2024 Agenda

This session explores the energy industry's scalability and agility to meet aggressive renewable targets and the needs of large energy buyers.

• Understanding the new environment we are operating in with higher interest rates and inflation
• How buyers are working towards ambitious renewables targets through direct investment into projects and offtake agreements
• The best approaches for engaging with offtakers that align with the long-term sustainability goals of both sellers and buyers
• Tailoring energy solutions to meet the diverse needs of offtakers

• Much of the easier work on renewables has been done, what lessons can large energy buyers learn from the first wave?
• What work needs to be done next to move to the next stage and how can we ensure simplicity in procurement?
• How can governments set policy which supports renewable procurement?
• What new grid investment and infrastructure will be necessary
• The next wave of decarbonisation: heat, gas and transport

• Combining PPAs with Renewable Energy Solutions: Case Studies and Best Practices
• Integrating Multiple Renewable Sources: Wind and Solar
• Factoring in Renewable Volume Risk
• How Renewables are Affecting your Portfolio Risk Profile
• The Technology to Use in Diversifying your Portfolio

Role of PPAs in Revenue Management: The role of a PPA manager in adding value to a renewable business is explored, along with the right pricing for PPAs in the context of high interest rates and capital constraints. The session also delves into risk adjustment approaches and the financial performance of infrastructure funds​

• Revenue management will evolve like asset management has, what can heads of PPA learn?
• With tighter margins, where do you add value
• How do you adjust approaches to risk

• The importance of innovative financing in renewable energy projects
• The intricacies of the vCPPA
• Combining a government Contract for Difference (CfD) arrangement with a corporate Power Purchase Agreement
• How can CPPAs help in achieving sustainability goals for other corporations and institutions?

This session will provide an in-depth analysis and overview of the electricity market dynamics with analysis on Spain, Germany, Portugal, Great Britain, France, Belgium, Italy, and the Netherlands.  The presentation will explore various factors that influence electricity prices in these markets, such as energy policies, renewable energy integration, supply and demand dynamics, and cross-border energy trading. By examining the realised power prices in these countries, the presentation aims to provide valuable insights into the current state and future trends of the EU's electricity market, highlighting challenges and opportunities for stakeholders in the energy sector.

• Some of the big challenges we are seeing our Energy customers face and how AI can help address these challenges
• Microsoft AI being used to speed up the search for new battery materials and what this can mean for EVs
• The need for AI to Integrate, manage and co-ordinate Distributed Energy Resources (Solar PV, Small Hydro, Micro Grids and even bidirectional EVs) including grid balancing, as the grid moves from centralized to decentralized

Supply chain has been up and down in the last few years, with steep price increases, under supply, tariffs, AD investigations and now a period of oversupply - and that doesn't even take into account batteries! What should investors expect for the second half of 2024 and moving into 2025?

• Credit and legal risks can hinder the signing of an offtake agreement. So how can these risks be mitigated and priced in a volatile market? This panel discusses how to approach this:
• What strategies are developers using to optimize revenue contracting?
• At what stage are developers approaching the market to secure offtake?
• How to use information on counterparties’ balance sheets, track record for fulfilling obligations and reputation for negotiating an offtake agreement
• Identifying the main legal risks when signing different types of offtake structures
• Best practice for calculating credit risk and implementing different credit enhancement strategies
• Methods to share and transfer risk between counterparties
• Which offtake structures mitigate price risk best?
• How to budget for price volatility?

This session will analyse the impact that supply chain woes have had on slowing wind installations and the steps which could be taken to get the UK's industry back on track. Relevant for project developers and energy buyers alike as they forward plan.

• Regulatory variations across different EU markets and the impact on storage
• What incentives and support mechanisms are available?
• Comparing the financial performance of battery storage in various regions
• What are investors looking for in the next wave of battery storage opportunities
• Insights into how investors view the battery storage market across various EU regulatory frameworks
• How batteries are generating revenue through grid services like frequency regulation and load balancing
• Which EU/UK markets look most attractive in 2024/5?

• UK REGO prices fluctuated significantly in 2023, with a to prices to over GBP 20/MWh, what are the factors driving this increase and its impact on the renewable energy market?
• What could happen next? Are we expecting prices to continue to rise or to settle?

• Iron Mountain's 24/7 res commitment
• Unpacking and collaboration to overcome the challenges to this
• Ensuring PPAs work for everyone involved
• Stakeholders' feedback

• Introduction to European Commission's proposal for a Green Claims Directive and what it could mean for different businesses in the market
• The Green Claims Directive within emerging European and global laws and standards on energy consumption and disclosure
• The politics of the Green Claims Directive either side of European Elections
• Preparing for compliance: Hear from a corporate buyer about what companies can already do to prepare for new rules and expectations on environmental claims

• Achieving Expected Returns on a Collocated Battery
• How can you source finance at the right cost?
• How are people securing multiple routes to market
• Selecting the right battery!

• What are the different types of renewable energy procurement?
• What are some key considerations in crafting renewable energy strategies?
• What are different types of buyers doing in terms of renewable energy procurement?
• How to take a diversified approach in managing renewable energy portfolio?

• Introduction to the proposed changes to the Transmission Constraint Licence Condition
• Understanding the compliance risks associated with bidding in the Balancing Mechanism
• What is the System-Operator flag?
• GridCast: A new solution to predicting transmission constraints

How is Great Portlant Estates with 35 GWhs p/a of electricity and gas procurement across a Central London based property portfolio approaching power procurement and decarbonisation? Find out in this presentation.

This session is an opportunity to meet attendees with markets in common. Each round table will focus on a different European country with opportunities to discuss:

• The size and growth forecasts of renewables in the market
• The addressable market for off-take
• Government legislation and upcoming auctions or policy changes
• Realised power prices
• The market for standalone or collocated storage

• Session MC: Sonia Dunlop, CEO, Global Solar Council
• Finland & Sweden: Jussi Mäkelä, Head of Trading Analysis, Fortum
• Italy: Gianfranco Memoli, Country Manager - Italy, X-ELIO
• Spain: Chema Zabala, Managing Director, Alantra Energy Transition
• Spain: Francisco del Rio de Pablo Associate Director - Power Sales Europe NTR plc
• Germany: Amanda Niklaus, Head of Renewables PPA Origination, BKW
• UK: Jo Wilkinson, Director of Event Content, Solar Media
• + 2 "Pot Luck" tables where you can decide which market you'd like to discuss