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5-6 March 2019Renaissance Fort Lauderdale, USA

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2019 Speakers Include

Laura Walter, Senior Lead Economist, PJM Interconnection

Gary Dorris, CEO & Co-Founder, Ascend Analytics

Steve Cummings, Director, Sensors Business Unit, Nexceris

Camron Barati, Senior Analyst, Solar & Energy Storage, IHS Markit

Reid Capalino, Principal, Aligned Intermediary

Joshua Rogol, Vice President of Energy Storage, Strata Solar

Lorraine Akiba, President/CEO, Hawaii Public Utilities Commission

Joan Fang, Senior Associate, Private Debt Group, Ares Management

Michael Pantelogianis, Co-Head of Power, North America, Investec

Patricia Gomez, Energy Resilience Program, Miami-Dade County

Richard Dovere, Managing Member, C2 Energy Capital

Brian Schmidly, CEO, Rio Grande Solar

Antonio Barbalho, Practice Manager, Latin America Energy, World Bank

Herwig Ragossnig, Head of Business Development for Latin America, NEC Energy Solutions

Dario Morales, Director, Chilean Association of Renewable Energies and Storage (ACERA)

Lynn Tabernacki, Deputy Vice President, SME Finance and Head, of Global Energy, OPIC

Carlos Carranza, Director Project Development, North America Development Bank

Rodrigo Vasquez, Energy Program Advisor, GIZ Energia

Jan Ahlen, Director, Distributed Generation & Energy Storage, Business & Technology Strategies, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

Dr. Sonja Glavaski, Program Director, ARPA-E

Thomas Byrne, Chief Executive Officer, CleanCapital

Randolph Mann, President, esVOLTA

Eric S. Graber-Lopez, President, BlueWave Solar

Senior Representative, ACORE

Marc D. Montalvo, President, DAYMARK ENERGY ADVISORS

Michael Lumbley, COO, Alternative Resource Group

Angelina Galiteva, Board of Governors CAISO & Founder and Board Chair, Renewables 100 Policy Institute


Agenda at a GlanceDAY ONE: TUESDAY 5 MARCH 2019

DAY TWO: WEDNESDAY 6 MARCH 2019

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STREAM ONE: ENERGY STORAGE AMERICAS STREAM TWO: ISLAND RENEWABLES

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POLICY FOR STORAGE PUERTO RICO: RAPID DEVELOPMENT & MICROGRIDSSTATE OF THE GRID: NORTH AMERICA DEVELOPING MICROGRID PROJECTS

STATE OF THE GRID FROM SOUTHERN COUNTRIES LEVELIZED COST OF ENERGYNETWORKING LUNCH BREAK

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TECHNOLOGY SHOWDOWN: BEYOND LITHIUM INVESTING IN ISLANDED PROJECTS: WHERE IS CAPITAL COMING FROM?

PROJECT CASE STUDIES BUILDING A SUPPLY CHAININTERGRATING RENEWABLES AND STORAGE COMMERCIAL STORAGE & MICROGRIDS: WHAT IS POWER

RELIABILITY WORTH TO A CUSTOMER?NETWORKING DRINKS RECEPTION

NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES

MEET: 1-2-1 meetings

RAISE MONEY AND FIND PARTNERS: Our shark tank session and dedicated capital raising sessions will connect you with venture capital, seed investors, debt, equity, tax equity and investment, you will also be able to meet development banks, credit enhancement agencies, insurers and bond providers

RELAX OVER A DRINK: our evening drinks reception is an informal chance to strengthen relationships

GALA DINNER

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HOW UTILITIES ARE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE WAVE OF ENERGY STORAGE MARKET STATISTICS

HOW CAN STORAGE PROJECTS BE FINANCED? IN DEPTH MAP OF EACH PROJECT PHASE CENTRAL AMERICA

THE FINANCIAL CONCERNS OF NEW MARKETS LATIN AMERICANETWORKING LUNCH BREAK

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ENSURING POWER QUALITY STORAGE MARKETS IN NORTH AMERICASTORAGE AND TECHNOLOGY: AI, BLOCKCHAIN

AND THE FUTURE OF ENERGY STORAGE ELECTRIC VEHICLES

CORPORATE ENERGY BUYERS MYTHBUSTERS INTEGRATING RENEWABLES AND STORAGE


08:00 REGISTRATION & COFFEE

STREAM ONEENERGY STORAGE AMERICAS

09:00 POLICY FOR STORAGE: IS IT HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION? • Storage as a strategic asset for governments and utilities to improve resilience • Rate structures and their design to encourage behind the meter storage • Establishing a framework for growth and investment • Review of RFPs, PPAs, grants, and incentives in the market • Comparing agreements and contracts - what’s currently working to drive the industry forward? • Who owns, or should own, assets? Confirmed: ACORE Confirmed: Patricia Gomez, Energy Resilience Program, Miami-Dade County

10:00 HOW ARE ISOS/RTOS ACCOMMODATING STORAGE? • Age of infrastructure • Areas of investment • Key targets for storage and renewable • Complimentary modernization plans Laura Walter, Senior Lead Economist, PJM Interconnection

11:00 NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK

11:30 STATE OF THE GRID FROM SOUTHERN COUNTRIES • Age of infrastructure • Areas of investment • Key targets for storage and renewables • Complimentary modernization plans • Ownership of assets

Day One: Tuesday 5th March 201908:00 REGISTRATION & COFFEE

STREAM TWOMARKET UPDATES

09:00 MARKET STATISTICS • The latest news on auctions, project announcements, and other development news • What can we expect for 2019 & 2020 • Where storage is currently being installed • What it’s being used for: behind the meter and in front of the meter Camron Barati, Senior Analyst, Solar & Energy Storage, IHS Markit

10:00 CENTRAL AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN A discussion of opportunities in Central America & Caribbean • Miami, Florida • Jamaica • Dominican Republic • Bahamas

11:00 NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK & ONE TO ONE MEETINGS

12:00 STORAGE MARKETS IN LATIN AMERICA • Brazil: new government incentives in Brazil • Chile: will political stability compensate for an increasingly saturated market? • Peru: many new developments announced, rural-electric • Costa Rica, Colombia, Mexico - what are the differences in developing in Central America vs. South America? • Barriers for energy storage, why is it not growing faster • What are the limiting factors? • Where are the most promising applications? • What can storage do in the region to increase renewable energy? • Increase grid reliability


STREAM ONE 12:00 LEVELIZED COST OF ENERGY WITH BATTERY STORAGE Gary Dorris, CEO & Co-Founder, Ascend Analytics


2:00 SAFETY IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS • Viewpoint from long term investors: what do we need to find comfort in a project? • Perspective of a potential commercial host for a project: how do we look at battery storage and the need to limit business interruption • How are networks assessing health and safety concerns in densely populated locations? • How effective has the storage industry been at engaging with local emergency response departments? Steve Cummings, Director, Sensors Business Unit, Nexceris

2:30 TECHNOLOGY SHOWDOWN: BEYOND LITHIUM • Flow batteries • Pumped Hydro • Superconductors • Thermal • V2G • Comparing battery technology by client use • Scale • Use • Ruggedness • Customer: (utility, commercial, residential) Pecha Kucha presentations. This fast presentation style was devised in Tokyo in 2003 and involves a simple presentation format where speakers show 20 images, each for 20 seconds. The images advance automatically and speakers talk along with the images. Think elevator pitch combined with karaoke.


STREAM TWO Brian Schmidly, CEO, Rio Grande Solar Confirmed: Dario Morales, Director, Chilean Association of Renewable Energies and Storage (ACERA) Antonio Barbalho, Practice Manager, Latin America Energy, World Bank Herwig Ragossnig, Head of Business Development for Latin America, NEC Energy Solutions


2:00 WHAT ARE INVESTORS LOOKING FOR IN LATAM? • The benefits of investing in off-grid project • Comparing competitive energy prices: Caribbean vs. LATAM • Finding the right partners: what do you look for in developers? • Integrating into utility grids vs. rugged projects • Developing markets: differences of investing in India, Africa, and LATAM Confirmed: Lynn Tabernacki, Deputy Vice President, SME Finance and Head, of Global Energy, OPIC

3:00 ELECTRIC VEHICLES: EV INFRASTRUCTURE • Infrastructure from the perspective of RTOs/ISOs • Critical power: the infrastructure needs to work • Catalysing the EV transition: a view from the supply chain • What’s the real value of charging networks? • Expectations of the private sector • Plugging EVs into the power network – how are each country’s networks and power industries evolving?



STREAM TWO 4:00 ADVANCES IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES & BATTERIES • What are OEMs rolling out in 2018 and 19? • Ensuring your own strategy matches advances in vehicles • How battery technology is maturing • Expected range developments • New chemistries and investment in R&D from the big battery manufacturers

5:30 DRINKS AND PANEL DISCUSSION: HOW DO WE ENCOURAGE MORE WOMEN INTO THE INDUSTRY?

STREAM ONE 4:00 INTERGRATING RENEWABLES AND STORAGE • Compatibility • Standardization • Many technologies? • Are all renewable or other generation compatible? All same costs? Which ones have higher savings? Confirmed: Angelina Galiteva, Board of Governors CAISO & Founder and Board Chair, Ren 100 Policy Institute

5:00 PROJECT CASE STUDIES • Commercial and industrial • Micro grids • Vehicle to grid • Utility scale



Day Two: Wednesday 6th March 2019STREAM ONE

FINANCING STORAGE PROJECTS

09:00 HOW UTILITIES ARE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE WAVE OF ENERGY STORAGE • Utility clients: providing scale with energy storage • How to target large, replicable systems • The challenge of high load clients: industrial, mining, factories

10:00 HOW CAN STORAGE PROJECTS BE FINANCED? IN DEPTH MAP OF EACH PROJECT PHASE • A developers’ point of view • The risks a bank will and will not take • Project development phases - when to bring in additional financing • Trust the big guys, European expertise • Technology no track record - how much risk can a bank take? • Where in a project stage are you most comfortable investing? • What do you need in a PPA contract to invest? %gains? • Are falling energy costs good or bad for investors? Banks? Reid Capalino, Principal, Aligned Intermediary Joshua Rogol, Vice President of Energy Storage, Strata Solar Joan Fang, Senior Associate, Private Debt Group, Ares Management Michael Pantelogianis, Co-Head of Power, North America, Investec

11:00 NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK & ONE TO ONE MEETINGS

11:30 HOW ARE CORPORATE CLIENTS APPROACING STORAGE? • The pathway to a decision: are we seeing more clients who already have PV turn to storage or are there other drivers? • What part is storage playing for clients in terms of a wider self-generation policy? • Storage and electric vehicle charging points – is this a driver for solar carports? • How are projects being funded and what deal structures are emerging? Richard Dovere, Managing Member, C2 Energy Capital

STREAM TWO 09:00 PUERTO RICO: RAPID DEVELOPMENT & MICROGRIDS

09:30 CASE STUDIES FROM HAWAII • Powerpak II project with Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative • Essentially: how the islands achieved self-sufficient through battery storage • The challenges they still have, review of outages

10:00 DEVELOPING MICROGRID PROJECTS • What are the timelines to successful development of projects? • Are microgrid projects more robust than traditional power plants? • How could microgrids be deployed to support transmission and distribution? • Rapid deployment in emergency situations and rapid redeployment during times of rebuilding


11:30 LEVELISED COST OF ENERGY FOR MICROGRIDS • Comparison of project costs with traditional fuels with consideration to: • Import costs • Health and social impact • Jobs and skills development • Environmental protection • In terms of cost of energy; how long will it take to hit grid parity for different technologies?


STREAM ONE 12:30 PROVIDING CAPITAL TO NEW MARKETS • How to bring financing to a fledging industry? • How to overcome the financing hurdle to and expand • How to have expertise in control systems in LATAM • The challenge of rural project financing • Innovative payment schemes • Lack of infrastructure: getting the technology there (transport) • O&M: the challenge of maintenance in rural space Carlos Carranza, Director Project Development, North America Development Bank


2:00 LOOKING AHEAD: A FUTURE HYDROGEN ECONOMY? • The next step in decarbonization: electrifying everything from engines to manufacturing plants with hydrogen • Bringing versatility to the renewable energy market • How to get to economies of scale? • Backup generation: from EV to energy storage • Fuel cell batteries in EV: why you should be filling up your tank with hydrogen Rodrigo Vasquez, Energy Program Advisor, GIZ Energia

STREAM TWO 12:00 KEYNOTE UPDATE FROM THE MALDIVES: HOW TO EFFECTIVELY MOBILIZE FUNDING FOR RENEWABLES • IPCC’s report highlights urgency - what can we do differently to speed up financing? • Where is funding coming from? Working with private institutional investors, grants, aid, and global banks • International cooperation: motivating countries to take on clean energy projects • What do investors and governments need to make a decision?


2:00 INVESTING IN ISLANDED PROJECTS: WHERE IS CAPITAL COMING FROM? • How donor agencies are investing – what mandates do they have in this space? • Identifying the donors active in each region • Private equity view on the most attractive markets • Debt and cost of finance • Infrastructure funds active in the space • For organisations providing capital, what are their criteria? • Ideal project size and technology mix • Grid and utility connected or commercial and industrial off-takers? • Investment into companies or projects? • What’s the balance of private and public money? • Is crowdfunding viable?

3:00 BUILDING A SUPPLY CHAIN • Mapping the supply chain: where would equipment be shipped from? • Cost of shipping: how would locations affect this?



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STREAM ONE 3:00 STORAGE AND TECHNOLOGY: AI, BLOCKCHAIN AND THE FUTURE OF ENERGY STORAGE • Blockchain • Data • Smart grids • Internet of things Dr. Sonja Glavaski, Program Director, ARPA-E


4:00 CORPORATE ENERGY BUYERS: MYTHBUSTERS • State of the Art? The concerns with Lithium Ion Technology • Hazardous materials • Explosive? • Results vs. promises • Technology is only just leaving the demo/testing phase • Technology is only beginning to be commercialized • First projects are only just coming online • Not a lot of actual experience and testing, only hypothesis • Life span & disposal


STREAM TWO 4:00 COMMERCIAL STORAGE & MICROGRIDS: WHAT IS POWER RELIABILITY WORTH TO A CUSTOMER? • What’s reliability worth to the customer? Battery reliability and transmission reliability • Does it justify the expense of energy storage? (initial and future expenses) • Commercial customer • Heating and cooling • Hospital • Emergency response The opportunity of commercial microgrids • Data centers • Remote energy • Aid • Hospitals • Emergency response • Analysis: cryo-lab disaster • NGOs

5:00 DEVELOPER CASE STUDIES • Find out where delivered projects are located and how developers: • Secured capital • Secured land and permits • Secured an off-taker • Assessed and chose their components • Establishing good working relationships with local stakeholders


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