Solarplaza Summit | Greece

Nikos Giannoulis has been Head of PD in Greece at Sens Lsg Gmbh since 2022 supporting the development of the Greek market portfolio for the company. He has been working in wind and solar industry holding various roles with local and international developers for the last 13 years in the markets of Greece and Cyprus. His professional experience is ranging from Greenfield Project Development, Project Financing, Market Analysis, M&A, Operation and Asset Management. Giannoulis holds Diploma in Electrical Engineering from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Masters in Sustainable Energy Technologies from Southampton University, and an MBA from Imperial College London.

Evgenia has 4 years of experience in energy consulting, advising energy companies, financial institutions and regulators on a broad range of issues relating to the energy transition. She is a Senior Consultant at Baringa’s energy market advisory practice in London. She focuses on commercial due diligence, market entry and M&A advisory, as well as regulatory analysis in Southern European renewables markets. She has advised on numerous high-profile transactions in the region as well as the wider European electricity market during her time with Baringa. Jenn holds an MSc in Management from Imperial College Business School.

Stelios Psomas is a leading Greek PV consultant and lobbyist. He started campaigning for PV in Greece already in 1995 (as a Greenpeace energy & climate campaigner). Since then he has pushed for the introduction of support schemes for PV and the opening of the market through his role as a policy advisor for the Hellenic Association of Photovoltaic Companies (HELAPCO). He has been actively involved in the introduction of feed-in tariffs, self-consumption support schemes, auction schemes and long-term energy planning in Greece. In particular, he was involved in the drafting of most of the PV-related legislation in Greece, and has also acted as an advisor to the banking sector, facilitating the financing of PV systems.

Elisabeth is an analyst at Ember, an independent energy think-tank. Her work focuses on the energy transition, primarily the decarbonisation of the European power system and its key enablers, such as electricity grids. She publishes data-based, impact-oriented analyses with the aim of driving policy change at the EU and pan-European level to accelerate the energy transition. Previously, she was the lead energy modeller at Malta's national energy agency, contributing to the development of the National Energy and Climate Plan amongst other policy documents.

Evangelos is Aurora’s Head of Southeastern Europe, based in Athens. While at Aurora, Evangelos has gained extensive commercial due diligence experience in renewable energy and storage asset investments across Europe and Australia. He managed Aurora’s multi-client study on hydrogen and has also advised major developers and infrastructure funds on the business case of battery, pumped-hydro and compressed-air storage technologies. Before joining Aurora in November 2017, Evangelos spent 4 years at Imperial College London as a Research Associate at the Centre for Environmental Policy and a consultant with Imperial Consultants. He also co-authored the book ‘Energy Innovation for the 21st Century’. Evangelos holds a PhD in Engineering (Energy Systems) and an MSc with Distinction in Sustainable Energy Systems from the University of Edinburgh, and an MEng in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Ypatios Moysiadis’ early years spent growing up in an industrial coal mining town in Northwest Greece had a profound effect on his career and helped embed a focus on sustainability in all his future ventures. He started working in renewables 15 years ago, capitalising on the legislative introduction of renewable energy incentives. Over the years he expanded his scope into the development, construction and operation of renewable energy assets. This work lead to posts at major British and international organisations like Galliford Try Group, Grupotec, Foresight Group, BayWa r.e. and Voltalia Group, working in several spot markets and countries. Ypatios has worked across the value chain on all major renewable technologies, with emphasis on Solar PV. Today, Ypatios is the Managing Partner of Wattcrop focusing on development of new generation projects internationally and advancement of innovation within the services sector of Renewable Energy. He is a visiting lecturer at Cass Business School London and ESCP Business School Paris, and promotes Renewables as an author and active blogger.

Dr S. Kapellos is a graduate of the Chemical Department of the University of Athens. He received a PhD on the field of Physical Chemistry from the same Institution. Between 1993 and 2007, he had the opportunity to fill various managerial posts within the BP Hellas Organization: Quality, Health, Safety and Environment, Human Resources, Customer Services, Pricing and Credit, Retail Fuels District Manager Northern Greece. In 2007, he is appointed as the CEO of BP Solar Hellas, to setup the new business. Since 2010, he works for HELLENiQ RENEWABLES, 100% owned by HELLENiQ ENERGY Group (Former Hellenic Petroleum). He currently holds the position of the Chief Operating Officer and BoD member of the company. Τhe RES portfolio of HELLENiQ RENEWABLES is comprised of more than 4 GW of PV, Wind and Storage Projects, of which 241 MW PV and 100 MW Wind in operation in Greece and 41 MW PV in Cyprus. HELLENiQ RENEWABLES recently announced the acquisition of an under construction 180 MW PV project in Kozani and another one 211 MW in Romania, both to be fully operational in 2025. Adding up another PV project of 200 MW in Evros and the 100 MW Battery Storage that has been won in the last auction, both to be operational in 2025, the target of HELLENiQ to operate 1 GW RES projects in 2025 has already been secured. Dr. S. Kapellos has published several scientific articles in international magazines during his academic career and several articles on subjects related to RES, Solar Technology and Energy Policy for newspapers, relevant magazines and e-media. Since 2008, he is being an elected member of the board of the Hellenic Association of PV companies (HELAPCO) and since April 2013 Chairman of the board of the Association. Since April 2021 he has been elected as President of the Energy Committee of the Hellenic-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce.

Apostolos Panos has been the Chief Commercial Officer in Principia since March 2024. His previous role was Head of Energy Management at Enel Green Power Hellas. Also held various positions as an engineer in the O&M Department of the company, and as Responsible for Battery Energy Storage Systems operations worldwide. His previous professional career focused on the energy sector, with employment at HEDNO and on the development of RES plants. He is a graduate of the Department of Electrical Engineering of the University of Patras and holds a Master's Degree entitled "Energy: Strategy, Law & Economics" from the Department of International and European Studies of the University of Piraeus.

Stella Zacharia is a senior executive in TERNA ENERGY Group. Her latest positions are Head of Energy Assessment, Policy & Regulation at TERNA ENERGY and CEO of OPTIMUS ENERGY, the RES Aggregator of TERNA ENERGY Group. She is a Renewable Energy expert in Greek and International Markets, collecting more than 20 years of proven experience in the fields of development, energy assessment, modelling & forecast, RES participation in energy markets and policy & regulation. She is also a member of TERNA ENERGY Strategy Committee and a member of HERON THERMOELECTRIC Board of Directors. Stella Zacharia holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and an MSc in Environmental Physics.

Joost Samsom is partner and co-founder of Voltiq. He has 23 years of experience in the development, acquisition and management of renewable energy projects and companies. Joost is an expert in wind and solar project development as well as in M&A transactions. He has been leading numerous equity and debt raisings for solar and wind developers throughout Europe and Latin America. Before co-founding Voltiq in 2009, Joost was an Executive Board Member at the renewable energy branch of global retail and distribution company SHV. Prior to working for SHV, Joost worked for Dutch utility Nuon (nowadays Vattenfall) as Senior Development Manager of the Nuon International Renewables team. From 2002 – 2006 he was responsible for Nuon’s investments in Spain based in Seville. Joost has served as an executive and non-executive director on the board of renewable energy companies in the United Kingdom, Germany, Chile, Mexico, Spain and The Netherlands. He has in-depth knowledge of wind, solar, biomass energy, battery storage and hydrogen. Joost is a graduate in European Studies at the University of Amsterdam and is fluent in Dutch, English, Spanish and German.

Jesús Prado brings more than 15 years global solar PV spanning various leadership roles in EPC services, sales, operations and business development. As Nextracker’s Vice President Sales for Europe, he oversees the company’s utility-scale and C&I project portfolio with European customers. He leads the Europe commercial sales team and is responsible for over 15 GW of projects globally. He frequently speaks at solar industry events such as Future Energy, Solar Plaza, Brazil Solar, UNEF, and the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) in Abu Dhabi. Based in Sevilla, Spain, Jesus holds a B.S. in Environmental Sciences from the University of Salamanca and MBA from ESIC Business School.

Christos Nakos is an energy markets professional acting for the last 5 years as Head of Renewable Energy Asset Aggregation & Management in Metlen SA. He developed the RES Aggregator unit from scratch, being responsible for the overall operations and business development. From 2024 and onwards his professional focus is more on the unit’s commercial activity which has been expanded with the aggregation of storage assets. He and his team originate and structure RES & Storage PPAs in the SEE market in both directions, i.e. either buying from renewable and/or storage asset owners or selling back to offtakers on various structures. He holds a diploma in Electrical Engineering with an MSc in Mathematical Modelling. His professional experience lies in energy & power markets modelling, having served as electricity expert/modeller in Metlen SA, LAGIE during the transition to Target Model, E3-Modelling and Centre of Renewable Energy Sources and Saving.