Solarplaza Summit | Iberia

Tuesday 3 March 2026


08:30

Registration & welcome coffee

09:15

Opening words

10 min.

Session 1

Market status & outlook

09:25

Spain’s solar & BESS investment landscape 2026-2030

presentation

20 min.

• Market status and investment outlook
• The +70 GW development pipeline and deployment trajectory
• Key drivers shaping the next decade of Iberian solar

09:45

Policy, regulation & grid capacity tender

presentation

20 min.

• Updates on permitting & allocation frameworks
• Upcoming grid capacity tender mechanisms
• National Energy & Climate Plan alignment

10:05

How are we going to get there?

panel

40 min.

• Scaling from 70 GW pipeline to real commissioning
• Industrialisation & Spain’s renewable supply-chain strategy
• Regional coordination & local community integration
• System stability requirements

10:45

Morning networking break

Session 2

Asset optimisation & market growth

11:30

The path to grid stability

presentation

20 min.

• System services: voltage control, flexibility, PO 7.4 readiness
• Hybridisation optimisation (PV + BESS + Wind / H2)
• Repowering & grid access reforms

11:50

State of the market and next phase for Portugal

presentation

20 min.

12:10

Where the money flows: investor appetite & capital allocation

panel

40 min.

• Investor profiles & capital trends
• Iberia vs. Italy, France comparison
• Impact of cannibalisation and grid constraints on investor behaviour
• Financing industrialisation & storage

12:50

Networkring lunch break

Session 3

Financing & revenue models

14:20

BESS financing – from pilot to portfolio

presentation

20 min.

• Standalone vs. co-located BESS structures
• Flexibility revenues & ancillary services
• Evolving risk models for lenders
• Industrial decarbonisation demand
• Case study BESS best practices

14:40

Innovative investment models for merchant & hybrid projects

presentation

20 min.

• Merchant + PPA / blended strategies
• Deal structures emerging in ES & PT
• Bankability under volatility

15:00

Risk management & bankability under cannibalization pressure

panel

40 min.

• Curtailment, cannibalisation & market volatility
• Hedging instruments & insurance
• AI forecasting & trading optimisation
• Impact of self-consumption, energy communities & territorial integration on risk perception

15:40

Afternoon networking break

Session 4

Deal-making & emerging opportunities

16:20

Interactive session: PPA pricing & contracting in a shifting Market

presentation

20 min.

• Corporate offtake trends (data centres, industrials)
• Tolling agreement
• Merchant tail risk
• Community & self-consumption PPAs
 

16:40

M&A trends and transaction landscape in Iberian renewables

presentation

20 min.

17:00

Spain’s path to energy independence – financing the next 10 GW

panel

40 min.

• Stranded assets (PV plants financially in trouble)
• Hybridisation
• Supporting ecosystem requirements, e.g., legislators, banks, investors,

 

17:40

Closing remarks

presentation

5 min.

17:45

Networking drinks

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