commercial opportunities to flow between the UK and international partners.”

A shared commitment to the UK energy transition

The partnership reflects a shared commitment to building the flexible capacity required to support economic growth and long-term energy security. ESA and the Summit aim to foster stronger collaboration, policy clarity and investment momentum to accelerate progress in the UK storage market. 

Sources
https://esa-uk.org/
https://storagesummit.solarenergyevents.com/

If you would like more information about this topic please contact: Sturge Mazzocchi, Head of Growth sturge.mazzocchi@esa-uk.org

11th February 2026