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Renewables M&A conference

Increasing M&A activity is crucial to increasing investment into the renewables sector and reaching the $500+bn annual level that both the IEA (International Energy Agency) and BNEF (Bloomberg New Energy Finance) state is the minimum amount required to avert serious climate change of higher than 2°c.

In-depth Insight from Investors and Developers:

• Ignacio Estella, Director of Business Origination, Iberdrola
• Thierry Lepercq, President, Solairedirect
• Gonzalo Onzain, Head of M&A, Gamesa
• Javier Huergo Cruzado, Chief Investment Officer, Fotowatio Renewable Ventures
• Erich Becker, Partner, Zouk Capital
• David Tilstone, Managing Director, Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets
• Jean-Marc Bally, General Partner, Aster Capital
• Tavraj Banga, Director, Terra Firma
• Christopher Mansfield, Head of Renewable Energy, DIF
• Giovanni Terranova, Founding Partner, Bluefield LLP

For the full list of confirmed speakers, please click here

Key Challenges to Increasing Renewable Energy Institutional Investment

• Scale & Liquidity: Project aggregation and scaling renewables into €0.5-1bn bonds that are at high enough volumes to provide liquidity
• Achieving Investment Grade: Public private partnership to take risk and novelty out of deals
• De-risking Investments: Public sector and insurance can combine to take more risk out
• Fund Green Banks: and stop development banks lending to the fossil fuel sector
• Tax Incentives: Incentive investment through tax breaks to climate and renewables funds
• Economic Political Arguments: Renewables provide jobs, help boost domestic economies. Renewables need to unite and use PR to heavily pressure politicians and win the public argument.

Key Topics at Renewables M&A Include: Trends and Drivers in Renewables M&A Structuring Finance Developer Roundtable Valuation & Pricing Due Diligence & Minimising Risk Market Case Studies: Solar; Wind; Bioenergy; Smart Grid & Energy Efficiency

As both institutional investors and strategic investors expand their exposure to renewables projects and technologies this key event will bring together key players from the buy and sell side looking at the burgeoning renewable secondary market. Minimise your risk in renewable energy investment and learn best practice from some of the key global experts.

As part of the world’s leading renewable energy event organiser, Renewables M&A will offer:

• 5 focused sessions on structuring M&A deals, valuation, due diligence and the sector focus perspectives
• 1 full day of networking opportunities
• 12+ presentations from senior level decision makers
• In conjunction with Bioenergy Finance Forum
  

"We are expecting the demand for wind and solar power to continue to grow in the future, and we expect to continue to expand our investment in this growing sector"
Allianz Specialised Investments (Allianz has 1.3 billion euros invested in renewable energy, 658 MW in 34 wind farms and 74MW in 7 solar parks)

Agenda at a glance

	18 September	19 September	20 September
Bioenergy Finance Forum	Green Power Academy: Introduction to the Economics of Biomass	Conference Day: Bioenergy Finance Forum
Renewables M&A Conference	Green Power Academy: Introduction to the Economics of Biomass		Conference Day: Renewable M&A Conference

If you are interested in getting involved with Renewables M&A Conference 2012, as a speaker, sponsor, partner or delegate or have any questions, please contact the Event Director on the details below.

Hannah Yates
Renewables M&A Conference Event Director
Green Power Conferences

T: +44 (0)203 384 6216
E: hannah.yates@greenpowerconferences.com

Twitter: @hannahgpc
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