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Alberto Paturzo

Partner, Head of Southern Europe

Bluefield

Alberto Paturzo is head of Southern Europe of Bluefield Group, Country Director for Italy and Spain and Managing Director of Bluefield Revive Italia I. With advisory, investment and finance experience since 2000, and energy and renewables experience from 2005, alongside his career Alberto was involved in 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, Netherland and in the UK. Alberto has served as 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.

Panel discussion

European solar M&A has entered a harder phase. Portfolio scale is up. Margins are down. Assumptions baked into deals no longer hold. This panel looks at how asset owners, investors, and acquirers are approaching M&A in 2026, what no longer clears investment committees, and how valuation, risk, and deal structure are shifting as solar behaves more like infrastructure than growth equity.

  • Why headline MW still trade, but quality, grid position, and revenue shape matter more
  • What buyers now discount heavily. Curtailment exposure, merchant risk, grid upgrades, and retrofit capex
  • How earn-outs, deferred consideration, and asset rotation replace clean exits
  • The impact of refinancing pressure and higher rates on sell decisions
  • When M&A creates value and when organic optimisation wins
  • Why storage optionality increasingly influences acquisition logic