Solarplaza Summit | Italy

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).

Giacomo is the CEO of SunGAP, a renewable energy advisor supporting main energy operators to recover the “GAP” of energy production from fossil fuels in favor of renewables. With more than 15 years of experience, MBA at Bologna Business School, electrical engineer degree at Politecnico di Bari, Giacomo is managing SunGAP, that is emerging in the Italian market as one of the main Technical Advisors with important engineering contracts for hundreds of MW of portfolio revamping and repowering projects, new greenfield solar plants execution design, works supervisions, H&S, and asset management for tens of MW. Before founding SunGAP, Giacomo was partner in Netplan, a management consultant firm, where he was in charge of the energy department, focusing on renewable energy sector, supporting operators and investors to turnaround challenged facilities, enhance margins and letting asset value emerge.

Amanda has 9 years of experience as an energy consultant, energy analyst and economist with expertise in power markets and trading strategies for new energy types in Australia, Europe and the US. Amanda provided power market and energy risk management training to over 100 energy stakeholders throughout Europe, Australia and Asia. Amanda recently joined BKW to build the PPA business across Europe. Prior to joining BKW, Amanda worked for Pexapark as a Senior consultant specialised in commercial energy risk management. BKW is an integrated Swiss utility company: power producer, supplier, grid operator and energy services provider. It is one of the largest electricity producers in Europe providing more than one million customers with power and delivering approximately 30TWh of electricity annually across Europe. BKW Energie AG is actively offering renewable PPAs across Europe with key activities in Germany, France, Italy and the Nordics.

Expert professional in the field of external relations, with solid experience in the energy sector, and in data management and analysis. Currently, Letizia is a Relationship Manager at Solarelit powered by Greenvolt, where she is responsible for developing strategic partnership projects with associations, organizations, think tanks, and relevant stakeholders in the Italian energy sector.

Edwin founded Solarplaza company in 2004. He is a senior PV expert and started in the photovoltaic solar energy business in 1994. He has experience as a solar energy consultant and project developer in more than 200 PV projects. Edwin holds a Master’s degree in Chemical engineering and previously worked in the Chemical industry before starting his first consultancy company in PV in 1994.

Since Netanel joined the company in 2021, he has been active in expanding Solargik's activities across various geographies, including Italy, Portugal, France, and Spain. Netanel is passionate about the evolving PV field, believing its constant challenges can only be addressed through innovative approaches.

Alessandro Cohen is the Founding Managing Partner of Armon Capital Advisory, a financial advisory and corporate finance boutique, with a specific focus in renewable energy, clean technology, project financing and real estate transactions.Alessandro was previously director of the renewable energy division at Prothea, Head of the Institutional sales desk at Pioneer Investments and marketing analyst at Integrated Alternative Investments and at Lehman Brothers. Alessandro holds a first degree in Business & Administration and a second degree in International Finance.

Graduated in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Padua, in 2005 he actively joined ESPE, holding various positions as Project Manager, Business Development Manager and Operations Director, giving new impetus to the company’s development through the renewal of development strategies, continuing the process of internationalization. Some of the goals achieved concern the creation and development of the Renewable Energy business and the opening and management of branch offices in Puglia, Romania and Canada. Since 2016 he has been the CEO of the Company.

Alberto Paturzo is Partner and head of Southern Europe at Bluefield Group. With advisory, investment and finance experience since 2000, and energy and renewables experience from 2005, alongside his career Alberto was involved in excess of €1bn solar and renewable energy-focused transactions, including project development, construction, M&A and financing deals. Before joining the Bluefield group, in his previous experiences within Martifer Solar, BNP Paribas and MedEnergy, Alberto took leading roles in project development, financing and investment activities in Italy and Southern Europe. As an active member of the main renewable energy associations and representative of both Bluefield and Martifer in different industry conferences across Europe, Alberto has built and maintained strong relationships in Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal, France, Netherlands and in the UK. Alberto has served as the sole administrator or director of several energy asset companies and holds an MBA from IESE Business School, Barcelona and an MSc in Economics from LUISS University, Rome.

Born in Rome, Italy, in 1970 Luca is a Mechanical Engineer with a secondary school background focused on humanities. Married, with one son, he started working in the electric utilities sector in 1996 and, despite the many different jobs he’s been involved in, he still works in this sector today. Currently Luca is in charge of System Strategy department at Terna, the Italian Transmission System Operator, managing the long term scenario development of the power system and the market adequacy assessment in order to support Company’s regulated business. His previous experience, mainly in the Enel Group with a few years interval in Tirreno Power, can be summarized as follows: 1) 4 years as maintenance manager in a large coal fired power plant in Liguria (Italy). 2) 4 years as energy manager of a power generation fleet including 3 large fossil fired power plants and 17 hydro plants. 3) 10 years in Enel Energia, the retail branch of Enel Group in Italy, covering different roles from portfolio management up to Marketing Director.

Federico Cardini, a telecommunications engineer and Renewable Energy specialist, currently serves as the Country Manager at Uniper Renewables Italy. Since February 2022, he has been leading the strategy and development operations in the renewable energy sector in Italy for the German utility company Uniper SE. With a master’s degree in Telecommunications Engineering and a master’s in Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources (EFER), Federico has acquired in-depth expertise in the field. For almost twenty years now in the RES sector, working in both industrial and service sectors, he has been able to successfully deal in all three primary sectors of the Renewable Energy Business: Business Development, Operation, and Financing. His resource management skills extend to international contexts, and his effective communication and problem-solving abilities make him a reference point in both wind and photovoltaic sectors.

Fulvio is Co-founder and Project Development Director at Sunprime. He is a manager with a background in engineering and finance, with 18 years of experience in the renewable energy industry, advising major producers, investors and industrial groups in the development of businesses and projects. At Sunprime, a fast growing IPP with a focus on C&I projects, he is coordinating the development of a pipeline of over 1,000MW of solar and 500MW of BESS projects.

A passionate executive with ~17 years’ experience in energy transition and sustainable infrastructure leader who thrives in start-up environments. Broad experience in managing renewable business across development, M&A, construction, asset management and power trading. Track record of outstanding results in local companies, multinational corporates, Public Authority and in delivering value-accretive growth in emerging businesses. Launched the Renewable Generation business of Shell in Italy in 2019 and currently managing one of the most mature solar pipelines in the renewable energy market (2 GW).

Rodolfo is an experienced investor and entrepreneur, been involved in the development, construction, and investment of over 5GWp renewable energy projects across Europe, North America and Asia since 2008. Over the last six years, he has launched and managed multiple renewable energy platforms delivering above-market returns for its investors. Before that, he held senior roles in the renewable energy industry for NextEnergy Capital and Hideal Partners, involved in several energy acquisitions and M&A transactions.

Hezy Haim is the CEO of Baran Energy, the energy division of the Baran Group. With a presence in Israel, USA, and Europe, Baran Energy oversees a diverse range of energy activities across these regions. Hezy brings extensive leadership experience to his role, leveraging the Baran Group's position as the largest and leading engineering and project company in Israel.

CEO of BFP Service, the wholly BFP’s owned subsidiary providing O&M services for renewable energy plants in Italy and abroad. Annarita graduated from the Politecnico of Bari with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2005. With more than 15 years of experience in the renewable energy sector, mainly for wind and solar O&M service providers, Annarita has developed strong expertise in negotiation with customers and suppliers, with the aim to consolidate and reach company’s budget and targets. She manages BFP Service and all its activities, i.e. operation and maintenance and installation of medium and large-scale PV plants, revamping of renewable power plants and asset management services.

Founder at Elemens. He brings more 15 years of experience in the energy sector. Tommaso formerly served as Head of Studies in the Energy Producers Association (now Elettricità Futura). Expert in power markets and regulation, with a strong expertise in renewables, he is advisor of 150+ European energy players (IPP, traders, hedge funds, ESCOs, public and institutional agencies). Graduated in Economics at Bocconi University, he carried more than 500 teaching hours in master class for universities and companies.

Fabrizio Bonemazzi is an energy expert with a 30+ experience in electric grids and power generation, in particular variable renewables such as wind and solar. From the year 2000 he participated to the creation of a startup company in Enel Group dedicated to beyond the meter solutions. In this stimulating environment he acquired technical, commercial and marketing skills on retail and C&I products and installations and such as HVAC systems, heating systems, lighting, UPS, power line broadband solutions and many other similar. He dealt with solar thermal, solar PV and mini wind solutions having the possibility to scout worldwide market and selecting more innovative and competitive solutions. In those years a special passion for solar PV arose in him, entering in contact with the main stakeholders of the market, being part of solar association at national and European level, having the opportunity to cover specific roles and to be co-author of several articles and publications. In 2011 he joined Enel Green Power, moving to large utility scale renewable plants. He had the opportunity to head the Solar PV design unit and after the entire engineering unit at global level, taking care of 100 GW+ design of renewable plants worldwide. In 2019 he took care of the construction of wind, solar and BESS plants in Europe for almost 2 GW. In addition, from 2015 he had the opportunity to be part of Global Sustainable Energy Partnership alliance (GSEP) as project committee responsible for ENEL and from 2018 lecturer in Open Africa Power Enel Foundation initiative. On September 2022 he left ENEL and began to collaborate with several organizations as renewable energy and power sector expert. From October 2022 he currently works in Res4Africa Foundation coordinating its numerous training and capacity building initiatives and as Senior Fellow for ENEL Foundation.

Dario holds a Master degree in Industrial Engineering focusing on Energy and Sustainability Management. He has previous experience in strategy consulting with Deloitte Consulting and various roles as Originator General Manager at Danske Commodities. He currently coordinates the Energy Market Taskforce at the Italian Wind Association (ANEV). Dario has contributed to establishing ONE’s European leadership in PPA Transaction advisory, having supported generators in over 5 GW of market parity transactions from inception to closing.

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 is a recognized expert in the energy markets. She works in support of numerous strategic investment initiatives, business planning, trading optimization, risk management and analysis, contract negotiations, legal and antitrust procedures, regulatory and institutional affairs. She coordinates the E-Innovation Committee (in the 2019-2020 PPA Committee), an initiative aimed at evaluating the sustainability of investments in the energy transition and developing policy proposals, and is involved in numerous projects dedicated to innovative business models for renewables and electrical storage. She is an electrical engineer and adjunct professor of "Energy Markets and Supply Structure" at the engineering faculty of the University of Pavia. From April 2018 to June 2021 she was the Chief Executive Officer of REF-E.

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.

Founder and current President of ITALIA SOLARE, the Italian solar association. He has been a pioneer of photovoltaics since the early 1990s. In 2001, he founded Enerpoint, one of the leading companies in the sector. Today Rocco Viscontini manages Enerpoint's photovoltaic systems and collaborates as a strategic consultant for some of the most significant and innovative international photovoltaic companies.

Giuseppe Mastropieri is a highly experienced technical advisor in the energy sector, specialising in renewable energy and utility investments. He has participated in over 400 projects worth more than €6 billion and totalling 5GW of power since 2005. Mastropieri is the managing partner and founder of REA Srl Reliable Energy Advisors and REM Srl Reliable Energy Management. He is also CEO of GreenGo Srl, a platform focused on developing green energy projects in Italy and selected MENA countries. Mastropieri holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering and is a contract professor at the University of Bologna. He is an expert evaluator for European and Italian energy programs and has served as a board member of AssoRinnovabili, now merged into Elettricità Futura. Additionally, he provides consultancy services in energy-related litigations and transaction disputes.

Matteo Riccieri has been immersed in the renewables sector since the inception of his professional journey, gaining valuable experience in the development, construction, and operation of large-scale projects supported by international investors. With a comprehensive yet meticulous approach, Matteo navigates projects and deals within the renewable energy domain, recognizing the need to satisfy diverse stakeholders with varying profiles. His proficiency stems from extensive knowledge of technologies, energy markets, and a sound understanding of the technical, financial, and regulatory aspects inherent in the industry. Boasting over a decade of experience in renewables, particularly in solar PV and wind, Matteo has dedicated more than three years to energy origination and trading, encompassing power pool and green certificates markets. His impressive track record is marked by successful management of multi-megawatt projects, from their early stages through operational phases to eventual sale.

Mechanical Engineer with more than 20 years of strong experience in the energy sector.Founder and Director of EGO Group (www.ego.energy), leader in the Italian renewable energy market (>3'000 MW despatched). Board Member of Elettricità Futura and Italia Solare Associations. Entrepreneur in the energy sector since 2005, previously employed in Ansaldo Energia (1997-2001) and Axpo (2001-2005).

With over 10 years of experience in the energy sector, Marco Pellegrino has worked as a trader of energy commodities, an energy consultant specializing in energy management, risk, and trading areas, and as a portfolio manager overseeing energy market exposure. Currently, at Obton, he is responsible for monitoring, managing, and optimizing the company's exposure to the energy market.

Zhou You, Senior Power Originator at DXT Commodities, a leading Swiss energy trading company active in Europe with 3.5GW of renewable portfolio. She has 15 years of working experience in the energy industry, covering different roles between business development, sales and origination. In DXT she covers all activities related to renewable assets, including off-taking, route-to-market, PPA, and storage/flexibility projects. Her tasks also include the identification of new business opportunities to pursue in line with the company’s business strategy. Ms Zhou has a business and economics background and has an Executive MBA degree from SDA Bocconi.

With a degree in law and over 20 years of international experience in the renewable energy and energy-related projects sector, Alessandro Migliorini is a manager who combines experience and a deep understanding of the energy market and dynamics with a multidisciplinary and problem-solving approach. Furthermore, he has a deep understanding of the peculiarities of the renewables scenarios and of the local Italian territory where, for ten years, he has been in charge of the development of European Energy, a Danish operator active in various international markets. Among the various projects handled by Migliorini is the realization in 2020 of Italy's record single-connection photovoltaic park.

Luca Romano, born 1988, rose to prominence in the last 3 years as the main nuclear and energy influencer in Italy. He holds a MS degree in Physics and a Post Graduate Master in Science Communication. His social networks, where he posts news and commentaries about the energy world, have more than half a million combined followers. He regularly cooperates with the most advanced institutions doing research in nuclear technologies (including, but not limited to, ITER, Eurofusion, ENEA) as well as advanced nuclear companies like Newcleo, Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp. and Westinghouse. Luca combines his educational activities with his own education, as he is working towards a Ph.D in Industrial Engineering at the University of Rome - Tor Vergata, where he focuses his research on numerical simulations for radiological and nuclear emergencies.

Since Paolo entered the PV sector in 2005, he has been actively promoting and supporting renewable energies. In 2020 he joined SolarEdge as Business Development Manager, tutoring, nurturing and developing SolarEdge's multi-faceted customers’ base across Italy. Paolo is a passionate engineer believing PV is key for a forward-looking energy transition.

Nicola Kopij Zanin is an Independent Consultant at Solarplaza. He covers the role of Chief Financial Officer at Solartech, a Polish-based solar & storage EPC, development & investment company. Nicola holds a bachelor's degree in Economics and Business from LUISS University in Rome, a Master's degree in Finance & Investments from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and has obtained the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Level 1 Certificate.