Solarplaza Summit | Energy Storage Spain

Civil Engineer from Alfonso X “el Sabio” University of Madrid, Master in Renewable Energy and Energy Market from Escuela de Organización Industrial and Executive MBA from IESE Business School. He has developed his professional career in the area of infrastructure and energy, participating in civil works construction projects, renewable energy business development, electricity transport infrastructure concessions and renewable energy asset management, work carried out mainly in the Elecnor Group in the markets of Spain and Chile. Due to his career, he has experience in the complete development of projects, from their origin with the location of locations and administrative and environmental processing to their commercial operation and sale, through construction, financing, commissioning and operation. He is currently Director of ASEALEN, Spanish Association of Energy Storage, having previously held the position of Secretary General of PROTERMOSOLAR, Spanish Association for the Promotion of the Solar Thermal Industry.

Yann Dumont (1982) is an Industrial Engineer from ICAM in Lille (France). In addition, he has studied senior management at various international universities such as Georgetown University in Washington DC. He has dedicated his professional career to renewable energy, working on numerous wind, solar, biomass and wave energy projects. At the beginning of his professional career, he worked as head of CSP projects at Hidrocantábrico-EDP. From here, he went to the Solar Department at POWEO (the first French private energy company) as Director, with a special focus on promoting projects. Later, he started various businesses through the consulting firms Enya Renovables and Esyan Renovables, of which he was founder and partner. He worked for four years in photovoltaic and wind projects at Abengoa, mainly in engineering and construction, but also in the study and development of concession models (IPP). During this stage, he held various positions: vice president of the Abengoa T & I subsidiary and director of Abengoa Wind Concessions at an international level, among others. Afterwards, he was CEO of Wind and Solar at Forestalia, where he participated in the creation of a development portfolio of more than 5GW. During this period, the first financial closure with PPA of a wind project in Spain stands out, leading to the end of the development and investment decision of more than 2 GW. Currently, he is CEO and founder of Reolum Renewable Research, a consulting firm specializing in the comprehensive development of renewable energy projects. The company is founded and led by an experienced team, with a long history and recognition in the sector, whose objective is to join the concepts of profitability and sustainability in order to contribute to the energy transition in Spain. Finally, he promoted with other companies in the sector the creation of the Spanish Energy Storage Association (ASEALEN), which he presides since 2020.

Alexandre is Research Lead at Aurora, leading the French and Iberian power market modelling and analysis. Formerly expert at Elia System Operator in the European market department. Alexandre holds two master's degrees, one electrical engineer degree from the Université of Liège, and one general management degree from the Vlerick Business school.

Miriam Bueno Lorenzo is the Deputy Director General for Energy Foresight, Strategy and Regulation at the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge. Since joining the Secretary of State for Energy, she has worked on the development of the National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan, the Long-Term Strategy for Spain, coordinated the Energy Storage Strategy and component 8 of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan. She holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering. She has been a lecturer and researcher at the Carlos III University of Madrid participating in international and national research projects.

As a member of Fluence’s Growth & Market Development team, Amir leads activities that enable new market opportunities for stationary energy storage solutions in Southern Europe, with a special focus on renewables plus storage and grid services. Furthermore, he leads business Intelligence activities in the EMEA Region. Prior to Fluence, he helped develop commercial battery storage solutions at RWE. Before that, he was involved in research and business development in the energy sector. Amir holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in electronics and system engineering, respectively, and a PhD in mechanical engineering.

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