European Power Investment Summit 2026

Alex Cipolla

Senior Research Analyst, Energy Storage

Wood Mackenzie

Alex is a senior analyst on the Wood Mackenzie global energy storage team, focused on the European storage markets. He joined Wood Mackenzie in 2025, bringing more than seven years of experience in the battery field. Earlier in his career, Alex gained experience working in battery startups and founded his own, focused on battery data analytics and modeling. He also served as program director at Volta Foundation, fostering networking and knowledge share in the battery industry.

Nancy Lu Wang

Investment Director

Octopus Energy Generation

Nancy Wang is an Investment Director at Octopus Energy Generation, the generation arm of the Octopus Energy Group. Since joining Octopus, Nancy has led the investment strategy in solar, onshore wind and battery storage for GB, the largest market for the company, and more recently, spearheaded the development and implementation of the company’s co-investment and SMA strategy, building partnerships with large institutional investors on larger transactions. With 16 years of experience in the infrastructure and energy space in multiple regions and across both equity and debt, Nancy started her career in investment banking M&A advisory in Asia in energy and mining industry. She also had a long tenure working at the International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank focusing on energy and infra debt and equity transactions in the Middle East and Africa region prior to joining Octopus. Nancy is a strong believer and advocate for using technology and innovation to build a more agile, flexible and accessible energy system adapted to a low carbon future, and passionate about supporting the economic development and climate adaptation of emerging markets.

Anna Darmani

Principal Analyst, Energy Storage EMEA

Wood Mackenzie

Anna is a principal analyst on our global energy storage team, focused on the European, Middle East and African storage markets. She joined Wood Mackenzie in 2021, bringing more than seven years of energy industry experience. Earlier in her career, Anna worked at EIT InnoEnergy, developing innovation and technology roadmaps and contributing to several EU research and advisory projects. She was one of the founding members of the European Battery Alliance.

Hari Chandra

Global Co-head of Power, Energy and Infrastructure

Cantor Fitzgerald

Tim Welton

Head of Power & Renewables Research

Wood Mackenzie

Tim joined the Power and Renewables Research team in 2019, leading the team responsible for Wood Mackenzie’s wind, solar, energy storage and power market research offerings in EMEARC, as part of Wood Mackenzie’s Energy Transition Practice. Tim joined Wood Mackenzie in 2007 as an analyst in the LNG research team, Tim subsequently led the European Gas & Power research team and was responsible for the delivery of regional market analysis feeding into Wood Mackenzie’s suite of gas, power and energy market offerings. Tim has extensive experience in developing new research offerings including LNG corporate analysis and European gas & power markets. From 2016 to 2019, Tim worked in Wood Mackenzie’s consulting team as Regional Consulting Group Manager for EMEARC – with a focus on resourcing, recruitment and driving the development of the regional consulting practice in line with its commercial and strategic goals Prior to joining Woodmac, Tim spent over 4 years at National Grid in a variety of regulatory, commercial and project delivery roles across its gas and electricity transmission businesses. Tim has a first class degree in Economics from the University of Birmingham.

Bartholomew White

Managing Director, European Head of Energy Structured Finance

Santander

Xizhou Zhou

Executive Vice President, Head of Power and Renewables

Wood Mackenzie

Xizhou Zhou is the Global Head of Power and Renewables at Wood Mackenzie, responsible for the strategic vision, commercial growth, and operational excellence of the Power & Renewables business segment. His leadership is underpinned by two decades of deep industry knowledge, spanning electric power and clean energy markets, with expertise in research and forecasting, asset valuation, market design, policy analysis, and business strategy. By leveraging Wood Mackenzie’s comprehensive power and renewables capabilities, combined with interconnected data and research across the broader energy and natural resources sector, Xizhou and his team provide world-class, integrated solutions to help customers with strategic planning, capital allocation, power trading and energy management, as well as supply chain optimization and procurement. Before joining Wood Mackenzie in 2024, Xizhou was Vice President at S&P Global Commodity Insights, where he successfully led the integration of the power and renewables practices following the IHS Markit merger. Before the merger, he spearheaded the strategic expansion of IHS Markit's research and consulting presence in Asia, establishing new teams in Beijing, Brisbane, Delhi, Penang, Seoul, Singapore, and Tokyo, driving significant growth of the firm’s gas, power, and renewables business in the region. Xizhou's career also includes positions at Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA), Industrial Economics, Inc., and the World Resources Institute. He holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Environmental Management, both from Yale University. He is based in Washington, D.C.

Isaac Garcia Moreno

Executive Director

BW ESS

Isaac Garcia Moreno is an Executive Director at BW ESS, a global energy storage developer, owner and operator delivering market leading projects. He leads the sourcing and development of new investment opportunities, supporting the company’s rapid growth and international expansion. Isaac has over 20 years of experience in the renewable energy industry. Before joining BW ESS, he was Head of Solar and Storage at OX2, where he drove the ramp up of the Solar portfolio and played a key role in establishing new markets. He previously served as Regional Managing Director and Executive Committee member at Alten Energías Renovables, overseeing strategy, development, and commercial execution across multiple regions.

Oliver McHugh

Senior EV Charging Research Analyst

Wood Mackenzie

Oliver leads coverage of the EV charging infrastructure eco-system for global markets. He brings a rigorous approach to research with a focus on clean mobility, modelling and analytics. He is responsible for conducting analyses on the electric vehicle charging market globally, with a focus on North America. He supports research on the competitive market landscape and business models while maintaining relationships with EV charging infrastructure developers, aggregators, utilities, the public sector and other e-mobility stakeholders. Oliver is passionate about providing insights on the E-mobility market through critical assessment of business models and data scrutiny.

Dan Eager

Research Director, Europe Power & Renewables

Wood Mackenzie

Dan is a specialist in power market investment and dispatch modelling, and a regular contributor to our European market insight reports. He has more than seven years of experience in consulting, covering policy, regulation, market modelling and provision of advisory services to public and private sector participants in the power sector. Dan joined Wood Mackenzie in 2018 from Energy Markets and Regulatory Consultants (EMRC) where he was a managing consultant. Earlier in his career he was senior modeller on a wholesale electricity least-cost dispatch model delivered to the Scottish Government. He has also provided modelling of correlated fuel commodity prices for the Department of Energy and Climate Change (now BEIS).

Rishab Shrestha

Principal Analyst, Europe Power

Wood Mackenzie

Rishab is a principal analyst at Wood Mackenzie, focusing on European power and renewables markets. He is currently involved in power dispatch modelling of key European markets. He regularly contributes insights for the European Power & Renewable service and helps clients navigate the energy transition. Rishab has spent the over five years looking into power and renewable market dynamics across the world. He led power modelling efforts and forecasting project economics of various generation technologies. He previously guided solar market research for across the globe for producing databases, reports and insights. Before joining Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables, Rishab worked as a solar market analyst at GTM Research & MAKE Consulting. At MAKE, he helped the company kick start its solar research product offerings. He also has experience working with cleantech start-ups in the UK and India. He earned his master’s degree in the Sustainable Energy Futures program at Imperial College London, UK. He is based out of Aarhus, Denmark Office.

Rohit Kumar

Director for EV, Energy Storage, and Battery Value Chain

Standard Chartered

Rohit is the Director for EV, Energy Storage, and Battery value chain at Standard Chartered, working within Investment Banking and Transition Finance. They are responsible for the origination and execution of both financing and M&A activities, bringing a wealth of experience to the table. Prior to this, they held roles at Johnson Matthey in corporate strategy for Battery Materials and in commercial roles for Battery Recycling in the UK. Rohit has also worked in strategy and operations for Bosch Mobility Solutions across China and India, and has consulting experience within the EV, Energy, and Battery sector.

Harald Överholm

co-Founder & Chairman

Alight

Dr Harald Overholm is founder and chairman of Alight. He led the company as CEO until December 2024, in which time he scaled the company to have assets and a presence across Europe. Under his leadership, Alight became the Nordic solar leader and pioneered new means of financing large-scale solar for major corporate customers. He took his PhD at Cambridge and prior to Alight, Harald worked in venture capital.

John Behan

CEO

AMPYR Distributed Energy

Rory McCarthy

Vice President, Head of Power & Renewables Consulting EMEA

Wood Mackenzie

Rory leads Wood Mackenzie’s Power & Renewables Consulting team for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. With over 15 years’ experience as an analyst and consultant focused on clean power technologies, Rory is a recognised expert in power system flexibility and energy storage. His career includes roles at Ofgem, the UK energy regulator, and in commercial asset portfolio development at a growth-stage power technology company. Rory advises clients on growth strategy, transactions, commercial due diligence, and market entry. Recent projects include: Portfolio due diligence & valuation – Iberian wind, solar, storage, hydro assets valued at ~$700M Capital raise due diligence – for a BESS integrator’s global expansion including full entity valuation and market assessment. CCGT buy-side due diligence – on assets exceeding $2B in value for both utility and fund investors. Strategic acquisition due diligence – advising a major energy company on the purchase of a global IPP with >15 GW operational capacity and a significant pipeline including networks and renewables manufacturing. BESS revenue optimisation & valuation – customised model build-out to support commercial due diligence across global markets. Emerging market investment fund strategy development – assisting various funds understand and target low carbon opportunities to support Africa’s energy transition. Equity Traded Fund development and management – working with a leading ETF provider to build out a basket of power, renewables, storage and energy transition metals focused funds leading to AUM of ~$450M Corporate strategy development – for a major European renewable IPP, covering opportunity prioritisation, capability mapping, peer review, and recommendations subsequently adopted into core strategy. Rory holds an MSc in Environmental Technology & Energy Policy from Imperial College London and a BSc in Computation from the University of Manchester. He is based in Wood Mackenzie’s Edinburgh office.

Peter Osbaldstone

Research Director, Europe Power

Wood Mackenzie

Peter is a research director with more than a decade’s experience in European power and renewables markets. Peter joined Wood Mackenzie in 2007 as a senior power markets analyst, before moving into a role as product manager for our European Gas & Power Service. He took up the role of research director in 2015. Before joining the business, Peter was at National Grid in the UK, leading the production of long-term power generation and energy demand analysis. He has also held market forecasting, transmission network planning and commercial roles in the UK gas industry.

Giovanni Terranova

Managing Partner and Co-Founder

Bluefield Partners

Giovanni Terranova, co-founder and managing partner of Bluefield, brings extensive expertise in energy finance. His career spans banking, advisory services, and private equity since 2000, with a dedicated focus on energy and renewables since 2005. Giovanni has participated in the funding of c.€9.1 billion of energy transactions globally. He has served as board member of various solar energy companies in Italy, France, Netherlands and the UK. During his career, he has been involved in more than €1.9 billion UK and European solar energy transactions. Giovanni has played a leading role in BSIF (Bluefield Solar Income Fund) strategy since its IPO, with a focus on portfolio management, portfolio financing and investment. Giovanni’s exposure to solar energy dates back to 1998 when working at the Italian energy agency ENEA. Giovanni has as MBA from Luiss School of Management, Rome, and an MSc in Power Engineering.

John Wernvik

Chief External Relations & Sustainability Officer

EcoDataCenter

Mayokun Fowler

Associate Director, Asset Management

Octopus Energy Generation