Solarplaza Summit | France

Camille is a conception engineer for TSE, a French IPP aiming to develop adaptative solutions for the solar market in order to give the right product to each specific needs. TSE is a pioneer in AgriPV with the canopy solution, an agrivoltaic plant internally developed for the large-scale fields that allows a synergy between agriculture and electrical production. With a project pipe of more than 2GW of projects in France to achieve in the next 4 years and with a significative part for AgriPV, TSE is an important actor within the French development sector. Camille is especially working on the development of new ways of doing Agrivoltaic power plants with dedicated solutions for each agriculture specifications. Before joining TSE, Camille worked as a research engineer for the CEA-INES, the French institute for Solar Energy on the field of the n-type silicon PV modules and cells and has spent some time in the microelectronics sector working on the industrialization of LED screens.

David is the founder and president of Green Lighthouse Development, an actor in innovation, with two specific offerings that share a forward-looking vision for the future: innovation consulting and the development of network parity solutions. Before, he was director of development at Urbasolar and Engie.

Ignacio Granda Lutz is a seasoned technical sales professional working alongside the business team at RatedPower, a deep tech company that offers a cloud-based software to instantly carry out the design and engineering of solar plants and reduce energy costs, ultimately maximizing project profitability. With a background in International Business and Communication, Ignacio has previously worked as a Market Analyst for the Government of Spain in New York before transitioning to a role in Business Development. At RatedPower, Ignacio is responsible for France, ensuring exponential growth within the market and the development of RatedPower’s technology.

Eric completed a master's in Industrial Computing and Electrical Engineering at the University of Metz. He has major experience in management, leading teams, set up of new organizations and sales including Business Development and Account Management across retail, commercial, wholesale and manufacturing with more than 12 years dedicated to selling solar, and renewable energy products across Europe.

Pierre Parent has been working in the energy industry since 2010, when he joined Voltalis, France's leading demand response aggregator. As head of market operations and regulatory affairs, he has set up and managed the operational process of the Voltalis virtual power plant, aggregating close to 100,000 residential consumers, daily operated in real-time on multiple European energy and ancillary services markets. In 2019, Pierre co-founded ZE Energy, an Independent Power Producer focusing on hybrid, solar-plus-storage power plants. Currently counting 25 employees, ZE Energy has raised 45 M€ and operates the two first hybrid plants of their kind in continental France. Its strong ambitions are supported by a 1 GW (solar) / 300 MW (storage) pipeline of projects across France, Italy and Germany and the signature of a 150 GWh Corporate PPA. Pierre is head of asset operations and leads regulatory affairs for France.

Marceau opened the French office of Enerparc in the beginning of 2019, to develop the project development activities and supervise the ongoing constructions. After graduating in 2012 from the School of Mines in Energy engineering and from the Advanced Master “Energy Management and Marketing” from Grenoble Ecole de Management, he joined in 2013 the international business development team of Enerparc AG.Headquartered in Hamburg, the Enerparc group is an international PV expert active on the entire value chain of solar power plants, from project development and EPC to O&M and portfolio management.

Audrey Juillac is a 28 year old farmer working in the South West of France. She started her activity 2 years ago with a strong will to show that young farmers have the responsibility to contribute to the changes we need to implement in order to have a more resilient agriculture. She is an ex physicist in search of a meaningful professional activity that has a positive impact on the society. She now has 3 ha of land, all cultivated in an organic way and is currently developping an agropv plant with the help of Green Light Hous Développement

Pascal Richard graduated in applied sciences from the University of Paris 6, then in Marketing and Management of European Companies. He began his career in telecommunications in Morocco, then extended his career internationally in the Europe, Africa, Middle East zone, at France Telecom and then at Alcatel. In 2006, he joined the photovoltaic sector at Tenesol (EDF and Total) to develop the "Telecommunication" activity, mainly in Africa. In 2007, he co-founded SMA France to take over the management of the company, whose scope of responsibility includes France and French-speaking Africa. In 2021, he founded his personal holding company TotEm within which he initiated the CARBON project which he founded with 3 partners. He has acquired 25 years of experience in the industry, including nearly 10 years in the telecommunications sector and more than 15 years in the energy sector.

Sophie Mourlon, mining engineer & former student of the Ecole Polytechnique, is Director of Energy at the Directorate-General for Energy and Climate (DGEC) since September 2019. From 2002 to 2014, she held various positions within the nuclear safety authority, of which she was Deputy Director-General from 2011 to 2014, and in territorial administration at the head of the Regional Directorate for Industry, Research and the Environment (DRIRE) then as Deputy Director of the Regional Directorate for the Environment, Planning and Housing (DREAL) of Champagne-Ardenne. In November 2014, she joined the Court of Auditors, as an external rapporteur. Then, she became part of the central administration of the Ministry of the Ecological Transition in February 2018, as assistant to the general manager of development, housing and of Nature (DGALN), prior to his current functions.

Philippe joined the Acofi group in 2008 to develop its Infrastructure Financing business. Philippe began his career in 1996 as a project manager at Schlumberger. In 1999, Philippe joined Engie Group to develop the construction and operation of electrical infrastructure projects (Airbus 380 plant, Laboratoires Sanofi). Next, Philippe ran INEO’s offices in Warsaw and Moscow. He is qualified as an engineer at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Métier, followed by a Master’s degree in Banking and Financial Engineering. Today, Philippe is pleased to participate with a team (8 persons) in financing the Energy Transition with tailor-made solutions.

Xavier Daval is president of the Solar Commission of the French Renewable Energies industry association (SOLER-SER) and Board Member of SER. Xavier is the founder and CEO of kiloWattsol. Ever since its creation in 2007 as a spin-off of an associated research laboratory of the French national research network CNRS, he led the company to become the most experienced French Solar expert and a respected European Technical Advisor in the field of photovoltaic projects with a track record exceeding 5GWp world-wide. Xavier is an Electronic engineer and former Director EMEA of a world-leading manufacturer of tools for the electronics industry. Besides, Daval is an associated teacher with ENTPE Engineering school and Lyon I University and a guest lecturer for Entrepreneurship at EM-Lyon, one of Europe’s top 10 business schools.

Josefin Berg, Associate Director in the Clean Energy Technology group at S&P Global Commodity Insights, analyzes the trends and strategies in the downstream photovoltaic (PV) market. Her focus areas include PV demand and forecasts, company strategies (developers and engineering, procurement, and construction providers); mergers and acquisitions, costs, and the integration of PV in the power generation mix. Ms. Berg authors reports on PV markets and trends, and she regularly speaks at industry events. Ms. Berg holds a Master of Science in environmental engineering from Uppsala University, Sweden. She speaks English, French, Spanish, and Swedish and is based in Barcelona, Spain.

A graduate of the Institut Supérieur de l’Electronique et du Numérique, Régis Le Drézen began his career with the EDF group in 2000, in charge of protection systems for high and very high voltage lines and the RTE (French TSO) acoustics laboratory. Two years later, he joined the integrated company EDF GDF Services, where he contributed to major telecom infrastructure projects linked to the energy market deregulation. In 2011, he was appointed technical director of Smart Grid Vendée, then one of France's most ambitious smart grid projects. In 2015, he was appointed Director of Enedis in the Vendée region, and in 2018 he joined the Enedis electric mobility project, where he was in charge of preparing the future, development and innovation at the heart of a new ecosystem bringing together energy, digital and the automotive world. He was appointed General Delegate of Think Smartgrids in March 2022.

Alexandre has worked in the energy industry for over 15 years’ and is already well-connected in the renewable energy market, with developers, IPPs, investors and lenders alike, as well as with large offtakers. Alexandre holds a PhD in Finance and Law at Goethe University Frankfurt / Université Paris Dauphine.

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.

A After a degree at the business school, ESSCA Pierre Guerrier started his career in the sale of technical solutions for the building sector. He became marketing manager, sales national director and general manager, and decided to jump into the PV sector when nascent in 2009. Starting as Head of Development at Sun’R an innovative IPP pioneer in agrivoltaics, then Director of Development at Sonnedix. Pierre is now Director General at SOLVEO Energies. He also is administrator of Enerplan (French solar syndicate) and convenor of the La Plateforme Verte work group dedicated to agrivoltaics.

Guy joined Andera as a Partner in 2021 to build the Andera Infra team. He has more than 15 years experience in the renewable energy sector, first as an investor (at Eolfi), then in development (Véolia) and finally as a consultant, through his asset management company, Greensolver, from 2013 to 2020.Guy started his career with EY in Canada, before joining them in France and pursuing his career at a number of North American blue chip companies. (Haagen-Dazs, Quebecor, Pepsico, Dell) then Eolfi (2007). He bought Greensolver in 2013, remaining at the helm until 2020. Since 2007 he has been directly involved as an investor or advisor in more than 50 transactions in the renewable energy sector. As an entrepreneur, he created 8 companies before joining Andera. Guy is a Canadian chartered professional accountant (CPA) and a graduate of McGill (1986) and UQAM (1987); he also studied at Stanford Executive Education. He is bilingual in French and English.

With a solid reputation in asset and project finance transactions acting for major Banks and Financial institutions, Sylvie assists many Financial Advisers and internationally based companies in organizing the most efficient debt structuring for various types of projects. She is recognized in the setting up of complex, innovative asset and project finance deals. Over her long experience, she has acted for various actors on both domestic and cross-border transactions as well as in the structuring of off-balance sheet transactions in relation to the leasing of assets and financing various investments, especially in the energy and transportation sectors. In 2017, she created La Plateforme Verte, a do-tank aimed at facilitating the dialogue between developers, funders and regulation actors in order to encourage the energy transition with capital and loans.

Géraldine Jammy started her career in 2007 as a quantitative analyst and then as an electricity market economist at EDF. In 2013, she joined Enedis, where she was successively manager of an operation and maintenance department, in charge of regulatory affairs related to electricity market mechanisms, and now in charge of producers' connection. Géraldine is a graduate of Centrale Supélec and holds a Master's degree from ENSAE.

Isabelle holds a PhD in plant biology and genetics and a professional degree in agricultural management. Isabelle has been involved in the development of scientific and ecological projects within an association for 2 years before joining Tenergie in early 2016. There, she secured more than 10 MWp of photovoltaic agricultural sheds and participates in particular in the development of innovative agrivoltaic greenhouses. She joined Enoé in 2019 to define the group's agrivoltaic strategy, develop the first innovative projects and structure a team that will enable the Group to aim for the development of more than 100 MWp per year of agrivoltaic projects. At the same time, she is helping to maintain family farms in Auvergne.

Victor Signes is an Analyst in Rystad Energy's Renewable Energy Research team. He focuses on the solar, wind, storage and green hydrogen markets in Europe. His role is to cover European market developments and analyze the future evolution of renewable energy. He has worked closely with clients spanning the entire renewable energy sector, from developers and service companies to government organizations, investors and NGOs. Prior to joining Rystad Energy, Victor was an economics research analyst at EDF, focusing on the renewable energy and nuclear markets. He holds a Master's degree in Engineering from IMT Atlantique (France) as well as a Master's degree in Energy economics from the French Petroleum Institute.

Christine Delamarre, is Managing Director of UNIFERGIE and AUXIFIP, subsidiaries dedicated to dedicated to project finance in the energy and public infrastructure sectors of the Crédit Agricole Group. She graduated from Panthéon Sorbonne University with a Master's degree in Banking Finance, she has had a career in corporate finance, particularly in equity and structured finance and structured finance within banking groups. For the past 20 years, she has been supporting the development of renewable energies in France. For the Crédit Agricole Group, she coordinates the Energy business line, whose objective is to to support clients in the energy transition. Member of the boards of SER and ATEE.

Alex Metz is a director and head of the green mobility practice at Apricum – The Cleantech Advisory. Mr. Metz has expertise in strategy development with a focus on green mobility and solar energy. As head of Apricum's Paris office, he serves as point of contact to France- based clients' management teams to ensure the quality of communications, strategic recommendations, and deliverables. He speaks at major cleantech conferences worldwide and regularly contributes to publications and studies covering the entire electric mobility space as well as solar energy. Before Apricum, Mr. Metz worked for consultancy Guidehouse where he advised corporations and governments on adopting and implementing electric mobility alternatives in North America and Europe. During his time there, he created and led the firm’s electric mobility strategy offering, ranging across strategic roadmapping, go-to-market strategy, market sizing and mapping, business model assessment, and financial modelling. Prior to that, Alex worked for strategy consultancy Oliver Wyman, TotalEnergies’ solar division, and electric utility EDF. Mr. Metz holds an MSc in sustainable energy from Imperial College London and a MEng Grande École in science and engineering from École Polytechnique. Fluent in English and French, he has lived and worked in France, the UK, and the U.S.

Francesco d'Avack, associate director at S&P Global Commodity Insights, coordinates outlooks for renewable and clean tech market fundamentals and supply chains, including capacity and investment forecasts and leads the global cost analysis. He also leads research into non-mainstream renewables. He has more than 10 years of experience as an energy market analyst. Before joining S&P Global, Mr d'Avack worked for Capgemini, a consultancy, and for Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Mr d'Avack holds a Bachelor of Science in economics and environmental policy from the London School of Economics, United Kingdom, and a master's in economic governance from Sciences Po Paris, France. He speaks English, French, and German.

Julien Lupion joined Bpifrance in 2018 and is responsible for financing renewable energy projects. He has more than 10 years of experience in the energy sector with an in-depth knowledge of the French market where he is regularly involved as an arranger in significant financing transactions. Bpifrance is a major bank in the financing of renewable energy projects alongside its banking partners, and has been active in all sectors of this market for nearly twenty years.

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Graduated from Shanghai International Studies School, Jinling SHI started her career from 2007 outside China firstly in telecom sector as commercial manager, senior commercial manager travelling around various countries in different continents until settled down in France in 2011. In 2018 she joined Huawei France Smart PV team as key accounts director looking after the business development of solar IPP and EPC customers for French local market, aiming to better serve French solar market with Huawei ICT knowledge and advantages. With 15 years’ experience in sales and multi-cultural environments, she is a leading example for driven females in a challenging work environment.

Salima Hadjer is an investment director in the Energy and Ecological Transition department of the Banque des Territoires . She has been involved in the investment business for 7 years and more particularly in the renewable energy sectors in France by investing in development projects alongside public and private investors, with a view to significantly accelerating growth. of renewable assets in France and with a long-term commitment. Banque des Territoires is a major financial player in the French renewable energy landscape. It has recognized expertise in this sector in which it has been investing since 2006, alongside developers, manufacturers and investors.

Ramses Struijker Boudier is a Project Manager at Solarplaza, focussing on projects in France, Agrivoltaics and Africa. In the past, he worked for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Vietnam, focussing on promoting sustainable development alongside the food-water-energy nexus. He holds a bachelor's degree in Economics and International Relations from the Erasmus University Rotterdam, and a master's degree in Climate Change and Environmental Sciences from King's College London.