The Southern Europe Development & Finance Forum 2026 takes place on November 10, 2026, at the Four Seasons Hotel Madrid. New Project Media (NPM) organizes the one-day forum for developers, independent power producers (IPPs), investors and lenders active in Spain, Italy and the wider Southern European market. NPM reports that developers and IPPs make up 50% of attendance.
The forum covers project development, capital deployment, M&A, PPAs, grid constraints, storage and data centre demand across Southern Europe.
Programming Focus
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When will the stars align for the Spanish BESS market & what revenue streams are emerging in Italy? How close Spain is to bankable battery energy storage (BESS) projects, current revenue streams and pending regulatory drivers, offtake alternatives to MACSE and the Italian Capacity Market, and other BESS opportunities in Southern Europe
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Southern Europe Development Landscape (Iberia & Italy): new grid regulation in Spain, BESS co-location for Spanish solar operators, developing Italian solar, onshore wind and BESS projects, progress on Italian permitting, and how renewables developers can benefit from Europe's anticipated data centre roll-out
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Financing and M&A: Spanish restructurings and riding Italy's Fer-X wave: restructuring Spanish portfolios hit by power price cannibalisation, how generators and offtakers are easing strained balance sheets, remaining investment opportunities in Spain, and whether Italy's Fer-X mechanism has displaced the PPA market
- A keynote address at 1:00 PM (speaker not yet announced)
Featured Speakers
Panel 1: Spanish BESS and Italian revenue streams
- Tomás García, Head of Energy & Infrastructure Advisory, Iberia, JLL (moderator)
- Alfonso Ortal, Chief Executive Officer, Verdian Power
- Stefano Cavriani, Founder and Director, EGO Energy
- Steve Sceery, Head of Spain, Return
- Mathieu Ville, Chief Revenue Officer, Tavion
- Ben Skinner, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Actuate Energy
Panel 2: Southern Europe Development Landscape (Iberia & Italy)
- Javier Relancio, Renewables and BESS Business Development Director, Mott MacDonald (moderator)
- Javier Berriochoa, Vice President, RP Global
- Simon Kornek, Vice President, Southern European Origination, Statkraft
- Pedro Perejón, Country Manager, Spain, Renewco Power
- Marianella Chabaneau, Chief Operating Officer, Green Enesys Group
- Rafael Belda Marín, Chief Development Officer, Saeta Yield
Panel 3: Financing and M&A
- Raúl Santos, Head of Southern Europe, Green Giraffe Advisory (moderator)
- Manuel Gámez Ávila, Investment Director, Iberia, IKAV Group
- Luciana Ferro, Corporate Development Director, Bruc Energy
- Daniel Machuca Reyes, Global Head of Project Finance, Sonnedix
- José María Arzac, Partner and Co-Head of Credit, Qualitas Energy
- Carlos Mérida, Head of Structured Finance for Europe, Enfinity Global
Sponsors
2026 Event Partners: Drooms, Mott MacDonald, Green Giraffe Advisory
Who Should Attend
- Developers and independent power producers
- Investors, lenders, advisers, solution vendors and corporates
- Public utilities, ISOs, education bodies and non-profit organizations
Logistics
The event takes place at Four Seasons Hotel Madrid, Calle de Sevilla 3, 28014 Madrid, Spain. Registration and a networking breakfast open at 9:30 AM, with welcome remarks at 10:15 AM. A networking lunch and drinks start at 2:20 PM, and the conference closes at 4:30 PM.
Standard tickets are €730 plus VAT for developers and €840 plus VAT for developer partners (investors, lenders, advisers, solution vendors and corporates). Reduced rates are available by application: Startup Developer (€511), Startup Developer Partner (€629), and Public Sector & Not For Profit (€438), all plus VAT.
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