Solar Finance & Investment Europe Summit 2027
1 February 2027 – 2 February 2027
The Tower Hotel, London, United Kingdom
Solar & Storage Finance Europe Summit is a two-day conference at The Tower Hotel in London that connects solar and storage project developers with capital. The programme runs across three streams (Capital & Investment, Commercialisation and Connection Hub) covering investment flows, revenue models and financing structures for hybrid assets, grid connections and curated networking formats such as capital matchmaking and roundtables. The organiser describes the 2027 edition as an evolution of the Solar Finance & Investment Europe Summit, with a sharper focus on integrated solar and storage.
39 sessions · 82 speakers
Organiser (1)
Sponsors (2)
Speakers (82)
- Molly Green Senior Reporter, Solar Power Portal
- Guy Lavarack Chief Investment Officer, Luminous Energy
- Sonia Dunlop CEO, Global Solar Council
- Julia Gubar Investment Director, Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust
- Karthik Panicker Project Finance Associate Director, Metlen Group
- Priit Lepasepp CEO & Founder, Sunly
- Rosalind Smith-maxwell Senior Director, Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners
- Martin Oravec M&A and Structured Finance Director, RP Global
- Chema Zabala Managing Director, Alantra Energy Transition
- Bart White MD Global Head of Energy Structured Finance, Santander
- David Maguire CEO and Founder, BNRG Renewables
- JP Casey Section Editor, PV Tech
- Lisa McDermott Managing Director, Head of Energy Transition Project Financing, ABN AMRO
- Mehmet Energin Chief Commercial Officer, OX2
- Alejandra Pérez-Pla Director, Business Development, Global Capital Finance
- Jeremy Wessel VP Securitised Products, Barclays
- Monika Paplaczyk Investment Director, Thrive Renewables
- Bob Psaradellis CEO, Island Green Power
- Shane Power Director Investments, NTR
- Toby Virno Associate Director, Foresight Group
- James Phillips Vice President, Energy, Brookfield
- Mark Augustenborg Ødum Co-Founder and Chief Financial Officer, Better Energy
- Scott Burrows Founder and Director, Eden Sustainable Power
- Kate Tuohy Head of Sustainable Energy and Infrastructure, Bank of Ireland
- Severin Hiller Partner & Co-Head of Credit, Qualitas Energy
- Abraham Morales CBDO, Opdenergy
- Alberto Paturzo Managing Director, Bluefield Partners LLP
- Alex O’Cinneide CEO, Gore Street Capital
- Alexander Elliott Associate, Investment Analysis & Strategy, Cubico Sustainable Investments
- Anthony Doherty Chief Investment Officer, NTR
- Bekir Sami Acar Managing Director, Claritas Investments
- Declan Cullinane Managing Director, Amarenco
- Dr. Jessimiela Usidame Procurement leader, Elgin Energy
- Franjo Salic Chief Investment Officer, CEE Group
- Gauri Kasbekar-Shah Head of Project Finance UK, Middle East and Africa, Siemens Bank
- Georgi Pulev COO, Toki Power
- Gianluca Boccanera Global Managing Director, Starlight Energy
- Giovanni Terranova Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Bluefield Partners LLP
- Grace Kankindi Deputy Head of Investment Management, Aquila Clean Energy EMEA
- Holger Bang VP, Global Head of Investor & Partnership Management, European Energy
- Isabel Rodriguez De Rivera Managing Director Clean Energy Investments, Head of Platform Financing Europe, Nuveen Infrastructure
- Jean-Baptiste Casedevant Director of Operations, Terapolis
- Jordi Lopez Francesch Managing Director of Asset management, Nuveen Infrastructure
- Justin FitzHugh Group CFO, Telis Energy
- Karin Kaiser Managing Director, Encavis Portfolio Management GmbH
- Kevni Iljazovski General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer, Blue Power Partners
- Kostas Nikolopoulos CEO, Akereos Capital
- Lee Adams Chief Commercial Officer, Enviromena
- Lennart van Walsum Director EMEIA & Americas, Global Solar Council
- Manus O’Donnell Co-Founder & CFO, Aer Soleir
- Marco Wedemeier Managing Director, Danske Bank
- Maria Di Marzio Senior Director, Specialist Project Finance Renewable Energy, BayernLB
- Mathilde Ketoff Managing Partner and CIO, Renalfa solarpro group
- Mayokun Fowler Operating Partner & Asset Management Director, Octopus Energy Generation
- Meishi Tan Head of PPA and Structured Origination, Q Energy
- Miguel Ángel García Mascuñán Chief Financial Officer, Sonnedix
- Niels Jakeman Head of Energy Origination, Structured Finance Europe, NORD/LB
- Nikolaj Holtet Hoff CEO, Nordic Solar A/S
- Olivia Eijking Director, Kreen Energy
- Otto Jager CFO (Managing Director), Ib Vogt
- Peer Piske Managing Partner, Alantra Solar
- Romain Py Partner - Head of Investments, Arjun Investments
- Roman Londner Managing Director | Infrastructure, Eiffel Investment Group
- Roy Franco Founder & Managing Partner, Energile
- Sarah Lane Managing Director, Denham Capital Management
- Sergio Arbelaez Managing Director, Head of Europe & Latam, Matrix Renewables
- Shannon O'Connell Co-Founder & CEO, Stora Energy
- Tarun Agrawal CEO, AMPYR Solar Europe
- Ted Cliffe Senior Vice President, Quinbrook
- Tony Wright Chief Financial Officer, Apatura
- Vassilis Zorbas Managing Director, Entricity
- Shashank Gupta Investment Director, AMPYR Solar Europe
- Benjamin Le Baut Investment Director, RGREEN INVEST
- Carlos Rey Micolau Partner, Foresight
- Eric Bjonerud Managing Director – MAM Green Investments, Macquire
- Kai Rintala Managing Director, Taaleri Energia Funds Management Ltd
- Kate Covill Managing Director, ILOS Energy
- Lucas Pegoraro Country Head of UK, Cubico Sustainable Investments
- Nunzia Pignataro Investment Manager, Bluefield Partners LLP
- Olena Reznik Investment Director, Mirova
- Patrick Lemcke-Braselmann Co-CEO, aream Group SE
- Tiffany Duvert Directrice Transactions Europe, RWE Renewables
Agenda
- Welcome Address from Producer 2 February 2027
- Opening Address Solar & Storage Finance Summit Europe Chair 2 February 2027
- Europe's Energy Transition Balance Sheet: The State of Solar and Storage Investment in 2027 2 February 2027
- Europe’s Post-2030 Renewable Energy Framework: What It Means for Solar, Storage and Investment 2 February 2027
- Technology that improves bankability 2 February 2027
- Capital Matchmaking: One-on-One Sessions with Leading European Lenders 2 February 2027
- Building Solar & BESS in Action 2 February 2027
- Can European Solar and Storage Still Deliver Investor Returns? 2 February 2027
- Building Bankable Revenue Models for Hybrid Assets 2 February 2027
- The New Insurance Market for Merchant Revenue Risk 2 February 2027
- Unlocking Grid Connections: Europe's Biggest Bottleneck 2 February 2027
- Cannibalisation Economics: Rebuilding the Solar Revenue Case 2 February 2027
- On stage interview: Hybrid by Design: Why Generation, Storage and Trading Belong Under One Roof 2 February 2027
- CEO Roundtable: Re-Engineering Corporate Value Amidst the Consolidation Wave 2 February 2027
- State Support vs. Merchant Risk: Evaluating the Future of European Renewable Auctions 2 February 2027
- Scene Setter: European Solar and Storage Fundraising: What Are LPs Looking For in 2027? 2 February 2027
- European Solar and Storage Fundraising: What Are LPs Looking For in 2027? 2 February 2027
- Italian Solar and Storage Investment: MACSE, FER-X, and the Next Growth Cycle 2 February 2027
- Portfolio-Level Financing: Unlocking Scale and Diversifying Merchant Risk 2 February 2027
- Quick fire interview: From Solar Farms to Energy Assets: Commercialising Hybrid Projects 2 February 2027
- Flexibility, Electrification and Data Centres: Can New Demand Rebuild Solar Economics? 2 February 2027
- Investor and Developer Meet & Greet 2 February 2027
- Private Credit and Alternative Capital: Financing the Next Phase of Solar and Storage 2 February 2027
- Negotiating PPAs for Future Hybridisation - Pricing the Unknown 2 February 2027
- Germany Solar and Storage Investment: Scale, Saturation and the Storage Response 2 February 2027
- What makes a project financeable in 2027 3 February 2027
- Investment Roundtables: Where Is Capital Moving Across Europe? 3 February 2027
- Retrofitting and Operational Storage: How Are Asset Owners Protecting Project Revenues? 3 February 2027
- The Corporate PPA Crunch: Navigating Off-taker Liquidity and Credit Risk 3 February 2027
- Merchant Risk in Solar and Storage: How Much Revenue Uncertainty Can Investors Accept? 3 February 2027
- Financing the Revenue Stack: How Are Lenders Sizing Debt Against Solar and Storage? 3 February 2027
- FUND roundtable closed-door discussion 3 February 2027
- Distributed Solar and C&I Portfolios: Unlocking Yield Behind the Meter 3 February 2027
- European Interconnectors: Can Cross-Border Grids Unlock More Solar and Storage Investment? 3 February 2027
- Spain Solar and Storage Investment: Can Flexibility Fix a Saturated Market? 3 February 2027
- Agrivoltaics in Europe 3 February 2027
- Active Management Is the Edge: How Direct, Value-Add Capital Is Reshaping European Solar & Storage 3 February 2027
- Supply Chains, Security and Project Economics 3 February 2027
- Investing in European Solar and Storage: A Global Capital Perspective 3 February 2027