Emerging Leaders Program

Educational Day

Emerging Leaders Program

5 April 2027 | San Diego

Join the Emerging Leaders Progam!

On 5 April, the Emerging Leaders Program brings together the next generation of renewable energy professionals for a dedicated day of learning, exchange, and exposure to senior industry voices. By enabling structured knowledge transfer and direct engagement with experienced asset owners and operators, the program helps ensure that the expertise shaping today’s solar and storage fleet is actively passed on to those who will manage its future.

Energy Storage

Emerging Leaders Program is part of:

Solarplaza Summit

Asset Management North America

San Diego
6 - 7 April 2027

Monday 5 April 2027

Program

09:00

Opening the day by Solarplaza

presentation

15 min.

Session Topics:
09:00

The asset management lifecycle

presentation

15 min.

Master the critical shift from project delivery to long-term asset management across technical, commercial, and financial performance.

Session Topics:
  • Transitioning from project development/EPC to operations.
  • Defining the core pillars: Technical (O&M), Commercial, and Financial Asset Management.
10:00

Technical O&M: keeping the electrons flowing

presentation

45 min.

Learn how to optimize preventative maintenance, manage degradation, and cut the real cost of operational truck rolls.

Session Topics:
  • Preventative vs. corrective maintenance.
  • Understanding inverter health, module degradation, and the real cost of truck rolls
10:45

Morning networking break

Session Topics:
11:30

Financial asset management & revenue protection

presentation

60 min.

Master PPA risks, merchant exposure, and critical KPIs to safeguard long-term revenues and project yield.

Session Topics:
  • Understanding PPA structures and merchant exposure.
  • Key performance indicators (KPIs): Availability, performance ratio, and yield.
12:30

Networking lunch

Session Topics:
13:30

US market realities, IRA compliance, and grid congestion

presentation

60 min.

Navigate IRA tax credits, prevailing wage rules, and the bottom-line impacts of US grid congestion and curtailment.

Session Topics:
  • A primer on navigating the Inflation Reduction Act (ITC/PTC, prevailing wage).
  • Understanding why the grid is congested and what curtailment means for an asset's bottom line.
14:30

Afternoon networking break

Session Topics:
15:15

The hybrid RE-ality: Intro to PV + storage

presentation

45 min.

Uncover why hybrid PV-plus-storage is dominating the market and how to optimize charge cycles to protect long-term battery health.

Session Topics:
  • Why are batteries being attached to everything?
  • The basics of charging/discharging cycles and managing battery health.
16:00

“Ask me anything”: panel session with all the speakers from the day

panel

40 min.

Session Topics:
16:40

Closing the day by Solarplaza

presentation

5 min.

Session Topics:
16:45

Structured networking

Session Topics:

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