Solarplaza Summit | Agri-PV

Even Kvelland is the co-founder and COO of Glint Solar, a Norwegian software company whose platform helps leading solar developers quickly identify and analyze greenfield solar projects for both ground and floating PV. Prior to Glint, Even worked in a number of energy-related functions spanning consulting, business intelligence and diplomacy in Europe, Africa and the US. Even studied energy, economics and international affairs at Macalester College and Columbia University, respectively.

Since 2020, Dr. Matthew Berwind has been a scientist at the Fraunhofer ISE leading public and private projects in the Agrivoltaics and Solar Power Plants groups as the subject manager for photovoltaic simulations. His thematic focal points at the Fraunhofer ISE are the maximization of dual-yield in tracked agrivoltaic systems, leading two public projects in this direction, as well as the digitalization of and data analytics for integrated PV power plants.

Jiří Bím was born in Mladá Boleslav. He finished FEE CTU with Bc. in 2017 in Electrotechnics, energetics and management study program. In 2020 he finished his Masters degree in the study program Management of energetics. Since 2021 he is PhD. student and researcher at CTU and studying topic Economics aspect of RES. He has focused on agrivoltaics and is also active in establishing legislation for agrivoltaics. From 2022 he is the Head of agrivoltaics section in Czech Solar association.

Audrey Juillac is a 28 year old farmer working in the South West of France. She started her activity 2 years ago with a strong will to show that young farmers have the responsibility to contribute to the changes we need to implement in order to have a more resilient agriculture. She is an ex physicist in search of a meaningful professional activity that has a positive impact on the society. She now has 3 ha of land, all cultivated in an organic way and is currently developping an agropv plant with the help of Green Light Hous Développement

Miguel Herrero is a Senior Market Advisor at PVcase. He brings 6+ years of experience in energy and climate across the private, public, and civil society sectors. Miguel develops analysis, insights, and research on global solar market trends and provides strategic advice to PVcase management. Prior to joining PVcase, Miguel was Senior Policy Advisor at SolarPower Europe and a trainee in the cabinet of the EU climate and energy commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete.

Rolando Roberto is the owner and CTO of AEDES GROUP ENGINEERING S.R.L. and a strong member of Italia Solare with an extensive history in solar and Agri-PV. He has worked comprehensively in the field, from securing permitting authorization of RES plants, to the final and executive design of solar power plants for more than 1.5 GW.

With a degree in forestry engineering, Emilien has over 15 years of experience in climate-tech and renewables industries. He has been active in the field of agrivoltaics since 2015, he has contributed to bringing several sites to operation as well as collaborating on entrepreneurial projects across Europe, LATAM y APAC. Emilien joined Lightsource bp in 2023 as Head of Agrivoltaics EMEA and leads the activities of the company to further progress the integration of agricultural initiatives alongside energy production.

Eva Vandest holds a Master degree in Law from the University Paris Panthéon Sorbonne specialised in public law and political science and Sciences Po certification in Public Affairs, Strategy and Influence. Eva started at Amarenco as a jurist in 2016 before taking the lead of Public Affairs for Amarenco Group and being in charge of the influence strategy to boost sustainable solar energy deployment. She is also the chair of the Agrisolar Workstream of Solar Power Europe for 2 years and re-elected as Chair of the Land-Use and Permitting workstream including Agrisolar, Floating solar, Biodiversity and pemitting procedures.

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