Day 1 - Plenary
Track:
Day 1 - Plenary
9:45AM - 10:30AM
Keynote Panel: Developing a Bankable German BESS Project in 2027 and Beyond
Germany’s storage market is widely viewed as the most liquid and flexible market in Europe. However, big policy hurdles and uncertainties remain, leaving an overwhelming development landscape. Grid congestion, grid connection fee reform, curtailment constraints and more.
• How can the industry scale the German BESS market without harming revenue access?
• What are the critical factors to protect German BESS bankability moving forward?
• What areas in Germany are attractive to develop, and why?
• Implications of a capacity market on German development and the criticality of the de-rating methodology
Speakers
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Coen Hutters, Energy Transition Specialist, Rabobank
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Benedikt Deuchert, Head of Business Development & Regulatory Affairs, Kyon Energy
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Senior Representative, TBC, Entrix
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Marcus Starke, Director, Energy Origination & Structured Finance, NORD/LB
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Grace Kankindi, Deputy Head of Investment Management, Aquila Capital
Track:
Day 1 - Plenary
12:00PM - 12:45PM
From Bottlenecks to Breakthrough: The Future of Flexible Connection Agreements (FCAs)
• How can the industry work together to future proof assets, avoiding bottlenecks and refining the asset connection process
• Optimising around the technical restrictions and constraints imposed through FCAs
• Finding the balance: Improving the network impact of assets whilst maintaining the BESS business case, revenue certainty & risk allocation
• What is the implication of an FCA on assets featuring tolling agreements?
• Import-export caps, ramp rate limits and ancillary service restrictions
Contracting & Structuring
Track:
Contracting & Structuring
2:20PM - 3:00PM
The Investor Perspective: What Creates a Good Investment Case in Germany?
- What are the key project fundamentals that investors, funds, banks and other financial institutions value
- What are debt & equity providers looking for in returns, asset stability and longevity
- What are the truly bankable revenue streams?
- What makes a developer stand out to investors from a crowded market?
- What does the investment case look like for increasingly popular longer duration systems?
Track:
Contracting & Structuring
3:00PM - 3:20PM
Structuring Bankable Agreements in a Volatile and Changing Market
Sponsor
Track:
Contracting & Structuring
3:50PM - 4:35PM
Flexibility Purchase Agreements: The New Golden Standard for Bankability
Speakers
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Martin Daronnat, Head of Flexibility and Structured Origination, ENGIE Germany
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Johannes Muller, Head of Structuring & Origination, Lichtblick
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Lisa McDermott, Managing Director, Head of Energy Transition Project Finance, ABN AMRO Bank
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Max von Hausen, Regional Lead for PPA & BESS Transactions, DACH, Pexapark
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Lena Lehmeier, Head of Origination, Germany, Return Energy
Market Design & Grid
Track:
Market Design & Grid
2:20PM - 3:00PM
Germany’s Inertia Market: Early Insights and Grid-Forming Solutions
• What has been the early thoughts on the first 8 months of Germany’s inertia market?
• How can inverters support developers in improving frequency response?
• Meeting VDE FNN standards for grid-forming inverters: delivering synthetic inertia
Contracting & Structuring
Track:
Contracting & Structuring
4:35PM - 5:10PM
FPAs & Beyond: The Tolling Handover Blueprint
Following the previous panel looking at why FPAs unlock financing, this session dives into the future of FPAs and how they actually work in practice from the point of execution. From physical control of single assets to portfolio-level virtual structures, this explores the technical mechanics, risk management, trading, and the evolution of FPAs in Germany’s battery market.
- Physical, virtual, full, partial, DA swaps and more, how will the varying structures evolve in the context of Germany?
- How do FPAs integrate with Battery Management Systems and optimisation software to manage flexibility?
Day 1 - Plenary
Track:
Day 1 - Plenary
5:15PM - 7:15PM
Batteries & Beers: Networking Drinks Reception
Join us for drinks, deal talk and new connections: the key conversations that matter most often happen after the agenda ends.
Asset Management
Track:
Asset Management
9:30AM - 10:15AM
Future Planning: Managing the Impact of FCAs & Operational Rules for Assets
- Optimisation strategy around dynamic grid tariffs
- Ensuring performance & availability under fast evolving German grid rules
Track:
Asset Management
10:35AM - 11:10AM
Protecting BESS Assets: Developing Strong Warranty Agreements
- What do lenders and equity providers review in warranty agreements?
- What are the typical red flags in due diligence?
Optimising Portfolios & Technology
Track:
Optimising Portfolios & Technology
9:30AM - 10:15AM
Battle of the Bidders: What is the Future for German BESS Optimisation?
- The future of fully merchant BESS models: how will the volatile merchant cash flows be financed moving forward?
- How has the day ahead market’s shift to 15-minute settlement benefited the merchant case and wider flexibility?
- Anticipating and combatting price spread cannibalisation
- Managing multi-market optimisation: creating value between DA & ID and attacking the upside
- How can AI & software integration improve trading opportunity in Germany?
Track:
Optimising Portfolios & Technology
10:35AM - 11:10AM
Portfolio Optimisation: Balancing Scale, Borders & Co-Location
- Strategies for cross-technology portfolios: co-location trading plans
- Geographical trading dynamics and cross border bidding strategies
- Does scale win in Germany?
- The LDES shift: how does longer duration change trading strategy?
Day 2 - Plenary
Asset Management
Track:
Asset Management
12:00PM - 12:20PM
Live Interview: Lessons from Early German Battery Asset Management
This live interview session will take a leading German developer/asset owner to discuss the key real-world insights on early asset management experience.
Optimising Portfolios & Technology
Track:
Optimising Portfolios & Technology
12:00PM - 12:40PM
Technology Choices in Germany
- How has procurement strategy evolved in Germany, is lithium ?
- What impact will the European Commission’s Industrial Accelerator Act have on procurement?
- Cybersecurity considerations in line with technology choices
- Future proofing assets for ancillary services
- How should developers be considering duration in the German market?
Track:
Optimising Portfolios & Technology
12:40PM - 1:00PM
Green Inertia for Hybrid Solutions
Sponsor
Day 2 - Plenary
Track:
Day 2 - Plenary
2:00PM - 2:45PM
Co-Location: Is BESS the Lifeline for German Renewable Assets?
The evolving German storage market is to incorporate project readiness, maturity and co-location as key aspects for improving grid access priority. However, how can BESS unlock the revenue needed to support renewable assets currently struggling. Co-location for BESS will remain a critical part of the storage market in Germany as this panel will dive into.
- How can BESS support Germany’s solar revenue cannibalisation and capture rate decline problem?
- Hybrid PPAs
- Will CapEx and grid access benefits sustain for future BESS co-location?
- Will grey merchant & EU innovation tender setups continue to be the most popular option?
- Utilising negative price periods for beneficial BESS charging costs
- Improving grid queue connection in the proposed maturity-based connection process
Track:
Day 2 - Plenary
2:45PM - 3:25PM
Powering German Data Centres: Meeting the Demand Growth in Germany
Germany's National Data Centre Strategy launched in March this year, which aims to double data centre capacity and quadruple AI-specific capacity by 2030. This is a key demand signal for renewables and specifically BESS in Germany.
- Promoting BESS as an additional buffer and active energy manager, supporting Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) & Netzersatzanlagen (NEA) required for data centres
- Delivering data centre growth in key areas like Frankfurt/Rhine-Main during times of limited grid capacity and long connection timelines
- Integrating renewables, improving efficiency, and aligning with evolving German regulatory frameworks for storage
3:25PM - 3:30PM
