Renewable & Storage Forum |

8th Renewable & Storage Forum, an enerypress event, at the InterContinental, October 21 and 22, 2026

At a pivotal moment for the green energy sector in both Greece and Europe, with energy storage emerging as the decisive factor shaping the future of energy transition investments, the energypress team is announcing the organization of the Renewable & Storage Forum for the eighth consecutive year. The forum stands as the largest, most representative, and most influential event dedicated to Renewable Energy and Energy Storage.

The conference will take place on October 21 and 22, 2026, at the InterContinental Athens (89-93 Syggrou Avenue), in the Athenaeum Ballroom, the largest single conference venue in Athens, offering even greater opportunities for an impactful and productive event for both sponsors and participants.

The Renewable & Storage Forum is the meeting point for the entire business and investment community of Greece and the wider southeast Europe region, political leaders, the management of regulatory authorities, organizations and system operators, the academic community, and energy professionals.

As every year, the forum will be livestreamed in both Greek and English through energypress, affiliated websites, and social media channels.

This year, for the first time, a dedicated B2B meeting area will be introduced, enabling participants to arrange personalized business meetings through a special electronic application.

Over the course of the two-day conference, specialized speakers and participants will explore and seek answers to the most pressing questions surrounding the energy crisis, renewable energy, and energy storage, including:

What will be the consequences of the energy crisis for Europe's path toward a green energy transition?
How can the major challenges affecting both existing projects and new investment plans, caused by electricity grid saturation and the mismatch between electricity generation and demand, be overcome?
What is the optimal balance that will enable batteries to provide a solution to today's deadlock, and what will be the future role of the different renewable energy technologies?
How can the "sleeping giant" of self-production and self-consumption be unlocked to strengthen industrial competitiveness and improve consumer resilience?
How easy is it today to finance green investment projects, and through which financing tools?
What are the latest technological developments in Wind, Solar, Storage, Transmission, Hydrogen, and green gases?

Featured Speakers

Stavros Papastavrou

Minister for Environment & Energy

Nicolaos Tsafos

Deputy Minister for Environment & Energy

Despoina Paliarouta

Secretary General for Energy & Mineral Resources

Dimitris Fourlaris

Vice-President & Energy Sector BoD Chairman, Regulatory Authority for Energy, Waste and Water

Tinne Van der Straeten

CEO at Wind Europe

Konstantinos Mavros

Group Deputy CEO, PPC SA | CEO, PPC Renewables

Giannis Papadopoulos

Founding Partner, Head of Infrastructure & Green Transition, EOS Capital Partners

Aristotelis Chantavas

CEO at TERNA ENERGY

Victor Papaconstantinou

CEO, MORE (Motor Oil Renewable Energy)

Prof. Pantelis Capros

Professor of Energy Economics, National Technical University of Athens

Prof. Stavros Papathanassiou

National Technical University of Athens

Prof. Pantelis Mpiskas

Professor, Aristotle University of Thessalonik

Dr. Manos Manousakis

Chairman & CEO, Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO)

Anastasios Manos

CEO Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator (HEDNO)

Aris Stefatos

CEO of the Hellenic Hydrocarbons and Energy Resources Management Company (HEREMA)

Anastasia Riga

Chairwoman, RES market operator (DAPEEP)

Dimosthenis Voivontas

CEO, Renewable Energy Sources Operator & Guarantees of Origin

Alexandros Papageorgiou

CEO, EnExGroup

Ioannis Margaris

Deputy Chairman and Chief Technology, System Planning and Strategy Officer, IPTO (Independent Power Transmission Operator)

Antonis Metaxas

Professor at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Chairman at the Hellenic Energy Regulation Institute

Panagiotis Ladakakos

President, Hellenic Wind Energy Association

Panagiotis Mourtopallas

President, Hellenic Association of PV Companies (HELAPCO)

Stelios Loumakis,

President Hellenic Association of Photovoltaic Energy Producers

Apostolos Panos

President, Hellenic Association of Energy Storage Systems (HAESS)

Panagiotis Papastamatiou

CEO, Hellenic Wind Energy Association

Sotiris Kapellos

Chief Executive Officer, HELLENiQ ENERGY, and Deputy Chairman at ESSAIE

Giannis Karydas

CEO at the Renewables and Battery Storage Business Unit, Copelouzos Group

Dimos Sapidis

Managing Director Siemens Smart Infrastructure and Mobility Greece

Nikolaos Kolyvodiakos

General Manager at ENERTA

Thalia Valkouma

President & CEO, FARIA ENERGY

Leonidas Kikareas

Senior Key Account Manager, SUNGROW

Dimitris Varlamis

Senior Sales Manager (Utility BESS) - Southern Europe and Turkey, Jinko

Nasos Plainos

Country Manager, Hellas & Cyprus, Longi

Dimitris Triantafyllopoulos

HELLENIC HYDROGEN

Panel moderator:

Yannis Vougioukalis, Partner, Deals & Strategy, Energy Industry, PwC

Ioannis Stefanou

Partner and Head of the Energy Department at Grant Thornton Greece

Evangelos Gazis

Head of South Eastern Europe, Aurora Energy Research

Alexandros Makrysopoulos

Head of EMO, WSP