Genna Boyle

Exhibition: June 23–25, 2026, Messe München
Conference: June 22–23, 2026, ICM München

Job Title: Chief Commercial Officer & Head of EMEA
Company: Gridcog
Country: United Kingdom

Genna Boyle is the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) and Head of EMEA at Gridcog, a leading energy modelling platform helping businesses plan and optimise clean energy projects. Based in London, she leads the company's UK and European expansion. She has over a decade of expertise in the energy sector, spanning strategy, origination, and trading within the UK and New Zealand electricity markets, with a strong emphasis on renewables generation and battery storage. Before joining Gridcog, Genna was the Head of Commercial at Battery Optimiser and PPA Trader at Limejump.

June 23, 2026Comparing Co-Location Models for Utility-scale Storage Across Europe

Sessions

Session

Utility-scale Storage: New Challenges and New Strategies

Tuesday, June 23, 2026, 11:30 am - 01:00 pm

ICM München Room 13 A

As the energy storage market has evolved, one of the biggest barriers to battery storage deployment is grid connection. In Germany, one of Europe's most attractive markets, several gigawatts of storage remain stuck in connection queues, which questions project business cases as long-term revenues are unknown and projects cannot go online soon to benefit from existing prices and market conditions. Limited grid capacity means developers must act proactively and think creatively. Possible solutions include closer collaboration with DSOs to enable system-friendly integration, co-locating batteries with PV to use existing infrastructure, or cable pooling to optimize grid usage. Therefore, beyond trading and arbitrage, strategies like infrastructure sharing, partnerships with optimizers, and renting out batteries through tolling instead of developing projects are gaining ground. This session will examine how to navigate grid constraints and unlock the full value of storage in today's evolving energy system.