2026 Agenda

Europe is adding record levels of solar, but critical storage buildout is lagging behind. As curtailment risk rises and flexibility markets mature unevenly, what will it take to close the storage gap? Examine the economics, regulation, and capital flows needed to scale storage at pace with solar deployment.

• What’s holding back deployment – policy, permitting, or financing?
• How hybrid solar+storage projects stack up against standalone BESS in value creation.
• Investor perspective: what derisks storage as a mainstream asset class?

As projects scale into multi-GW portfolios, EPC execution is under pressure to deliver speed without sacrificing quality or resilience. How are developers and contractors re-thinking design, procurement, and delivery. From integrating digital tools and modular construction, to smarter supplier strategies to optimise efficiency, ROI, and long-term reliability.

Results and ROI lessons from integrated assets.

Exploring AI, digital twins, and predictive engineering tools for smarter project delivery.

How evolving policy instruments and corporate demand are reshaping project bankability and financing models.

As Europe transitions to fully market-driven renewables, developers and investors face unprecedented exposure to wholesale price volatility, curtailment risk, and evolving market design.
Explore new approaches to securing reliable cashflows through innovative financing, contracting, and risk-management strategies.

With geopolitical tensions, shipping disruption, and raw-material volatility testing the resilience of solar supply chains, how are procurement processes evolving? Is current EU legislation doing enough to ensure sustainable sourcing? And is there a credible path to achieving low-carbon, transparent solar manufacturing in Europe?

Grid access has become the defining constraint on Europe’s solar growth. As connection queues lengthen and curtailment risks rise, developers are rethinking project design, hybridisation, and revenue models. This session explores how new grid planning rules, storage integration, and flexible connection agreements are reshaping the economics of large-scale solar.

• Developments in digital grid management, flexibility markets, and dynamic connections
• How regulators are responding – mapping reforms in grid allocation and capacity rights across the continent
• Pricing grid risk into asset valuations

As merchant exposure rises and flexibility markets evolve, co-locating storage with solar is no longer optional – it’s a financial necessity. But designing hybrid projects that truly capture multiple revenue streams is complex.
This workshop gives developers, investors, and EPCs a hands-on look at how to model and optimise solar + storage assets for maximum value across energy, capacity, and ancillary markets.

From Iberia to the Nordics, developers are finding opportunity in Europe’s interconnected grid – the world’s largest. How are cross-border cooperation, interconnection capacity, and hybrid project design already unlocking growth and new revenue streams?

From baseload solar to contracts tailored to corporate buyers – new models for long-term revenue certainty.

As solar assets become smarter and more connected, they’re becoming prime targets for cyber attacks and system-level disruption. With digital resilience, data governance, and system-level security becoming mission-critical for investors and operators alike, how are businesses adapting?

Opportunities and risks in Poland, Romania, Hungary and the Balkans as permitting reforms open gigawatt-scale potential.

How to balance cost with reliability, performance guarantees, and digital monitoring in long-term service contracts.

Agri-PV, solar-storage, and wind-solar-storage integration in practice.

Extreme weather events – from heatwaves to hailstorms – are becoming a major operational and financial risk for solar portfolios across Europe.

How can developers, asset owners, manufacturers, and insurers work together to build and operate climate-resilient projects? From design and component choice to post-damage assessment and insurance claims, identify best practices to reduce exposure and accelerate recovery.

• Understand how climate risk is evolving across Europe’s solar regions
• Learn what can be done during development and operations to mitigate extreme-weather impacts
• Explore how insurers and financiers assess weather-related risk