Solarplaza Summit Italy

Wednesday 13 July 2022

Networking Activity

Guided Tour Castel Sant’Angelo

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Wednesday 13 July 2022

20:00

Pre-Conference Networking Event

The Networking Dinner will take place in Navona Queen Rooftop

SOLD OUT

The Networking Event will take place in Navona Queen Rooftop

Thursday 14 July 2022

Program

Simultaneous translation will be available throughout the conference

08:30

Arrival and Registration

30 min.

Session Topics:

09:00

Opening & Welcome by Solarplaza & Sopowerful Foundation

English spoken

Italian translations

presentation

15 min.

Stefano Cruccu

Sopowerful

Nicola Kopij Zanin

Solarplaza

Session Topics:

Session I

Accelerating The Italian PV Market

09:15

Face the Challenges and Get Up to Speed With the Italian PV Market

English spoken

Italian translations

presentation

45 min.

Paolo Rocco Viscontini

ITALIA SOLARE

Session Topics:

What is hot in the market?
Overview of ongoing and upcoming market trends
Status of projects and investments in the pipeline
Overview of market split (Residential/C&I/Utility)
Cost competitiveness of solar in Italy

09:45

How Are Public Institutions Supporting The Industry To Meet The 2030 RE Targets

English spoken

Italian translations

panel

45 min.

moderator

Sara Di Mario

Hazel New Energy

Sara Di Mario

Founder

Hazel New Energy

Entrepreneur and Executive with a wide knowledge of electricity market dynamics and passionate about sustainability. Pioneer of Renewable energy sector that she joined nearly fifteen years ago holding C-level roles in two different top European companies. She runs Hazel New Energy, active in investments and advisory services in the Energy Transition sector, and she can rely on her previous wide experience as COO in the European Energy & Infrastructure sector having managed two of the biggest European renewable energy portfolios. In particular she has been in charge of EF Solare Italia’s (F2i group) portfolio, that she drove from the start-up phase to nearly 1GW over 300 sites and 4B€ of solar assets under management, and of Green Arrow Capital’s portfolio, where she led the operational transition to 400MW and 1.6B€ of renewable energy – wind, solar, hydro and mini-hydro, biogas and biomethane - assets under management throughout Europe. She previously held roles in Engie, Kearney and took part in a start up in the solar sector. Strongly focused and skilled in Operations, M&A processes, Portfolio Growth and Improvement, Post-Merger Integration and Technological Innovation.

Ilaria Fontana

Ministero della Transizione Ecologica

Gianni Pietro Girotto

Senato della Repubblica

Alessandro Ceschiat

Enfinity Global

Alessandro Ceschiat

General Manager Italy

Enfinity Global

As General Manager Italy, Alessandro has overall responsibility for origination and completion of Italy pipeline. He has over 14 years of management experience in the renewable energy sector and a track record of over 1GW of projects developed, financed and interconnected in Europe, Asia, Middle East, Australia and Africa.Prior to joining Enfinity, from 2015 to 2018, he worked as an independent advisor for various clients among which Gildemeister Energy Solutions GMBH, overseeing the legal, strategic, financial and commercial facets of implementing cutting-edge renewable energy solutions throughout the world. In addition, he led the greenfield development of a portfolio of over 200MW of solar PV in Italy.From 2013 to 2015 Alessandro worked as General Manager Europe for SunEdison when he developed the brand to become a recognized market leader with more than 500 MW interconnected only in the UK, where his achievements in public relations and lobbying were instrumental in the adoption of significant industry regulations.From 2008 to 2013, he was EMEA Legal Counsel for SunEdison, where he managed strategic and financial advisory assignments and carried out a range of M&A transactions involving valuation, due diligence and contract negotiation.Prior to joining SunEdison, from 2007 to 2008, he worked as Director of the Legal Department at Conergy in Italy. His in-depth knowledge of industry regulations and success in building partner relationships served to drive innovative Greenfield projects in the renewable energy market in Italy.Alessandro used to work a qualified lawyer in Italy and holds a Law Degree from the University of Milan.

Alessandro Migliorini

European Energy

Session Topics:

The impact of the NRRP on solar development
The D.L. 17/2022: how the Solar Belt Initiative might boost the development of REs in Italy
How the DL Sostegni is posing a threat to renewables
The obstacles and brakes to a rapid and successful project development in Italy
Dealing with supply chain disruptions and price volatility

10:30

Networking Coffee Break

Session Topics:

Session II

Technical Considerations

11:15

The Importance of Integrated Planning of Renewables, Networks and Storage

English spoken

Italian translations

panel

30 min.

Fabio Genoese

Terna

Fabio Genoese

Head of Strategy

Terna

Mr Genoese, a German-Italian national, has been working in the energy sector for almost 14 years. He started his career in 2008 as consultant to energy utilities and the German government, playing a vital role in working out regulatory measures to avoid extreme negative electricity prices. From 2013 to 2016, he was in charge of electricity policy analysis at CEPS, a Brussels-based Think Tank, authoring numerous publications on electricity market design as well as engaging corporate and institutional stakeholders through CEPS Task Forces. In 2016/17, he contributed to ENGIE's innovation strategy as Smart Energy Systems Expert in the fields of green gas and electric, autonomous mobility. He is currently Head of Strategy at Terna in Rome. In this position, he is responsible for a range of topics which include Terna's Future Energy Scenarios, Resource Adequacy Assessments, Capacity Market auctions and the design of fit-for-future electricity markets. Mr Genoese holds a doctoral degree in Energy Economics as well as a Master's degree in Physics. From 2014 to 2020, he has been a Visiting Professor at Sciences Po in Paris.

Session Topics:

Future Energy Scenarios for Italy
Overview and mapping of Grid Connection Requests in Italy
The Need for Storage Capacity

11:45

Repowering & Revamping of Dated Solar Plants

English spoken

Italian translations

panel

45 min.

moderator

Nicola Kopij Zanin

Solarplaza

Andrea Rovera

Wattkraft

Dr. Amir José Daou Pulido

Fluence

Inés Monroy

Iqony Sens

Pascal Wehrli

Envision Digital

Session Topics:

How can existing assets be upgraded in order to improve efficiency
Analyzing the choice of components aimed at increasing istalled capacity and annual production
Overview and price comparison of latest technologies on the market avaialble for asset managers

12:30

Networking Lunch Break

Session Topics:

Session III

Project Development Overview in Italy

13:45

Developer Roundtable

English spoken

Italian translations

panel

60 min.

moderator

Lorenzo Parola

Parola Associati

Lorenzo Parola

Founding and Managing Partner

Parola Associati

Lorenzo Parola is Founding and Managing Partner of the recently-established law firm Parola Angelini. Lorenzo is both admitted to the Italian Supreme Court and as a Solicitor of England and Wales. He is one of the leading energy and energy technology lawyers in Italy. Mr Parola advises infrastructure funds, utilities and oil majors in domestic and cross-border M&A transactions in the oil & gas, power, renewables, energy efficiency and energy technology sectors. He has a substantial track-record on permitting, contractual and regulatory issues related to the development of power projects and gas infrastructures, including CCGT and renewables plants, LNG regasification terminals, gas storages, pipelines and merchant lines. He is recognized an unparalleled expertise in industry specialty contacts such as tolling arrangements, power purchase agreements, take-or-pay gas sales agreements, pipeline transportation agreements, EPC contracts, energy efficiency contracts, physical and financial energy trading, including CO2 and green certificates trading. He is regularly instructed, either as counsel or arbitrator, in the context of national and international arbitrations pertaining to gas sales agreements and in the construction sector. He is a Visiting Professor at various masters and advanced university courses (Master Course in Energy and Finance and Master in Energy Management – Corso di Alta Formazione in Energia e Finanza and Master Energy Management of MIP – Business School Polytechnic of Milan; II Level Master in Energy Efficiency and Industrial Sustainability – Master di II livello in Efficienza Energetica e Sostenibilità nell’Industria of Turin Polytechnic; Master in Energy Resources Managament – Master in Gestione delle Risorse Energetiche of SAFE).

Giovanni Mascari

Lightsource bp

Eleonora Petrarca

Enel Green Power

Alessandra Toschi

BayWa r.e.

Gianluca Biscotti

BFP Group

Gianluca Biscotti

Founder

BFP Group

Managing Director and founder of Studio Tecnico BFP, a leading independent engineering and consulting Italian firm with offices in Italy, Spain and active worldwide. 20 years’ experience in the renewable energy sector, acting as designer, construction manager, project manager, owner’s engineer and technical adviser for M&;A and asset management purposes mainly in PV solar and wind. In the last years Gianluca focused his activity on the technical advising for M&A transactions for green and brown field projects and operating plants. Gianluca is the designer of some of the most important and bigger PV plants in Italy and he is an expert of the authorization procedures in Italy. Gianluca holds a master degree in Electrical Engineering from Polytechnic of Bari. BFP provides design, construction support and technical consultancy worldwide on the renewable energy sector, mainly in Wind, Solar PV and Green Hydrogen, achieving several works successfully performed in Europe and Latin America mainly. BFP performed its technical services on more than 12 GW worldwide.

Session Topics:

14:45

Networking Coffee Break

Session Topics:

Session IV

The Financial Ecosystem Around PV Projects

15:30

Financing and Boosting Bankability of Solar Projects in Italy

English spoken

Italian translations

panel

45 min.

moderator

Alessandro Cohen

Armon Capital Advisory

Luca Matrone

Intesa Sanpaolo

Luca Matrone

MD, Head of Energy, IMI Corp. & Inv. Banking

Intesa Sanpaolo

Luca Matrone is a seasoned manager with more than 25 years of corporate finance experience in the global energy space. Since 2017 he is the Head of Industry Energy in the Global Corporate department of the IMI Corporate & Investment Banking Division of Intesa Sanpaolo, the largest bank in Italy and one of the largest bank in Europe. Luca is responsible for coordinating the coverage and the commercial efforts vis-a-vis approximately 400 companies operating worldwide in the Power & Utilities and in the Oil & Gas sectors. Luca was formerly the head of Energy in the M&A team of Banca IMI, the investment banking arm of Intesa Sanpaolo group, that he joined in 2000. Luca serves as Vice-Chair in the Environment and Energy committee of the Business at OECD. He was a member of the Energy/Sustainability taskforces at B20 Saudi Arabia, B20 Italy, B20 Indonesia, B20 India and he is currently a member of the Energy Transition & Climate Task Force at B20 Brazil. Luca is a regular contributor to articles in the press related to energy themes and he has been invited to speak at several conferences organized by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, Assoprevidenza, ANIE, Elettricità Futura, AGICI, Cesef, Solarplaza, Europe Solar + Energy Storage, Solar Media. Luca graduated in Business Administration from Bocconi University in 1998.

Gianluca Boccanera

NextEnergy Capital

Valerio Capizzi

ING Bank

Raffaele Ciotta

Glennmont Partners

Session Topics:

What makes a project attractive for financiers
Overview of recent M&A transactions
What are some of the financing terms from the banks
Are investors willing to commit to pure merchant projects?
Hedging short & long term risks

16:15

The Italian PPA Market

English spoken

Italian translations

panel

45 min.

moderator

Carlo Montella

Orrick

Carlo Montella

Partner

Orrick

Carlo Montella is a partner at Orrick and global Deputy Business Unit Leader of the Energy and Infrastructure practice. He is a transactional lawyer with extensive experience in project development, asset acquisitions and financings in the energy and infrastructure sectors. Carlo has strong expertise and consolidated background in assisting international sponsors, multinational energy companies, large private equity funds, project developers, borrowers and debt issuers, investment banks and other capital providers and investors who value his contribution thanks to his vast experience, practical know how and willingness to go the extra mile for his client. Carlo regularly advises on energy sector mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, development, structuring and financing of large-scale energy and infrastructure projects, both in Italy and internationally (including UK and Eastern European countries). He has a significant experience in the electric power sector, wind, solar, biomass, geothermal and other renewable energy projects and has also represented clients in transactions involving electric power and natural gas transmission.

Virginia Canazza

MBS Consulting

Roberto Ferrari

ENGIE

Roberto Ferrari

Head of Bus. Dev. & Sustainability

ENGIE

Roberto is the Head of Business Development & Sustainability at ENGIE Italia. He started his career as Environmental Engineer in the italian gas energy sector, first at Edison in 2000 and then in Enel in 2002 successfully modeling and optimizing the gas portfolio and supporting long term gas supply negotiations. He joined the Engie Group within the former local JV AceaElectrabel in 2007 where he was responsible for Gas Supply and Portfolio Optimization. Since 2011 he successfully contributed to the consolidation of Engie in Italy, leading Global Energy Management Italian Origination business for power, gas and environmental attributes as from 2015. He has overseen, structured and negotiated innovative contracts in third party asset management, long term virtual power plant, energy management solutions, green power. In the recent years he has taken up the challenge of the business development and sustainability, leading the negotiations and the structuring of innovative solutions on upstream and downstream PPAs, paving the way for biomethane, green gas, green hydrogen projects and leading transversally the green power European business in the global energy management.

Filippo Stefanelli

Acea Group

Erik Landström

Pexapark

Session Topics:

Defining the market: prices, volumes and industry leaders
Deep dive into short term and corporate PPAs
How to effectively hedge risk
Changes in power purchase agreement dynamics

17:00

Closing Remarks

English spoken

Italian translations

presentation

10 min.

Nicola Kopij Zanin

Solarplaza

Session Topics:

17:10

Networking Drinks

Session Topics:

Solarplaza Summit | Italy

Arrival and Registration

Opening & Welcome by Solarplaza & Sopowerful Foundation

Accelerating The Italian PV Market

Face the Challenges and Get Up to Speed With the Italian PV Market

How Are Public Institutions Supporting The Industry To Meet The 2030 RE Targets

Technical Considerations

The Importance of Integrated Planning of Renewables, Networks and Storage

Repowering & Revamping of Dated Solar Plants

Project Development Overview in Italy

Developer Roundtable

The Financial Ecosystem Around PV Projects

Financing and Boosting Bankability of Solar Projects in Italy

The Italian PPA Market

Closing Remarks