Severin Vartigov
Chief Commercial Officer, Enery
RE-Source Southeast – the key event for corporate renewable energy sourcing in Southeast Europe is coming back for its 5th edition! It brings together industrial and corporate consumers, project developers, electricity traders and renewable power producers.
With 10.7GW by the end of October, 2024 promises to be another record year in Europe for volumes of renewable electricity contracted through corporate PPAs. Romania, Greece and Bulgaria are also gaining speed in concluding long-term renewable PPAs. That is why the latest edition of RE-Source Southeast generated huge interest. With over 50 speakers, sharing their expertise about various aspects of corporate sourcing, the event was attended by more than 450 participants from 24 countries.
The growing RES capacities in the SEE region set a great potential for signing PPAs in 2025. So whether you are an experienced green electricity buyer or seller, or new to this sphere, it’s worth joining.
Networking is at the heart of the RE-Source SEE – the event provides unique opportunities to share ideas with high-level experts, learn from industry leaders and meet future partners.
The Buyer Bootcamp is aimed at energy buyers in corporate, government and other organisations, including:
This morning will be dedicated to Interactive workshops and Q&A sessions with experts & market players covering the main aspects of the PPA negotiation process:
* The Buyer Bootcamp is open only to corporate buyers on May 21, 2025
Dawid Gorol
PwC Poland, CEE cPPA Hub
Dimitris Efstathiou
Manager, MBS Consulting
Severin Vartigov
Chief Commercial Officer, Enery
Milan Kamaryt
PPA Origination, Rezolv Energy
Rositsa Chopeva
Partner, xFigureFinance
Ana Florea
Energy Origination Principal, Metlen Energy & Metals
Networking with lunch & drinks
Leading industry associations will discuss the complex landscape of corporate sourcing of renewable energy in Europe, the business challenges and opportunities for Southeast Europe within the European energy market and in the light of the Clean Industrial Deal.
Moderator: Annie Scanlan - Managing Director, RE-Source Platform
Participants:
This session unpacks key renewable corporate sourcing strategies taking shape across Southeast Europe. Panelists will outline the market’s main drivers, challenges and business models while weighing the merits of locking in long-term off-take agreements against merchant exposure. They will discuss the ongoing tendency towards hybridisation of renewable assets - as a hedge against price cannibalisation - and the impact of the coming wave of stand-alone battery energy storage systems (BESS). Finally, the discussion will explore balancing and optimisation services, along with new, more liquid exchange products that give renewable producers access to long-term trading instruments.
Moderator: Ralph Sassun - Partner, MBS Consulting
Participants:
The panel will gather companies from different industry sectors to discuss the challenges of implementing decarbonisation solutions as a way to achieve climate neutrality, energy security and competitiveness. And how the Clean Industrial Deal will affect the the adoption of new renewable energy sources and reshape the PPAs.
Moderator: Kostantsa Rangelova - Global Electricity Analyst, EMBER
Participants:
The panelists will discuss different ways of unlocking capital to back renewable energy and storage projects as an essential supplement for improved bankability of RES projects and PPAs, and successful operation in a highly volatile energy market.
Moderator: Filippos Falieros - Project Leader, Aurora Energy Research
Participants:
Electricity does not stop at borders. Increasing shares of renewable energy and decentralised generation raise the level of balancing complexity, in parallel, increasing interdependencies between the different transmission systems. Get the insights of what can be the solutions to the grid challenges and are the cross-border PPAs an exclusion or a new rule?
Moderator: Nikola Gazdov - Chairman, Association for Production, Storage and Trading of Electricity (APSTE)
Participants:
Explore the trends, regulatory nuances, project funding and future insights on these four major RES markets in the SEE region.
Moderator: Gabriel Avăcăriței - Chief Editor, Energynomics
Participants:
As energy storage technology continues to advance, its role in the energy sector is becoming increasingly pivotal. This panel will explore how energy storage is emerging as a game-changer in the context of corporate procurement and trading strategies.
Moderator: Daniel Dang - Director Business Development, SolarPower Europe
Participants:
The panel will focus on new, emerging technologies, which allow finding new synergies between sectors and emerging decisions like agrivoltaics, hybridization, digital tools for forecasting and portfolio management. Participants will provide market intelligence, practical tips and real-life examples from pioneers in the fields.
Moderator: Annie Scanlan - Managing Director, RE-Source Platform
Participants:
This session looks at the interactions between our electricity networks, markets and PPAs, offering potential solutions to emerging issues. As renewable power penetration increases, market volatility, hours with negative electricity prices, grid congestion and curtailment of production are all increasing. Electricity market volatility, grid reliability and security of supply are becoming ever more important drivers of corporate off-take strategies. The panelists will present the role of energy management systems (EMS), technological innovations and digital tools for enhancing grid stability, cybersecurity and improving the performance of renewable energy assets.
Moderator: Radoslav Mikov - Partner, Wolf Theiss
Participants:
Southeast Europe has added nearly 15 GW of carbon-free electricity in the last five years, and developers are now focusing on going “beyond the megawatt.” This panel will explore initiatives that can make renewable energy projects more resilient and environmentally responsible by incorporating long-term biodiversity monitoring, sustainable site management and environmental management strategies for minimizing ecological impacts.
Moderator: Nevena Krasteva - Editor-in-chief, SeeNext
Participants:
As Southeast Europe positions itself as a hub for renewable energy infrastructure, datacenters hold promise of becoming strategic energy consumers - a potential catalysts for demand growth and accelerated renewable energy deployment. This panel will explore how the growing demand from hyperscalers and regional tech infrastructure can align with corporate PPAs, hybrid renewable energy systems and innovations in grid management and storage.
Moderator: Nikola Gazdov - Chairman, Association for Production, Storage and Trading of Electricity (APSTE)
Participants:
Moderator: Ivaylo Stanchev - Editor in Chief at Capital.bg and Capital Weekly
Participants:
Minister of Energy - Bulgaria
CEO - SolarPower Europe
Senior Investment Officer Infrastructure and Energy - IFC
PPA Origination - Rezolv Energy
Head of Brussels Office - Metlen Energy & Metals
Partner - Baringa
Managing Director - RE-Source Platform
Chief Commercial Officer - Enery
CEO - SUNOTEC
Scope 3 Decarbonization Expert - ACT
Senior Originator - AXPO
Partner - xFigureFinance
Vice Chair - Association for Production, Storage and Trading of Electricity (APSTE)
Senior Policy Advisor - Energy Traders Europe
Policy Advisor - Hellenic Association of PV Companies (HELAPCO)
Member of the Board and Executive Director - Electricity System Operator, Bulgaria
co-Founder and Managing partner - Evklips Energy
Director Business Development - SolarPower Europe
VP Stakeholder Engagement - CWP
Head of Sales Controls and Digitalization - Siemens Energy
Director of the National Dispatch Center - ESO, Bulgaria
Partner (Sofia) - CMS
Policy Officer - Romanian Photovoltaic Industry Association (RPIA)
Project Leader - Aurora Energy Research
Partner - MBS Consulting
Power Wholesale and Origination Manager - MET
Director of Advocacy & Messaging - WindEurope
Chairperson - Bulgarian Wind Energy Association (BGWEA)
Senior Manager - PwC Poland, CEE cPPA Hub
Head of Strategy - SUNOTEC
Head of Grid & Regulations Eastern Europe - Metlen Energy & Metals
Head of Bulgaria - EBRD
Managing Director - Synergon Energy
Head of Electrification & Automation - Siemens
Chief Executive - KCM AD
Country Manager for Spain - HEC
Partner - Wolf Theiss
Czech & Slovak Country Manager - ACT Commodities
Business Development Manager - REIB
CEO - Sunterra RE
CTO - CyberGrid
Editor-in-chief - SeeNext
Manager Energy Projects - Aurubis
Head of ESG - Enery
Legal Consultant - Rezolv Energy
Global Electricity Analyst - EMBER
Loan Officer, Central South East Europe Unit - European Investment Bank (EIB)
General Manager - Smart Solar Technology
CEO - Pollenity
Chief Editor - Energynomics
Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS)
Head of Business Development - Independent Bulgarian Energy Exchange (IBEX)
Technical entrepreneur & Chairman - Bulgarian Employers Association Innovative Technologies (BRAIT)
Director of Trading Operations Transformation - PPC
CEO - D.Trading
International Business Development Expert - HEC Solar
Deputy director - Institute of soil science “Nikola Poushkarov”
Chairman - Association for Production, Storage and Trading of Electricity (APSTE)
Head of Communications & ESG - Eland Cables
Senior Global Trader - GEN-I d.o.o.
Senior Manager Project and Structured Finance - UniCredit Bulbank
Manager - MBS Consulting
* For corporate renewable consumers – up to 2 representatives from one organisation
The event is organized by RE-Source Hub Bulgaria – the Association for Production, Storage and Trading of Electricity (APSTE) and the Bulgarian Wind Energy Association (BGWEA), with the kind support of RE-Source Platform, the leading European forum for corporate use of renewable energy.