Solarplaza Summit | Energy Storage The Netherlands

Jan-Phillip is part of Encavis AG’s investment team and based in Hamburg, Germany. Since joining the German IPP in 2020 he has lead PV transactions in Germany, The Netherlands and Spain where he was responsible for contract negotiations (SPA, EPC, Project Financing, etc.), due diligence process and financial valuation. Jan-Phillip is particularly interested in creating client-driven, subsidy-free business cases for renewables.

Jesse heads Aurora’s Research and Advisory team for the Dutch and Belgian markets. His expertise is the economics of renewables, flexible technologies, and energy policy, with a proven track record as a market advisor on several strategic studies and transactions for developers, investors, and policy makers. Prior to joining Aurora, Jesse worked for Eneco in Rotterdam.

Dr. Kai-Philipp Kairies is co-founder and CEO of ACCURE Battery Intelligence, a leading provider of solutions to manage battery safety, performance, and health for electric vehicles, energy storage, and other industries. During more than 15 years working in the battery industry, Dr. Kairies co-authored some of the most-quoted analyses on the costs, benefits, and market potential of battery systems and consulted several governments on their battery adoption strategies. Before launching ACCURE in 2020, Dr. Kairies led Europe’s largest research group devoted to stationary battery systems and provided technical advice and consulting services to a variety of mobility and energy companies around the world. He has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from RWTH Aachen University.

Nienke Rijpstra works as an Investment Director at StartGreen Capital, where she manages the team of Energiefonds Overijssel. This fund has €330 million in assets under management and provides both entrepreneurs and project owners financing for the energy transition and the circular economy. Her personal focus is on solar, battery storage systems, energy infrastructure, and geothermal energy. Nienke is responsible for the acquisition, deal execution, and portfolio management.

Wilko is a lawyer and has ample experience in regulated markets and competition law. His main focus is the energy sector. He works in cases relating to the energy transition, grid congestion, and tariff regulation. Prior to joining the ACM, he worked as an attorney in Stek’s regulatory team. Wilko holds LLM’s in both European law and law & economics.

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Peter Desmet founded Solarclarity as a PV distributor in 2008. By now the Solarclarity Group consists of: Solarclarity, Bliq, Denim Solar and Ibex Mounting. Ever since the emergence of the Dutch PV market Peter has been very active (and sometimes very vocal) in the public domain taking a stand for the solar and storage markets. He will look back on 16 years of Solarcoaster and shares his views on how the battery market can learn from the solar market, because history - of course - repeats itself.

Dennis van der Meij is the driving force behind #kennisdelen (sharing knowledge) on LinkedIn and an independent solar and battery realist! Specializing in energy consulting, (battery) yield calculations, content creation and frequently seen as a guest speaker at events. His focus is on the energy transition from generation to consumption, from solar panels to inverters and from (home) batteries through revenue models to distribution boxes. This hipster with a cap doesn't tell you what you want to hear, but what you need to know!