North American Power & Renewables Forum

The US is seeing unprecedented growth in demand power due to the proliferation of AI and data centers, reshored and electrified manufacturing, and uptake of electric vehicles. Availability and cost of clean and reliable power is one of the main blockers to this growth. Offtakers such as hyperscalers are looking at all power solutions to service the new demand.

In 2026 we are launching the North American Power & Renewables Forum, a new section of the Solar & Energy Storage conference agenda which looks at the wider energy mix and how energy supply and demand is evolving in the face of the load growth boom and the increasing introduction of intermittent renewables onto the grid. It will explore how utilities and developers can service new large load demand affordably, reliably and as quickly as possible.

This section of the event will bring together C-level leaders from major US utilities, developers of both renewable and firm generation, data centers, RTOs and ISOs, and government officials. 

Topics to be covered in the North American Power & Renewables Forum include:

• Wood Mackenzie outlooks for gas, solar, energy storage, and other forms of clean baseload power.
• How the energy mix is evolving to meet the load growth opportunity
• A looming affordability and reliability crisis? The impact of the energy transition and data center boom on customers
• Grids under pressure: capacity constraints and load growth
• The state of geothermal energy in 2026
• A nuclear renaissance or all hot air? Evaluating the role of nuclear energy for providing clean baseload power