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Recording of Wednesday, June 19, 2024 | The smarter E Europe Conferences 2024 | Conference Program | Language: - | Duration: 00:00 .

Speaker

Sonia Dunlop
CEO
Global Solar Council
United Kingdom

Talk of session: Shaping the Solar Landscape: Female Visionaries on Project Funding for PV

Despite the global exponential growth of solar power, challenges currently loom large — from soaring debt costs to dwindling capture prices and escalating curtailment rates. These hurdles threaten to impede deployment growth in the urgent race to triple renewables installation by 2030. The pressure for innovative solutions and rapid action is high, and financing is key. Our session will therefore convene investors, developers and financing institutions to analyze key issues and explore new perspectives on solar finance, with the aim of driving the realization of a sustainable and prosperous future through advanced solar initiatives. Topics will include:

1. Assessing financing conditions for solar power plants
2. Analyzing the impact of policy shifts on PV project financing
3. Strategizing to enhance solar project financing

This panel discussion is organized by the Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft (BSW-Solar) in cooperation with the Women Energize Women (WEW) initiative. Women Energize Women (#womenenergize) is a campaign for the global empowerment of women in the energy sector by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK). It is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) within the scope of BMWK's global project Bilateral Climate and Energy Partnerships and Dialogues. (https://www.womenenergize.org/)

Further Talks of this session:

Welcome & Introduction

Speaker

Katarzyna Rezza Vega
Head of Women Energize Women
German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ) GmbH
Madagascar

To Talk

Regulatory Conditions for Sustainable Financing in Europe

Speaker

Tsvetelina Kuzmanova
Senior Policy Advisor
E3G -Third Generation Environmentalism
Belgium

To Talk

Funding and Developing Solar Power Plants- Economic Factors and Challenges

Speaker

Dr. Konstanze Kinne
Head of Treasury Aquila Clean Energy EMEA
Aquila Capital
The Netherlands

To Talk

Panel Discussion

Speaker

Rosa Tarragó
Investment Director
EBG compleo GmbH
Germany

Rethabile Melamu
CEO
South African Photovoltaic Industry Association
South Africa

Tsvetelina Kuzmanova
Senior Policy Advisor
E3G -Third Generation Environmentalism
Belgium

Dr. Konstanze Kinne
Head of Treasury Aquila Clean Energy EMEA
Aquila Capital
The Netherlands

To Talk

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