Energy Buyer Roundtables

Synopsis

1. Navigating Renewable Price Volatility: Wholesale vs PPA
Buyers face unpredictable renewable energy prices, making it challenging to structure PPAs that balance cost stability with market exposure.

2. Mastering PPA Negotiations: Choosing the Right Deal
Selecting the right PPA requires understanding contract structures, risk allocation, and financial implications—missteps can lock buyers into unsuitable terms.

3. Scope 3 Decarbonization: Making Your Value Chain Truly Green
Achieving 100% renewable across a global supply chain is complex, with risks of indirect emissions undermining corporate sustainability goals.

4. Keeping Up With Evolving Reporting Standards: RE100, SBTi, and Beyond
Stricter ESG and energy reporting requirements demand more granular data, creating compliance and operational challenges for multi-market buyers.

5. Short-Term vs. Long-Term Power Contracts: Balancing Flexibility with Revenue Stability
This session brings together industry leaders to dissect the fundamental trade-offs between contract duration strategies and their impact on project economics, investor appeal, and operational risk management. While shorter-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) offer generators the agility to capitalize on favorable market conditions and potentially higher revenues during price spikes, they simultaneously expose projects to significant revenue instability and increased market risk. Conversely, long-term contracts provide the revenue certainty that underpins project financing but may limit upside participation in strong market conditions.