Solarplaza Summit | Greece

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Monday 14 November 2022

19:00

Pre-Conference Networking Event

The Networking Dinner will take place in KUZINA Restaurant Athens
The Networking Event will take place in KUZINA Restaurant Athens

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Tuesday 15 November 2022

Program


09:30

Opening words by Solarplaza & Conference Host

presentation

10 min.

Michael Buchsbaum

Energytransition.org

Celina Gundlach

Solarplaza

Session Topics:

Session I

The trends & opportunities shaping the Greek PV market

09:40

Why now is the time to transition towards a green (energy) economy

presentation

20 min.

Alexandra Sdoukou

Ministry for the Environment and Energy

Session Topics:

• What's needed to reach urgent global climate goals?
• Key takeaways from the revised ''National Energy and Climate Plan: Roadmap to 2030''
• Global developments impacting the Greek energy market
• Greece's potential position as a (grid) connector for connecting Africa and Europe

10:00

Trends and new regulatory frameworks shaping the Greek solar market outlook

presentation

30 min.

Stelios Psomas

HELAPCO - Hellenic Association of PV Companies

Session Topics:
  • How does the Greek solar market compare to global progress and expectations?
  • A breakdown of what the new regulatory framework for renewable, hybrid and storage licensing entails
  • The opportunities and challenges related to reducing licensing time from 5 years to 14 months
  • Will the new framework increase the availability grid space for renewables and allow for net metering?
  • Supporting renewables with new 2.27 billion RES tendering scheme/new bidding system   
  • Will Greece become a European energy storage hub?
  • Dissecting the volatile dynamics of electricity prices
10:30

Project Developer Roundtable: Identifying key market opportunities

panel

40 min.

moderator

Dr Sotiris Kapellos

ELPE Renewables

Ypatios Moysiadis

Wattcrop

Vassilis Zorbas

Entricity

Philipp Kunze

BayWa r.e.

Session Topics:

• Energy storage: the opportunities arising from the 3GW storage target for 2030
• C&I/rooftops: the potential of new netmetering policies in boosting C&I and small scale solar PV
• The growth potential in the Secondary Market
• From market opportunity to profitable business case

11:10

Morning Networking Break

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Session II

Solutions to the challenges that hold back PV market acceleration

11:50

Investor Roundtable: Overcoming the hurdles in Greece’s investment climate

panel

40 min.

moderator

Virginia Murray

Watson Farley & Williams

Gianluca Boccanera

NextEnergy Capital

Anastasia Sampani

Enel Green Power

Costas Caralis

Hive Energy

Stamatis Vournelis

Aquila Clean Energy

Session Topics:

• Effectively managing land acquisition, project licensing and site leasing
• Dealing with the crucial factor of local stakeholder acceptance
• Capitalizing on new applications of solar: learnings from abroad

12:30

Solving grid congestion: Initiatives from network operators and the market itself

panel

30 min.

moderator

Ypatios Moysiadis

Wattcrop

Katherine Poseidon

Voltalia

Christos Georgopoulos

Power Factors

Yannis Kampouris

ADMIE / IPTO

Session Topics:

• An overview of the most recent grid developments and challenges
• The potential impact of the longest undersea cable on Greek grid capacity
• How feasible are the current plans and innovations that aim to solve the congestion?
• The supportive roles that smart grid solutions like demand response management and priorities for grid connections can play in creating flexibility
• Debating privatization of the grid, a solution or not?

13:00

Networking Lunch

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Session III

Impactful financial & technical developments that are changing the game

14:30

The evolving Greek PPA market and emergence of green PPAs

presentation

20 min.

Evangelos Gazis

Aurora Energy Research

Session Topics:
  • Inventory of the current and expected (inter)national market developments
  • Outlook of the Greek capacity mix and power prices
  • Analyzing PPA supply and demand dynamics
  • The impact of volatile electricity prices on the Greek PPA market
  • Latest insights into corporate PPAs, long-term PPAs and green PPAs 
  • Examples of PPA structures and price benchmarks
14:50

Fireside chat: How RES developers can support companies in reaching Sustainable Development Goals

panel

20 min.

moderator

Dario Gallanti

Our New Energy

Costas Baslis

HERON

Stella Zaharia

Optimus Energy

Vicky Gkrimpa

Linde Hellas

Session Topics:
  • Energy producer and corporate offtaker talk PPAs: Key Success Factors for cooperation and contracts
  • The role RES developers can play in achieving corporates' Sustainable Development Goals while reducing energy supply costs
15:10

Utility-scale solar PV: Moving from big to biggest

panel

20 min.

moderator

Michael Buchsbaum

Energytransition.org

Dimitris Varlamis

Jinko Solar

Takis Sarris

JUWI

Dimitris Varveris

Eurocom

Session Topics:
  • Insights derived from developing Europe's largest bifacial solar power plant at Kozani
  • The value of an efficient customs and logistics approach in realizing large scale solar parks
  • How to meet the changing investors' needs on time and at the lowest possible risks?
  • The importance of technical innovation in Solar PV
15:30

Afternoon Networking Break

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Session Topics:

Session IV

Looking ahead: visions on the Greek solar future

16:15

Making RES Technology Smarter to Accelerate Carbon Neutrality

presentation

15 min.

Theodor Tsiolis

Huawei

Session Topics:
  • Technological Innovation driving:
    • Optimal LCOE
    • Active Safety
    • Grid Supporting
  • Transition from PV parity to PV + ESS parity
16:30

Correlating PV-technology with bankability

presentation

15 min.

Vitor Rodrigues

LONGi

Session Topics:
  • Where are we now: the state of PV-technology
  • Technology roadmap for the coming years, what to expect in terms of efficiency and future yields
  • Drivers to technological innovation
  • How to ensure the product and project’s bankability?
16:45

What does the future of PV hold for Greece?

panel

30 min.

moderator

Michael Buchsbaum

Energytransition.org

Yannis Vougiouklakis

PwC

Dr Sotiris Kapellos

ELPE Renewables

Nasos Plainos

LONGi

Session Topics:
  • Life after subsidies/tender schemes - future revenue models
  • Merchant development and price volatility 
17:15

Closing Networking Drinks

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Celina Gundlach
Project Manager

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Ward Schuuring
Business Developer

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Project Coordinator

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