Future of Energy

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Monday 11 April 2022

Program Day 1


08:45

Conference Opening

15 min.

Ikenna Azuike

Jolloy Rice Productions

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09:00

Opening Remarks FMO & Solarplaza

10 min.

Michael Jongeneel

FMO

Edwin Koot

Solarplaza

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Session 1

Plenary Opening: A New Energy Paradigm

09:10

Financing Climate Change: How to Tap the Wall of Institutional Money

presentation

30 min.

Manuel Adamini

Session Topics:
  • Urgency & complexity: menacing climate cause & effect wildcards revisited
  • A playbook for the financial sector
  • Seizing the wall of money desperate for a (sustainable) return
  • Asset owner deep-dive: net-zero strategies driving investments in climate mitigation & adaptation
  • Green bonds: your way into mainstream debt capital markets?

09:40

Market Outlook

presentation

30 min.

Rabia Ferroukhi

International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

Session Topics:
  • Current trends of the energy transition
  • Which actions are needed in the next years to achieve climate energy and development goals?
  • Key statistics of the state of solar, wind, storage and green hydrogen
  • Scenarios for the future of energy in emerging markets
  • Unequal distribution of trends around the world

10:10

Photo Exhibition: Picturing the Future

5 min.

Daaf Borren

The Bright Continent

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10:15

Morning Networking Break

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Session 2

Morning Plenaries: Moving from the Baseline

11:00

The Promise of Green Hydrogen

presentation

20 min.

Thierry Lepercq

Soladvent

Session Topics:
  • Hydrogen as new enabler for zero-carbon systems
  • How to make hydrogen bankable?
  • The hydrogen hub as a futureproof model to development
  • Cooperation within the hydrogen value chain

11:20

Intermezzo The Transmitters

5 min.

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11:25

Regional Deep Dive

panel

35 min.

Félicie Moulard

Total Eren

Kate Bragg

Scatec

Robinson Alazraki

GreenYellow

Joost Samsom

Voltiq

Bettina Voisin

Neoen

Turan Caglayan

DEG (Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft)

Session Topics:
  • State of renewable technologies from Africa, Asia to Latin America
  • What is the optimal generation mix in each region?
  • Challenges in developing and financing renewable energy on emerging markets
  • Key elements determining the success of the future of energy (ESG)
  • A green recovery from COVID

12:00

Lunch Break

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Session 3A

Small-scale Models

13:15

Energy Access

panel

60 min.

Oliver Waissbein

UNDP

Nthabiseng Mosia

Easy Solar

Tobias Dekkers

PowerGen Renewable Energy

Gabriel Davies

CrossBoundary Energy

Joel Sam

Acumen

Session Topics:
  • Achieving SDG 7, how to reach the bottom of pyramid?
  • How are we changing people’s lives?
  • Recent progress and pain points
  • Operational and financial project implementation challenges
  • How do we move to scale and speed?
  • Need for policy and regulations allowing private sector capital to flow

Session 3B

Utility-scale Models

13:15

Dealing with Uncertainty: Lessons Learned

panel

60 min.

Abdoulaye Toure

Qair Group

Angeles Toledo Rodriguez

Triodos Investment Management

Ernst Rauch

Munich Reinsurance Company

Gerhard Mulder

Climate Risk Services

Stefan Meichsner

Debeka Group

Gabriel de Lastours

EBRD - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Session Topics:
  • Force Majeure – Risk management
  • Shifting risk assessment
  • Climate change risks
  • Opportunities post pandemic: how to cope with new risks
  • Learnings from COVID

14:15

Afternoon Networking Break

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Session 4A

Small-scale Models

14:45

Making Mini-Grids Bankable

presentation

30 min.

Chris Kanani

Winch Energy

Manoj Sinha

Husk Power Systems

Fadoua Boudiba

Triodos Investment Management

Maite Pina

FMO

Session Topics:
  • Regional differences in developing mini-grids
  • Scalability and profitability of mini-grids
  • Corporate finance versus project finance

15:25

How to Reach Scale in C&I

presentation

45 min.

Benjamin Attia

Wood Mackenzie

Kunal Mehta

Berkeley Energy

Stefan Issler

responsAbility

Kellie Murungi

East African Power

Session Topics:
  • Current market dynamics and trends
  • Driving value proposition from a customer’s perspective
  • Developing a supporting business case
  • Obstacles to growth
  • Financing C&I

Session 4B

Utility-scale Models

14:45

Future Proofing Infrastructure

panel

30 min.

Mark Goldsmith

Selestino Babungi

Umeme

Ali Imran Chaudhary

K-Electric

David Managadze

EBRD - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Session Topics:
  • Business models: is there a best one for each of Transmission and Distribution?
  • Regional differences in T&D
  • Benefits of private sector investments
  • Key regulatory, operational, E&S and safety challenges
  • Funding requirements and needs from funders: where can DFI’s add value?

15:25

How to Make Energy Storage a Successful Business Case

panel

45 min.

Peter Möckel

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Florian Mayr

Apricum

Gilles Parmentier

Africa REN

Darren Walsh

Lynx Group

Session Topics:
  • Market developments: opportunities and key challenges
  • The business case and how to finance it
  • Technology trends: from lithium storage to newer technologies
  • Technological constraints and practical factors affecting "deliverability" and "fundability" of projects

16:10

Break - Unite in Plenary room

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16:20

Recap of First Day

presentation

10 min.

Ikenna Azuike

Jolloy Rice Productions

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16:30

Leadership On The Edge

presentation

45 min.

Robert Swan OBE

2041 Foundation

Session Topics:
  • Stories about commitment, delivery and trust
  • Taking renewable energy to the ends of the world

17:15

Networking Drinks

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19:00

Networking Dinner

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Tuesday 12 April 2022

Program Day 2


08:00

Welcome Coffee and Registration

45 min.

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08:45

Reopening the Conference

presentation

15 min.

Ikenna Azuike

Jolloy Rice Productions

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Session 5

Plenary Opening: How Do We Get There

09:00

Innovation

45 min.

Nathan Furr

INSEAD

Session Topics:
  • Innovative thinking as a driver for the future of energy
  • The behaviors of innovative leaders to see the world in new ways
  • The innovation process
  • Winning support for innovation

09:45

A Local Perspective to the Future of Energy

presentation

30 min.

Angella Rainford

Soléco Energy

Session Topics:
  • Challenges and opportunities of accelerating the energy transition together
  • Stakeholder and community engagement
  • How to generate support of local communities, government and regulator throughout the development and implementation phases of the project?

10:15

Morning Networking Break

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Session 6

Morning Plenaries: The Future Envisioned

11:00

A Just Transition

25 min.

Amar Inamdar

KawiSafi

Session Topics:
  • Local communities, entrepreneurship & talent
  • Diversity, equity and inclusion
  • Energy access

11:25

Sustainable Linked Financing

presentation

20 min.

Ignacio de Calonje

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Session Topics:
  • Supporting and financing energy companies in their net zero journey
  • A growing market, full of opportunities
  • Green washing: how to deal with the risk?
  • Thinking beyond the obvious: from net zero to becoming a net positive company

11:45

Intermezzo The Transmitters

5 min.

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11:50

Financing the Future of Energy

panel

40 min.

Pim van Leersum

Eversheds Sutherland

Wymen Chan

SUSI Partners

Paras Patel

E3 Capital

Tarun Brahma

Climate Fund Managers (CFM)

Diana Wesselius

FMO

Session Topics:
  • Priorities for the next 5 years: assessment of gaps we need to fill
  • Vision for the far future: where do we want to head as an industry?
  • Collaboration between stakeholders: how to mobilize private sector investment
  • A sustainable way of facilitating the clean energy transition
  • The role of blended finance
  • Gender Lens investing

12:30

Lunch Break

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Session 7A

Overcoming Challenges

13:45

Local Currency Investing

panel

30 min.

Vivek Mittal

Africa Infrastructure Development Association (AfiDA)

Philip Southwell

NIDF

Per van Swaay

TCX

Session Topics:
  • Introduction and examples of successful local currency financing
  • Local currency from domestic capital vs. local currency from International capital
  • Opportunities and solutions to stimulate local currency investing

14:25

Enhancing Energy Access in Fragile States

panel

45 min.

Arnaud Schalk

Proparco

Sarah Logan

International Growth Center

Ibrahim Zakaria

ZIZ Energie

Weldon Turner

Gigawatt Global

Session Topics:
  • Case Studies: encountered challenges and dilemmas in enhancing energy access
  • Barriers to invest
  • Learnings of interaction with local institutions
  • E&S challenges and opportunities in fragile environments

Session 7B

Futureproofing Models

13:45

Mitigating Project Risks

panel

30 min.

Olga Sclovscaia

MIGA

Marina Pannekeet

FMO

Erik Payen

Swiss Re

Chad Canfield

GGF - Green For Growth Fund

Session Topics:
  • Insurance from different perspectives
  • Insurance and innovation: a contrast or a reality needed to maintain bankability?
  • The changing landscape of (political) risk perception
  • Impact of shifts in government guarantees

14:25

Making Hydrogen Bankable

panel

45 min.

Henrik Lund

Scatec

Rob van der Hage

ERM

Wouter Hertzberger

Norton Rose Fulbright

Juan-Pablo Martinez-Molina

ADB - Asian Development Bank

Alicia Eastman

InterContinental Energy

Barbara Zuiderwijk

Green Giraffe

Session Topics:
  • The future of Green Hydrogen
  • Cooperation as a key driver to success
  • Perspectives from the hydrogen supply chain
  • From grid to market

15:10

Afternoon Networking Break

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15:40

Picturing the Future: Revealing of Winners

10 min.

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15:50

Closing Keynote: A mind blowing Future of Energy

presentation

40 min.

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16:30

Networking Drinks

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