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Mastering PPAs and Battery Optimisation Deals

Become the PPA and BESS route-to-market expert in your organisation

  • Aim of the course

    This course aims to set you up for success as the go-to PPA and BESS expert in your organisation. It will help you to improve your deal structuring acumen for PPAs including PPAs for stand alone and co-located BESS projects. You'll learn the best approaches for project valuation and gain an in-depth understanding of the BESS optimiser landscape in Europe.

  • You’ll walk away with

    You will walk away with actionable insights into key European trends and a solid understanding of different BESS PPA structures and commercial terms for both co-located and stand alone renewable energy projects. You'll also get a comprehensive understanding of BESS offtake structures and gain new connections from across the energy industry.

  • Who should attend this course?

    This course takes place the day before E-World and is designed for anyone navigating the complexities of PPAs and battery storage. This is an advanced course for senior managers and decision makers wanting to gain clarity on BESS valuation, BESS and PPA contract structuring and the latest European market and energy storage trends.

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“The PPA experts of Pexapark distinguished themselves through their deep knowledge of the matters and rich experience in energy trading."

Heiko Ruland CFA. Senior Portfolio Manager, Vice President at Allianz Global Investors GmbH

Your Energy Storage Academy Teachers

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Ann Cocquyt

Director & Regional Lead - PPA & BESS Transactions

Ann has more than 15 years of industry experience, since she was originating structured power & gas contracts for tier-1 utilities before joining Pexapark. Covering both the short- and long-term spectrum, she can advise on BESS optimisation contracts, PPAs and tolling agreements, as well general energy risk management strategies.
Ann brings hands-on knowledge from Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and France, and successfully closed both up- and down-stream wind and solar PPAs, and is looking into BESS opportunities in Germany.

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Robert Hudson

Lead Energy Storage Advisor

Rob has over 17 years experience in the UK energy industry. Prior to joining Pexapark, Rob spent 4 years working on BESS projects at E.ON playing key roles in BESS buy-side M&A transactions in the UK and Germany and leading the structuring and negotiation of BESS offtake agreements.
Rob has also worked to develop demand-side response services for major corporate energy supply and PPA customers at npower.

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Karolina Hartzell

Head of Quant Advisory

Karolina has 8 years of experience in the energy risk management field.
Prior to joining Pexapark, Karolina worked 3 years for the Market Risk Management team in Axpo Trading in Warsaw and Madrid office, providing support to Origination and Trading desk, analysing P&L and quantifying risks.
Karolina holds a Bachelor in Finance and Master in Advanced Analytics from the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH). She also holds a title of a Certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM) accredited by Global Association of Risk Professionals (CQF)

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Emma Romei

Quant Analyst

Emma joined Pexapark in 2022 and she works as advisor to support non-standard Quant analytics. Her focus is conducting quantitative analyses for various types of advisory mandates, evaluating the key risk measures of assets and portfolios under different hedging structures, and including the assessment of co-located, as well as standalone, BESS projects.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is battery storage?

    Battery storage, also known as battery energy storage systems (BESS) is a type of electrical energy storage system (EESS). In this course we discuss short duration storage technologies such as Li-Ion batteries and Flow batteries.

  • How can energy storage increase the value of your project?

    Having energy storage allows renewable power producers the flexibility to shape their generation profile and deliver energy to the grid when it is the most valuable.. With co-located energy storage, producers can mitigate the effects of price cannibalisation or de-risk their market exposure under various types of PPAs. However success is only possible with the optimal energy storage configuration and price modelling.

  • What are participants of this course typically interested in?

    Delegates attending this course often want to understand how to build up an investment case for a standalone energy storage project or understand how energy storage can improve the value of their PPAs.

    They may be looking at how to integrate PPAs and battery offtake agreements or investigate the different ways to structure battery offtake and route to market agreements to support project financing.

    Finally, delegates may be looking to better understand the landscape for battery optimisers in Germany and Europe.