RE-Source Southeast is the largest event dedicated to corporate sourcing of renewable energy in Southeast Europe. It brings together industrial and corporate consumers, project developers, electricity traders and renewable power producers.
The 2024 event will zoom in on the latest trends in power purchase agreements (PPAs), electricity trading, regional market updates, ESG strategies and corporate sustainability policies, decarbonisation strategies in different industries, energy storage market uptake, financing terms for renewable energy projects, and more.
Don’t miss this perfect opportunity to meet and network with leading industry players, high-level experts and future partners.
8:30 – 9:00 Welcome coffee & registration
9:00 – 12:30 Buyer Bootcamp – your one-stop-shop for corporate PPA training
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:
PwC Poland – cPPA Hub
MBS Consulting
Schoenherr
Networking with light lunch & drinks
Key policy makers will chart the road from COP28 to Southeast Europe. The discussion will focus on the local implications of the global target to triple the installed capacity of renewable energy and double the rate of global energy efficiency improvements. What does this mean for industrial decarbonisation strategies and could we create and foster connections across the entire value chain of the renewable energy industry.
Participants:
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 successful strategies to de-risk and optimise PPAs and merchant offtake.
Moderator: Dr. Evangelos Gazis, Market Lead for South Eastern Europe, Aurora Research
Participants:
The session will focus on highlighting concrete examples of corporate sourcing of renewable energy on the Balkans and discuss the key levers to translate the green PPA concept into working business models. The panelist will dive into various tools and strategies - from certificate trading to co-location and hybridisation of projects, to different PPAs structures in Bulgaria and Romania to multi-buyer schemes such as the Green Pool mechanism in Greece.
Moderator: Nick Bitsios, Head of Brussels Office, Mytilineos
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The panelists will discuss different ways of unlocking capital to back renewable energy and storage projects through dedicated national & EU funds, the role of private equity investors in speeding up investments.
Moderator: Radoslav Mikov, Partner, Wolf Theiss
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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. This session will bring the perspective of transmission system operators ESO, IPTO and Transelectrica for the regional grid capacity development.
Moderator: Nikola Gazdov, Chairman, Association for Production, Storage and Trading of Electricity (APSTE)
Participants:
Data is the new oil. This session will look at how data can empower the energy transition. The panelists will share insights on business models that leverage data to optimise revenue generation for renewable energy asset development, operation and trading.
Moderator: Liliya Goranova, Head of Insights, SeeNext
Participants:
As the share of wind and solar in the electricity mix continues to rise at an unprecedented speed, growth pains of curtailments and low capture prices are felt throughout the industry. At the same time, batteries are now following into the footsteps and steep S-curves of wind and solar to take us one level up in the energy transition. This panel will share insight how storage - hydro-pumped and batteries can each add value to renewable assets.
Moderator: Mariyana Yaneva, Vice Chair, Association for Production, Storage and Trading of Electricity (APSTE)
Participants:
This session will explore the potential of heat-pumps, agrivoltaics, floating solar, thermal storage and power-to-X to tackle “the other half” challenge, offering market intelligence, practical tips and real-life examples from pioneers in the field.
Moderator: Atanas Georgiev, PhD, Dean, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski
Participants:
The site visit to a demo battery energy storage system (BESS) is organised by APSTE, in cooperation with International Power Supply (IPS).
A bus will depart from the conference venue to the demonstration site where the organisers will present key technical parametres and operational logic of a BESS. A question-and-answer session will follow the tour of the demo system.
We encourage you to submit some questions beforehand via the last field of the registration form below and help us prepare a truly interactive workshop, packed with practical insights!
Please, wait for an e-mail confirmation of your registration from the event organisers!
Due to limited capacity, not all registrations for a site visit during RE-Source Southeast will be approved. Nevertheless, we encourage you to state your interest for a site visit, so we can plan a follow-up event.
Deputy Director-General - DG Energy, European Commission
Secretary General - Association of Issuing Bodies
Director Business Development - SolarPower Europe
CEO - National Electric Company
Chief Commercial Officer - Enery
Environmental Commodities and Renewable Energy Trader - ACT
PPA Origination - Rezolv Energy
Head of Brussels Office - Mytilineos S.A.
Manager - PwC Poland, CEE cPPA Hub
Attorney at Law - Schoenherr
Lead Energy Storage Analyst - Rystad Energy
Head of Sustainability Department - ProCredit Bank
Business Developer Manager for BESS - Jinko Solar
Founder and CEO - HEC Solar
Deputy CEO & Chief of Energy Management - PPC Group
Associate Director - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Managing Director - Synergon Energy
Transmission and Congestion Commercial Manager - bp
Senior Consultant - Siemens
Managing Attorney at Law - Schoenherr
Senior Policy Advisor - Energy Traders Europe
Head of Southeast Europe - Aurora Energy Research
Director at PwC Poland - CEE cPPA Hub
Vice Chair - Association for Production, Storage and Trading of Electricity
Head of Strategy - SUNOTEC
Partner - Wolf Theiss
CTO - CyberGrid
Head of Enery Portfolio Optimization - Enery
Senior Manager - MBS Consulting
Procurement and Grid Connection Manager - CWP Europe
Chairman of the Executive Board - Photomate s.r.o.
Executive Vice President - CWP Europe
Senior Sales Manager BESS - Siemens Energy
Business Development Manager - REIB
Growth Associate EMEA - Fluence
Head of Insights - SeeNext
Senior Project Manager PPA Origination - wpd onshore
Head of Advocacy & Messaging - WindEurope
Senior Investment Officer Infrastructure and Energy - IFC
Business Development Manager - Independent Bulgarian Energy Exchange (IBEX)
Founder and CEO - Hydrogenera
General Manager - Stratum Engineering
Senior Account Executive - MAN Energy Solutions
Chairman - Association for Production, Storage and Trading of Electricity (APSTE)
Dean, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration - Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
Director for Grid & Regulation of East Europe - Mytilineos, Greece
Director of the National Dispatch Center - ESO, Bulgaria
Head of Engineering - IPS
* For corporate renewable consumers – one representative from each organisation
As Southeast Europe (SEE) has made breakthrough progress in greening the power supply in recent years with unprecedented growth in installed capacity, it is now tasked with the next challenge - how to balance supply and demand, and how to advance the installation of new capacities but also guarantee the stability of grid infrastructure when these capacities come. Energy storage solutions and grid modernisation are the two main components in tackling such challenges. To find out more for the RES Industry in SEE, download the report here.
Accomodation: Metropolitan Hotel Sofia Link to the hotel
*Note: Use the following link to book a room at a preferencial price or send your direct booking request to reservations@metropolitanhotelsofia.com, quoting the code RESOURCE2024
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.