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Josefin Berg, Associate Director in the Clean Energy Technology group at S&P Global Commodity Insights, analyzes the trends and strategies in the downstream photovoltaic (PV) market. Her focus areas include PV demand and forecasts, company strategies (developers and engineering, procurement, and construction providers); mergers and acquisitions, costs, and the integration of PV in the power generation mix. Ms. Berg authors reports on PV markets and trends, and she regularly speaks at industry events. Ms. Berg holds a Master of Science in environmental engineering from Uppsala University, Sweden. She speaks English, French, Spanish, and Swedish and is based in Barcelona, Spain.

Cecilie is a research analyst for the Global Energy Storage team at Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables, focusing on European, Middle Eastern and African storage markets. Before joining the storage team, she contributed to Wood Mackenzie’s Middle East and Africa solar and onshore wind analysis, monitoring project development updates, asset transactions and policy updates. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, she worked as an ESG and social impact analyst for a financial services firm. In that capacity, she focused on EU regulation and international frameworks and advised on sustainability-related investments. Cecilie holds a bachelor’s degree in International Relations and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from IE University in Madrid, Spain.

Daniel Garasa works as a Research Analyst at Wood Mackenzie, working in floating solar market research and analysis. He also covers both wind and solar project research in Europe. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, he worked in Iberdrola where he was a solar project engineer. In that capacity, he supported analyses on the design and performance of PV arrays, both ground-mounted and floating PV. Daniel studied at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid where he received undergraduate and master’s degrees in Energy Engineering and Renewables Energy in Electricity Systems, respectively.

As part of the investment team of Encavis AG in Hamburg, Julius Weidemann is responsible for executing PV transactions from start to finish (including DD, proprietary valuation and bidding, leading contract negotiations such as SPA, EPC, PDA/ DSA, Project Financing Agreements) across inter alia Spain, The Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany. Both the acquisition of fully developed and/ or grid connected assets but also (and mainly) the establishment and the supervision of PV development partnerships (just like the one with the organization experienced in the management & optimization of assets and a small developer close to Seville) lie within his core activities.

Alejandro is Director of Ecologic Transition at beBartlet, the first public advocacy cabinet of Spain. He is the former Director of Regulation and Studies of UNEF, the Spanish Photovoltaic Association. He holds an Industrial Engineer degree from the Polytechnic University of Madrid and a Master in Power Sector Regulation from ICAI Comillas. He has more than ten years of experience in economic and regulatory analysis of the power sector in Spain.

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Having worked in various technological domains such as Cyber Security, Telecom, and Renewable Energy, Ariel's expertise extends across a spectrum of technologies, with a particular emphasis on Software as a Service (SaaS). At enSights, Ariel envisions revolutionizing how Owners and Managers oversee their renewable assets. Through innovative automation, enSights empowers its customers to significantly reduce operational expenses while enhancing operational efficiency by an impressive 7.8%. With the power of artificial intelligence, enSights and Ariel are committed to propel the clean energy industry into a sustainable future.

Kim specialises in transaction support as an independent market and economic advisor for major power project developers, financiers, and fuel suppliers. In total, he has supported the successful completion of 72GW of conventional and renewable power projects and 726MIGD of water desalination projects with a transaction value of USD44 billion over the past 23 years, including 15GW in Spain since 2018. Experience across most of Europe, parts of Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa. Partner at K4K (international focus) and EKON (focused on Spain and Portugal). Contributor to academic papers, industry periodicals, conferences and workshops