10 Jul 2025
Rome
10 Jul 2025
Rome
Wednesday 9 July 2025
Thursday 10 July 2025
Nicola Kopij Zanin
Solarplaza
Session 1
PV is headed for a long-term marriage: Energy Storage. These two technologies, stand alone and co-located are defining Italy's energy landscape through new revenue streams and profitability oppportuniuties. We kick off the day by providing you with a clear snapshot on what is going on in the Italian PV & BESS utility scale market and how it is expected to shape over the next years.
Paolo Rocco Viscontini
ITALIA SOLARE
The Italian TSO Terna faces growing challenges in balancing supply and demand due to overproduction from REs during peak hours. This session explores Terna’s perspective on the risk of curtailment and how batteries play a key role in enhancing grid flexibility, improving energy reliability, and supporting Italy’s path toward a resilient and decarbonized power system. The presentation will also touch on the actions implemented to guarantee stability and resilience of the grid.
Luca Marchisio
Terna
During this session, you will have the opportunity to hear directly from the market leader IPPS & investors active in Italy & other major Europoean markets on how they are riding the expected mega trends shaping the RE industry, most importantly the rapid adoption of storage technologies. Gain crucial insights into expected business models, how foreign market trends are expected to be adopted in Italy, and how the solar industry will evolve to be even more resilient to increased volatility.
Cristina Brandozzi
ENGIE
Andreas Ditlev Duckert
Obton
Federico Cardini
Uniper Renewables
Roxana Serban
Encavis
Claudio Petrolini
Innovo Renewables SpA
Morning Networking Break
97% of the attendees of last year’s Solarplaza Summit Italy said they made a valuable business connection. Use this break to kickstart your high-level networking with key decision makers!
Session 2
From permitting bottlenecks to the silent revolution of grid access, this session draws on exclusive data to map how regulation is redrawing the investment landscape: where to develop—while waiting for the Suitable Areas saga to unfold? And where to bid, amid an abundance of route-to-market options?
Tommaso Barbetti
Elemens
Developers will soon be able to submit a strike price at which they will sell electricity in the power market, and the Italian government will select the most cost-effective ones to award long-term Contracts for Difference (CfDs). When the electricity reference price will be below or above the strike price, the beneficiaries will be entitled to receive payments or pay the difference equal to the difference between the two prices.
Can these CfDs guarantee a long-term fixed price for the generated electricity, providing stability amd reducing risk for investors by guaranteeing a minimum level of return?
Riccardo Siliprandi
AFRY
Large-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) are set to play a pivotal role in the next phase of renewable energy market expansion. However, the rapid pace of new battery installations prompts questions about the reliability of today’s high-value ancillary markets. This session will provide key insights and examples to help navigate these uncertainties directly from market leaders betting on storage technology.
Fabrizio Bonemazzi
Alessandro Migliorini
European Energy
Giovanni Terranova
Bluefield Partners LLP
Valerio Covicchio
WHES
Alberto Piva
GreenGo Srl
Networking Lunch Break
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Session 3A
Italy’s BESS market is splitting in two—MACSE-dominated in the South and merchant-plus-offtake deals in the North. This session explores how optimisers navigate this complexity, structure bankable revenues, and align with financing expectations.
Michele Pissarello
Entrix Energy
While secure revenue streams offer the most attractive project financing profile for banks, a merchant exposure may be able to offer a higher risk-return profile. Investors must ensure their business models are updated and remain competitive in order to reach positive NPV projects. This becomes even more challenging as storage revenue streams have to be structured and integreated into financial models.
During this panel discussion, the major lenders involved in project financing and investors involved in M&A deals for utility-scale projects in Italy will share their insights on how to maximize the chances in structuring successful deals, and how they price in the risk for projects with BESS-related cash flow exposure.
Alessandro Cohen
Armon Capital Advisory
Jaime Linares Salazar
FRV
Luca Matrone
Intesa Sanpaolo
Roberto Massarenti
Natixis Investment Managers
Paolo Galli
Tages Capital SGR
Session 3B
As the penetration of renewables increases, , the risk of price cannibalization becomes more pronounced. This effect can significantly impact the revenues of RE producers.
By implementing effective PPA strategies, RE producers in Italy can better manage the financial risks associated with price cannibalization and capture rates, thereby enhancing the profitability and sustainability of their operations.
Dario Gallanti
Our New Energy
By blending strong market insights, innovative structuring, and robust risk management, investors can maximize the value captured in a PPA while ensuring its bankability.
Hear from major RE producers how they approach the Italian PPA market and planned strategies for the short-term.
Alessandro Savini
Trailstone Renewables
Martina Nicodemo
BKW Energy
Stefano Cavriani
EGO Energy
You Zhou
DXT Commodities
Gabriele Franzè
Inxieme Energia
Pepe Zaforteza
Pexapark
Afternoon Networking Break
Whether you're looking to connect with professionals from a specific sector or want to build relationships across the entire solar PV value chain, our event offers a unique chance to engage with experts from across the industry.
Session 4
Discover why over 70% of early project time is wasted on unviable developments. Learn from Glint Solar's experience with solar and storage developers worldwide about how a focused pipeline strategy can reduce risks and boost project outcomes.
Kai Erspamer
Glint Solar
In Italy almost 50% of cumulative installed Pv capacity has been installed between 2007 and 2014. New, more efficient components as part of the revamping process could improve a project’s electricity yield by as much as 40% and make a project’s land use more efficient by as much as 50%.
Discover how the uptake in revamping and repowering activities is shaping the PV market and how to increase the project's ROI with the latest technologies.
Nicola Kopij Zanin
Solarplaza
Michele Citro
JA Solar
Frederik Merz
Amperecloud
Luca Miotti
Ren Electron
As massive storage deployments are to be expected over the upcoming years thanks to the MACSE mechanism, merchant opportunities are not to be dismissed as they will help ensure the growth of the sector over the long term.
This presentation will go over Clean Horizon’s perspective regarding the projected growth of energy storage capacity in Italy, the drivers behind it and imminent market changes that are set to reshape mechant opportunities.
Naim El Chami
Clean Horizon
Nicola Kopij Zanin
Solarplaza
Networking Drinks
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As you mingle and build your network, be sure to take a moment to enjoy a refreshing soft drink, glass of wine, or cold beer. While PV & BESS experts from Italy represented approximately 50% of our attendees last year, there will be plenty of opportunities to connect with professionals from our global network, which includes countries such as Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Denmark, Austria and many more!
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Duygu Özer de Kruijf
Project Manager
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