Solarplaza Summit | Asset Management Japan

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Wednesday 26 October 2022

19:00

Pre-Conference Networking Event

The Networking Dinner will take place in CÉ LA VI Tokyo

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The Networking Event will take place in CÉ LA VI Tokyo

Thursday 27 October 2022

Program


Simultaneous translation will be available throughout the conference

08:30

Welcome and Registration

presentation

30 min.

Session Topics:
09:00

Opening Words

English spoken

Japanese translations

presentation

10 min.

Manoela Hartung

Solarplaza

Takuji Okubo

Japan Macro Advisors

Session Topics:

Session I

State of the Global and Japanese PV Market

09:10

The State of the Japanese Solar Market

Japanese spoken

English translations

presentation

20 min.

Izumi Kaizuka

RTS Corporation

Session Topics:
  • What's new in the Japanese Policy Landscape
  • Insights & figures on market size, growth, trends and opportunities
  • Changes on the FIT program, and the new FIP
     
09:30

Global Solar Market Update

Japanese spoken

English translations

presentation

20 min.

Isshu Kikuma

BloombergNEF

Session Topics:
  • Updates on the world’s hottest solar markets: Europe, North America and more
  • Global lessons for the Japanese Solar Market
     
09:50

Updates on the O&M and Asset Management Landscape in Japan

Japanese spoken

English translations

presentation

20 min.

Masayuki Sakai

CO2O

Session Topics:
  • understanding new business models
  • the role of the asset manager 
  • navigating new O&M metrics and KPIs
     
10:10

AM Networking Break

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Session Topics:

Session II

O&M and Asset Management

10:55

Improving Plant Life Cycle and Performance

English spoken

Japanese translations

panel

40 min.

Japanese and English will be spoken during this session 

Tatsuto Kikuchi

Mott MacDonald

Taylor Grafton

AlsoEnergy

Takeru Yamamoto

Shizen Energy

Session Topics:
  • Maintenance challenges and pitfalls 
  • Navigating high labor costs in O&M
  • Plant resiliency: snow, extreme weather, disasters
11:35

M&A and Secondary Solar Markets

Japanese spoken

English translations

panel

40 min.

moderator

Mitsuru Misawa

Atsumi & Sakai

Kazuhisa Yurita

ORIX Renewable Energy Management

Yoichiro Mizuta

Pacifico Energy

Kentaro Kato

Deloitte

Session Topics:
  • current challenges of due diligence strategy
  • insights on acquisition: the right projects for the right portfolio
  • common issues faced by asset managers when acquiring and selling assets
     
12:15

New trends in C&I: Managing Small and Middle Size Assets

Japanese spoken

English translations

panel

40 min.

moderator

Ken Nagasawa

Otosuke llc

Akihiro Morimoto

CO2O

Tadashi Nobata

Kansai Electric Power

Session Topics:
  • Due diligence challenges and post-acquisition asset management for C&I solar projects 
  • Handling third-party damage 
  • Making profitable small and middle sized solar assets 
12:55

Lunch Networking Break

Session Topics:

Session III

Finance Deep-Dive

14:00

Finance Deep-Dive: Financing solar projects in the Post-FIT era

Japanese spoken

English translations

presentation

25 min.

Naoki Sato

Daiwa Energy & Infrastructure

Session Topics:
  • risks of Post-FIT financing from the lender's perspective
  • understanding business schemes that enable financing procurement 
14:25

PPA’s

panel

40 min.

moderator

Martin Mesmer

M2PV KK Consultancy

Martin Stein

AMP Energy

Mao Ito

Goldman Sachs

Andrew Hughes

Orrick

Session Topics:
  • new trends in PPA contracts: advantages and attention points
  • navigating contractual risks
     
15:05

Assessing Risks and Properly Insuring Solar Portfolios

Japanese spoken

English translations

presentation

20 min.

Kazuhisa Yurita

ORIX Renewable Energy Management

Taisuke Ito

Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire

Session Topics:
  • Risk management: what is means for investors and asset managers
  • Insurance lessons from mature markets 
  • Preparing for natural disasters and the climate change 
  • This session will be conducted in a dialogue format, with questions, answers and commentary from both speakers 
15:25

PM Networking Break

Session Topics:

Session IV

Setting the course for growth in Japan

16:05

Electricity Price Development

English spoken

Japanese translations

panel

45 min.

moderator

Martin Mesmer

M2PV KK Consultancy

Lars Weber

Valhall

Dan Shulman

Shulman Advisory

Jose Antonio Millan Ruano

Hinode Energy

Session Topics:
  • navigating global energy price dynamics 
  • how to tackle changes in the solar business case
  • the impact of price volatility 
     
16:50

Long-term Outlook: How to Keep on Growing

English spoken

Japanese translations

panel

30 min.

moderator

Takuji Okubo

Japan Macro Advisors

Masaaki Mezaki

GPSS Group

Yasuhiro Tanaka

PVSQ Management

Yasushi Ishii

SB Energy (Japan)

Session Topics:
  • Is Japan still an attractive solar market? Understanding the slow market growth, and what can be done about it
  • the future of global deployment trends: what does it mean for asset managers in Japan?
  • trends to look out for: VPPs, C&I, floating PV, storage, green hydrogen
17:20

Closing Words

English spoken

Japanese translations

presentation

10 min.

Takuji Okubo

Japan Macro Advisors

Session Topics:
17:30

Networking Drinks

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