• As we continue to decarbonise and move away from centralised power plants, what energy mix do policy-setters need to enable?
• How will balancing mechanisms and incentives for balancing need to change?
• As more renewables come online, how will flexibility and storage be rewarded?
• How might power prices shift in response to these changes?
• What long-term challenges does the move to net zero pose for the grid?

• Managing merchant risk through markets is becoming a necessity. Can it also be an opportunity?  
• How do electricity markets work?  
• Short-term portfolio optimisation, long-term investment signals and risk management  
• Renewable PPAs and guarantees of origin 

• How are recent policy interventions to deal with the high electricity prices impacting renewable energy producers? 

• Have we moved beyond the eponymous duck curve (the downward trend we’ve seen in some markets to negative pricing)?
• How have renewables impacted wholesale markets – are markets ready for intermittency?
• What’s your power worth? Now and over the long term?

• Demand for PPAs is skyrocketing in the EU
• The PPA market has experienced significant increases during the last 4 quarters, why is this happening?
• Are we on a seller's or a buyer's market?
• What PPA price offer are you expecting to see throughout EU and how is this compared to the value of the PPA for the customer?

• Is the corporate offtake market for renewables really booming in Europe as some claim?
• How do off-takers view power prices changing in the short and medium term?
• How are PPA structures and tenures changing – are we ready for shorter PPAs?
• What’s the demand for debt in these new structures or will it all be infra funds?

• How has the value of ancillary services been affected by increases in intermittency?
• How are asset owners with collocated batteries improving margins?
• Trading energy with a battery

IPPs/renewable asset owners will discuss current issues in the market.

• Does the volatility of energy trading match institutional investors’ mandates when it comes to owning generation?
• How are investors viewing unsubsidised projects and merchant risk?
• The role of batteries in improving outcomes
• How will curtailment affect generators?
• How are asset owners mitigating cannibalisation - which technologies and markets are most exposed?
• How are renewable asset owners preparing for a normalisation of power prices?
• How can technology improve outcomes for asset owners?

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