Welcome & Introduction: Financing Utility-Scale Storage: Where is Equity Heading Next, and Where Does Debt Belong?

Julian Jansen and Michael Schreiber discuss energy security, grid stability and the robustness of the European electricity grid

Peter Fritzen, CFO & Co-Founder, Green-Y Energy AG

The pressing need to mitigate the impact of climate change and to deal with the ongoing energy crisis requires a new regulatory framework in Europe. This is why the European Commission has presented a legislative proposal for the adaptation of the EU Electricity Market Design in Q1 2023. But how would this new framework impact the energy storage market? How would the provision of flexibility be encouraged? How would existing entry barriers for energy storage be further reduced? In this panel, representatives from the EU, utilities, IPPs and storage providers will be discussing whether the new market design is suitable for incentivizing both the necessary energy storage installations and ideas for future improvements.