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Solar & Energy Storage Summit 2023
June 21 - 22, 2023
8:00 上午 - 5:00 下午 PT
In-Person Event | San Francisco, CA
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Mapping a growth strategy for solar and storage industries in the context of the IRA
2023 Agenda Themes:
- The Inflation Reduction Act and the US solar and storage sector
- Alternatives for end-of-life solar projects: decommissioning, recycling, and repowering
- How have PPAs changed post-IRA?
- Strategies for nurturing a thriving domestic manufacturing sector
- How are corporate customers influencing solar plus storage demand in the US?
- Evolving battery technologies
- Sustainability in energy storage: reuse and recycling
Tickets & Fees:
In-person tickets only, no virtual attendance option
- Early bird - wave one: $995 (ends March 17)
- Early bird - wave two: $1,295 (ends April 14)
- Final Fee: $1,695
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View 2022 Post-Event Report
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250+
Attendees
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100+
Companies
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14+
Hours of Content
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12
Outlook Sessions & Panels
Solar & Energy Storage Summit 2022
Official Association Partner
Past Speakers
Key industry leaders who joined us in 2022
Past Attendees
Baywa r.e., Mitsubishi Electric, Hanwha QCells, PV Tech, Samsung SDI, Soltec, Clean Energy Associates, SEIA, Clearway Energy Group, ESS Inc., 8minute Energy, 174 Power Global, Redaptive, Nautilus Solar, Scout Clean Energy, Silicon Ranch Corp, PXiSE Energy Solutions, Nextracker, Ameresco, Canadian Solar, Ampt, AES Clean Energy, Pivot Energy, SPAN, SDG&E, Sungrow, CohnReznick, Goldman Sachs, Enel X, Mosaic, General Motors, Sunrun, Lightsource bp, U.S. DOE, Schneider Electric, and more.
2023 Featured Speakers
Meet and hear from leading experts, helping you make smarter business decisions and develop your long-term strategy. Discover insightful case studies and learn from businesses leaders about current challenges and their solutions, presented by Wood Mackenzie research and guest speakers
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Wood Mackenzie
Michelle Davis
Principal Analyst, Distributed Solar
Wood Mackenzie
Sagar Chopra
Research Analyst
Wood Mackenzie
Sylvia Leyva Martinez
Senior Analyst, North America Utility-Scale Solar
Wood Mackenzie
Caitlin Connelly
Research Analyst
Wood Mackenzie
Zoë Gaston
Principal Analyst
Wood Mackenzie
Aaron Marks
Senior Analyst
Wood Mackenzie
Vanessa Witte
Senior Analyst, US Front of the Meter Storage
Wood Mackenzie
Matthew Sahd
Research Analyst
Wood Mackenzie
Annie Rabi Bernard
Research Analyst
Wood Mackenzie
Chris Seiple
Vice Chairman, Energy Transition and Power & Renewables
Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
Abigail Hopper
President & CEO
Heliene
Martin Pochtaruk
President
Dividend Finance
Eric White
Founder
Wood Mackenzie
Erin Carroll
Senior Vice President, Supply Chain Consulting
Norton Rose Fulbright
Keith Martin
Co-Head of Projects, United States
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Agenda
9:00 上午
PT
9:00 上午 - 9:10 上午
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Chris Seiple
Vice Chairman, Energy Transition and Power & Renewables
Wood Mackenzie
9:10 上午
PT
9:10 上午 - 9:30 上午
Wood Mackenzie Presentation: The US solar outlook one year on from the IRA
Michelle Davis
Principal Analyst, Distributed Solar
Wood Mackenzie
9:30 上午
PT
9:30 上午 - 10:00 上午
Regulatory panel:
Continuing to build a productive policy environment for solar and energy storage as we move forward with the transition
The IRA has proved a major boon to the transition to a clean energy future and will have a transformative impact on the US solar and energy storage sectors. Beyond the IRA, what other policies will be vital? This panel will discuss how policy can further drive the goals of transition through incentives and funding, net metering and interconnection, streamlined permitting and regulatory processes, grid modernization, research and development, and collaboration and education.
Chris Seiple
Vice Chairman, Energy Transition and Power & Renewables
Wood Mackenzie
Abigail Hopper
President & CEO
Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
10:00 上午
PT
10:00 上午 - 10:30 上午
Keynote Address: How have PPA’s changed post-IRA?
An examination of the innovative offtake structures characterizing the solar sector in the wake of the Inflation Reduction Act. The Investment Tax Credit (ITC) extension has created a window of opportunity for solar developers and customers to take advantage of the full 26% ITC, which has increased demand for solar PPAs and provided much needed certainty for developers and investors, allowing them to plan their projects with greater confidence. The ITC extension has also had a positive impact on energy storage PPAs expanding the eligibility of energy storage to include any renewable energy source and increasing the overall competitiveness of energy storage projects, making them more attractive to customers and investors. This session will discuss the impact of the IRA on the competitiveness for solar and storage PPAs.
10:45 上午
PT
10:45 上午 - 11:15 上午
Coffee & Networking
11:15 上午
PT
11:15 上午 - 12:00 下午
Panel: Growth and outlook for US-based solar manufacturing
In the wake of the IRA, US-based solar manufacturing is poised for a comeback. The Biden administration has signalled a commitment to strengthening US manufacturing and reducing dependence on foreign suppliers, particularly in strategic sectors like renewable energy. In addition, potential new tariffs on solar panels imported from China and other countries have made US-made panels more competitive. Although several US-based companies have recently announced plans to invest in new solar manufacturing facilities, there are also challenges including the high costs of land, labor, and energy in the United States making it difficult for manufacturers to compete with lower-cost producers in Asia. In addition, the highly integrated nature of the global supply chain for solar manufacturing presents challenges to sourcing all the necessary components from US-based suppliers. This session will explore the potential for a wide scale, thriving US solar and storage manufacturing sector.
Sylvia Leyva Martinez
Senior Analyst, North America Utility-Scale Solar
Wood Mackenzie
Martin Pochtaruk
President
Heliene
12:00 下午
PT
12:00 下午 - 12:45 下午
Panel: Trends in residential solar finance
Residential solar finance in the United States has undergone significant changes in recent years with a marked increase in the availability of solar loans providing homeowners with an alternative to leasing or purchasing solar panels outright and a corresponding decline in third-party ownership. Though solar leases have remained popular in certain markets how has the emergence of solar PACE financing in some states changed consumer behaviours and how are homeowners leveraging home equity loans to optimize costs?
Eric White
Founder
Dividend Finance
Zoë Gaston
Principal Analyst
Wood Mackenzie
12:45 下午
PT
12:45 下午 - 1:45 下午
Lunch Break
1:45 下午
PT
1:45 下午 - 2:15 下午
Keynote Address:
2:15 下午
PT
2:15 下午 - 2:45 下午
Wood Mackenzie Presentation: Solar supply chain: three-year forecast
What are developers doing to convince off-takers and financiers that their supply chain approach is the right one?
Sylvia Leyva Martinez
Senior Analyst, North America Utility-Scale Solar
Wood Mackenzie
2:45 下午
PT
2:45 下午 - 3:15 下午
Wood Mackenzie Presentation: Impacts of supply chain constraints on solar system pricing & equipment
Sagar Chopra
Research Analyst
Wood Mackenzie
3:15 下午
PT
3:15 下午 - 3:45 下午
Afternoon Coffee & Networking
3:45 下午
PT
3:45 下午 - 4:15 下午
Analyst Roundtable: Guidance on the IRA for solar and energy storage
Wood Mackenzie analysts will review what we know from the latest IRS guidance on key IRA provisions and what it means for various segments of the solar and storage industries. We’ll also identify the most critical open questions that the industry is waiting on. There will be opportunities for questions from the audience on these evolving policies.
Michelle Davis
Principal Analyst, Distributed Solar
Wood Mackenzie
4:15 下午
PT
4:15 下午 - 4:30 下午
Fireside Chat:
4:30 下午
PT
4:30 下午 - 4:50 下午
Wood Mackenzie Presentation: Trends in community solar
Caitlin Connelly
Research Analyst
Wood Mackenzie
4:50 下午
PT
4:50 下午 - 5:30 下午
Panel: Solar+storage for corporate consumers
How are corporate off-takers influencing solar and storage demand in the US?
As corporate consumers strive to meet ESG and decarbonization goals, minimize operational costs and deliver resiliency in energy supply, they play an increasingly important role in driving demand for solar and storage in the United States. What are the challenges for commercial and industrial users when embarking on solar+storage projects and how can the sector better support them?
Erin Carroll
Senior Vice President, Supply Chain Consulting
Wood Mackenzie
5:30 下午
PT
5:30 下午 - 5:35 下午
Close of day one
9:00 上午
PT
9:00 上午 - 9:05 上午
Energy Storage: Opening Remarks
Chris Seiple
Vice Chairman, Energy Transition and Power & Renewables
Wood Mackenzie
9:05 上午
PT
9:05 上午 - 9:30 上午
One year on: How has the Inflation Reduction Act changed the game for storage projects in the US?
9:30 上午
PT
9:30 上午 - 10:00 上午
Panel: Identifying the best practices and overcoming challenges associated with standalone projects
Transparency is essential for a nascent industry to continue to evolve and progress as efficiently as possible. What are the common challenges and pitfalls faced by developers and how can players share knowledge and lessons to propel the industry forward? This discussion will convene developers to share best practices when addressing common pain points for project development including siting, interconnection access, fire safety, local opposition and revenue streams.
Vanessa Witte
Senior Analyst, US Front of the Meter Storage
Wood Mackenzie
10:20 上午
PT
10:20 上午 - 10:50 上午
Day 2 Coffee & Networking
11:10 上午
PT
11:10 上午 - 11:50 上午
Keynote address & Q&A
Keith Martin
Co-Head of Projects, United States
Norton Rose Fulbright
Chris Seiple
Vice Chairman, Energy Transition and Power & Renewables
Wood Mackenzie
11:20 上午
PT
11:20 上午 - 11:50 上午
Wood Mackenzie Presentation: Opportunities & challenges for long-duration energy storage technology
Rapid decarbonization of power systems will be key to meeting the 1.5°C global warming target in the Paris Agreement. However, integrating high shares of renewables such as wind and solar, given their inherently intermittent nature, raises challenges for the stability and security of power systems. Long-duration energy storage, with longer durations of 8 to approx. 100 hours, holds great promise as a low-cost solution to these challenges. This presentation studies different novel long-duration energy storage technologies, their opportunities to address needs in the future power system, issues on scaling-up and commercialization, and policy support.
11:50 上午
PT
11:50 上午 - 12:10 下午
Panel: What can storage developers do to monetise the new tax credits?
11:50 上午 - 12:30 下午
Panel Discussion: Domestic manufacturing
What is required to nurture the development of a thriving localized component supply chain?
With the IRA providing ‘irresistible’ incentives to investors, the ground is prepared for the growth of a localized energy storage component supply chain. However, how can industry collaborate, innovate and upskill the workforce in order to rise to the challenge? This panel will bring together stakeholders from the energy storage sector to discuss a blueprint for a US-based component supply chain.
Aaron Marks
Senior Analyst
Wood Mackenzie
12:10 下午
PT
12:10 下午 - 12:45 下午
Panel discussion: What is the state of financing for storage projects?
12:45 下午
PT
12:45 下午 - 1:15 下午
Storage Fireside: The expansion of long duration battery solutions
1:15 下午
PT
1:15 下午 - 2:30 下午
Day 2 Lunch
2:30 下午
PT
2:30 下午 - 3:00 下午
Panel: Identifying the optimum strategy for storage operations and maintenance
· What are the key factors that battery owners should take into account when defining an O&M strategy? · What has been the experience for those project owners pursuing an inhouse O&M strategy?
3:00 下午
PT
3:00 下午 - 3:30 下午
Panel: Sustainability in energy storage: Battery recycling and reuse
3:30 下午
PT
3:30 下午 - 4:00 下午
Day 2 - Coffee & Networking
4:00 下午
PT
4:00 下午 - 4:30 下午
Evolving battery technologies for a changing energy system
Technology advances, mineral supply chains, and demand drivers
- Long duration
- Mechanical
- Thermal
- Lithium
4:30 下午
PT
4:30 下午 - 5:00 下午
Community Solar Panel
5:00 下午
PT
5:00 下午 - 5:05 下午
Closing remarks and close of Solar & Energy Storage 2023
Speakers
Wood Mackenzie
Michelle Davis
Principal Analyst, Distributed Solar
Wood Mackenzie
Sagar Chopra
Research Analyst
Wood Mackenzie
Sylvia Leyva Martinez
Senior Analyst, North America Utility-Scale Solar
Wood Mackenzie
Caitlin Connelly
Research Analyst
Wood Mackenzie
Zoë Gaston
Principal Analyst
Wood Mackenzie
Aaron Marks
Senior Analyst
Wood Mackenzie
Vanessa Witte
Senior Analyst, US Front of the Meter Storage
Wood Mackenzie
Matthew Sahd
Research Analyst
Wood Mackenzie
Annie Rabi Bernard
Research Analyst
Wood Mackenzie
Chris Seiple
Vice Chairman, Energy Transition and Power & Renewables
Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
Abigail Hopper
President & CEO
Heliene
Martin Pochtaruk
President
Dividend Finance
Eric White
Founder
Wood Mackenzie
Erin Carroll
Senior Vice President, Supply Chain Consulting
Norton Rose Fulbright
Keith Martin
Co-Head of Projects, United States
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Eric White
Founder
Dividend Finance
Aaron Marks
Senior Analyst
Wood Mackenzie
Vanessa Witte
Senior Analyst, US Front of the Meter Storage
Wood Mackenzie
Annie Rabi Bernard
Research Analyst
Wood Mackenzie
Sagar Chopra
Research Analyst
Wood Mackenzie
Keith Martin
Co-Head of Projects, United States
Norton Rose Fulbright
Keith Martin is a deal lawyer whose principal areas of practice are tax and project finance. He acted for 204 companies last year. He also lobbies Congress and the Treasury Department on policy issues. The prestigious Chambers directory has called him a "preeminent authority on tax structurings in the US" and gives him its sole "star" ranking among US renewable energy lawyers.
Sylvia Leyva Martinez
Senior Analyst, North America Utility-Scale Solar
Wood Mackenzie
Jenny Kelly
Wood Mackenzie
Zoë Gaston
Principal Analyst
Wood Mackenzie
Michelle Davis
Principal Analyst, Distributed Solar
Wood Mackenzie
Martin Pochtaruk
President
Heliene
Erin Carroll
Senior Vice President, Supply Chain Consulting
Wood Mackenzie
Matthew Sahd
Research Analyst
Wood Mackenzie
Chris Seiple
Vice Chairman, Energy Transition and Power & Renewables
Wood Mackenzie
Chris works with the more than 150 researchers in our Energy Transition team to bring thought leadership to our research and business strategy, leveraging his more than 25 years of global power industry experience. Chris began his career as a consultant working on electric deregulation policy and strategy development at Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA), now part of IHS, where he worked first in the US on the global power team and then led the European gas and power research based in Paris, France. Chris later joined GE Energy Financial Service where as the SVP of Investment Strategy, he helped underwrite debt and equity investments in power assets. He then moved into a role managing a 2,000 MW portfolio of gas and coal assets owned by GE EFS, as well as overseeing the development and startup of Linden VFT. Chris spent the past decade leading Genscape’s power analytics, software and monitoring businesses and came to Wood Mackenzie through its acquisition of Genscape. Education Chris is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Muhlenberg College, with degrees in Russian Studies and Political Science. He also has a M.S. in Energy Management and Policy from the University of Pennsylvania and the Institut Francais du Petrole (IFP).
Caitlin Connelly
Research Analyst
Wood Mackenzie
Abigail Hopper
President & CEO
Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
Abigail Ross Hopper is the President and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association, the national trade organization for America's solar energy industries. She oversees all of SEIA's activities, including government affairs, research, communications, and industry leadership, and is focused on creating a marketplace where solar will constitute a significant percentage of America’s energy generation. Before joining SEIA, Abby served as Director of the Department of Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the Director of the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA), Energy Advisor to Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, and Deputy General Counsel with the Maryland Public Service Commission. Before embarking on a career in public service, Abby spent nine years in private practice. Abby graduated Cum Laude from the University of Maryland School of Law and earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Dartmouth College. She is the very proud mom of three children and loves to read and ride on her Peloton.