Renewable & Storage Forum #7
22 - 23 October 2025
Ethniki Insurance Conference Center
(Syngrou Avenue 103-105)
AGENDA
DAY ONE 22 OCTOBER
08:00 – 09:00
ARRIVAL / REGISTRATION
09:20 – 09:30
OPENING REMARKS
09:30 – 10:00
OPENING INTERVIEW
Nikolaos Tsafos, Deputy Minister of Environment and Energy, answers questions from
journalists Thodoris Panagoulis and Giorgos Fintikakis
10:00 – 10:45
SESSION 1
Is the EU shifting its energy transition strategy? What is the new environment for
interconnections, RES and storage
Moderator: Antonis Metaxas, Professor PSPA, Chairman, Hellenic Institute for Energy
Regulation
● Viktoriya Kerelska, WindEurope
● Javier Revuelta, AFRY
● Miltos Aslanoglou, Former Vice Chairman RAAEY, Chairman Airenergy SA
● Nikos Keramidas, METLEN
● Giannis Karydas, CEO Renewables and Energy Storage, Copelouzos Group
10:45 – 11:55
SESSION 2
Awaiting storage — The RES sector facing the “hard reality” of curtailments, negative
prices, and lack of grid access — Time for decisions
PANEL
Moderator: Thodoris Panagoulis, journalist
● Despoina Paliarouta, General Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Energy
● Pantelis Kapros, Professor, NTUA
● Stavros Papathanasiou, Professor, NTUA, Project Management Lead, Ministry of
Environment and Energy
● Panagiotis Ladakakos, Chairman, ELET AEN
● Panagiotis Mourtopalas, Chairman SEF, CEO MGD Energy
● Stelios Loumakis, Chairman, SPEF
● Evangelos Kourakis, Head of Energy and Infrastructure, KOUTALIDIS LAW FIRM
12:00 – 12:10
PRESENTATION
Kostas Kavvadias, Market Lead for South East Europe, RICARDO
“Messages on the economics of storage from RICARDO’s recent modelling for the
Prospects of the Electricity Market”
12:10 – 12:25
INTERVIEW
Konstantinos Mavros, CEO PPC Renewables, in conversation with energypress editor
Thodoris Panagoulis
12:25 – 12:40
INTERVIEW
Viktor Papakonstantinou, CEO Motor Oil Renewable Energy (MORE), in conversation with
energypress editor Thodoris Panagoulis
12:40 – 12:55
INTERVIEW
Manos Manousakis, Chairman & CEO ADMIE, in conversation with journalist Giorgos
Fintikakis
13:00 – 13:50
SESSION 3
Self-generation and self-consumption: From net metering to net billing and to Zero Feed-
in — Preconditions for rapid market development
Moderator: Michalis Mastorakis, journalist
● Dimitris Tsalemis, HEDNO
● Stelios Psomas, Energy Advisor HELAPCO
● Dionysis Anargyros, Managing Director Greenvolt Next Greece
● Alexandros Giannis, Chairman & CEO, ENGAIA
● Kostas Tsirmpas, GreenSpark
13:50 – 14:00
PRESENTATION
The role and capabilities of grids and international interconnections — The new EU policy
and available resources
Nektaria Karakatsani, Advisor, Hellenic Parliament
14:00 – 14:50
LUNCH
14:55 – 15:15
SESSION 4
Offshore RES systems
Moderator: Giorgos Fintikakis, journalist
● Flora Karathanasi, Offshore Wind Development Consultant, HEREMA
● Takis Chaviaropoulos, I wind, ELETAEN
15:20 – 15:40
SESSION 5
The critical parameter of energy management for the operational and economic
optimization of RES and storage plants
PRESENTATION
● Stella Zacharia, CEO OPTIMUS ENERGY
● Juergen Mayerhofer, CEO enspired
SESSION 6
15:45 – 16:35
Viability of RES and storage plants in the new conditions — Energy Management —
Financing opportunities — Support instruments — Participation in Energy Exchange
markets
PANEL
Moderator: Michalis Mastorakis, journalist
● Manolis Kalaitzakis, Director of Strategy and Business Development, HEnEx: “The
PPA platform of the Hellenic Energy Exchange”
● Diamantis Liparos, Associate Director, Energy Project Finance, Structured Financing,
National Bank
● METLEN representative
● Giannis Roumeliotis, Key Account Manager EPC & RES, PROTASIS
● Alexandros Parlavantzas, Senior Expert Renewable Energy, TÜV NORD Greece
● Theodoros Kiakidis, Founding Partner, New Energy Partners (NEP)
SESSION 7
16:40 – 17:20
PANEL
Investment interest from foreign and domestic players — The position and role of small
domestic investors — Spatial planning and local opposition
Moderator: Christodoulos Chaviaras, Partner, M&A at PwC Greece
● Aris Chliaoutakis, Country Head, Greece, Lightsource bp
● Giannis Sakellion, Country Manager Voltalia Greece
● Vasilis Orfanos, Vice Chairman, nvisionist
● Dimitris Kitsikopoulos, DESMI / Energy Communities
17:25 – 18:20
SESSION 8
Institutional, permitting and regulatory framework for the smooth development of RES
and Storage
PANEL
Moderator: Kostas Delygiannis, journalist
● Ioannis Charalampidis, Director, RES Licensing, RAAEY
● Konstantinos Petsinis, Director Regulatory Market & Network Affairs, IPTO
● Dilena Vasileiou, Director, Management of Special RES & Storage Account, DAPEEP
● Kostas Vasilikos, Chairman ESMYE
INTERVENTIONS: SPEF, HELAPCO, ELETAEN, POSPIEF
DAY TWO 23 OCTOBER
09:30 – 09:45
PRESENTATION
Dr. Alex Papalexopoulos, CEO & Founder, ECCO International: “Impacts on energy stock
markets from the mass entry of storage plants and large consumers such as data centers
and AI”
09:50 – 10:10
SESSION 9
New challenges in the context of the energy transition
Moderator: Evangelos Kourakis, Head of Energy and Infrastructure KOUTALIDIS LAW FIRM
● Demosthenes Voivontas, CEO DAPEEP
● Alexandros Papageorgiou, CEO EnEx
10:15 – 10:55
SESSION 10
Electricity markets in light of new data — Why do power prices remain high despite RES
penetration?
Moderator: Yiannis Stefanou, Grant Thornton
● Dimitris Fourlaris, Vice Chairman Energy Division, RAAEY
● Katerina Karali, Chairman, ESAH
● Antonis Kontoleon, Chairman, Association of Industrial Energy Consumers (UNICEN)
● Miltos Aslanoglou, General Manager ESPEN
SESSION 11
Preconditions for a smooth and productive energy transition — The “difficult” decisions
for further RES development — Storage, grid access, interconnections
11:00 – 11:10
PRESENTATION
Dimitris Pantoulas, Technical Director Projects of Common Interest Europe, GoodWe
Europe GmbH: “From Interconnection to Power Quality: Grid Compliance and the
transition from Grid-Following to Grid-Forming in the European Power System”
11:10 – 11:30
INTRODUCTORY DIALOGUE
Moderator: Giannis Vougiouklakis, Senior Director | Energy Industry Strategy, PwC Greece
● Ioannis Margaris, Vice Chairman & CTO System Development & Strategy, IPTO
● Panagiotis Papastamatiou, General Manager, ELETAEN
11:30 – 12:30
PANEL
● Michalis Verroiopoulos, TERNA ENERGY
● Apostolos Saltas, Director RES, DEPA Commerce
● Sotiris Kapellos, Chief Operating Officer, HELLENiQ RENEWABLES, HELLENiQ ENERGY
● Thaleia Valkouma, FARIA ENERGY
● Apostolos Panos, Chief Commercial Officer, Principia
● Giorgos Fakidis, RENER Energy
12:30 – 12:38
PRESENTATION 1
Michalis Filippou, Technical Advisor, RES INVEST: “RES curtailments, electricity cost and
secure system operation — interventions required”
12:40 – 12:48
PRESENTATION 2
Nasos Plainos, Country Manager Longi Hellas and Cyprus: “Innovation in the service of
today’s investors”
12:50 – 13:20
SESSION 12
Self-generation and energy cost — Barriers that deprive businesses of a fundamental
competitiveness tool and households of reduced electricity expenditure
Moderator: Thodoris Panagoulis, journalist
● Ilias Kouros, Country Manager GR/CY SKE Engineering
● Ioannis Papadopoulos, COO ENGAIA
● Christoforos Dritsas, General Manager, MGD Energy
LUNCH
13:20 – 14:15
SESSION 13
Energy Storage: Trends in the Greek and international market — Bottlenecks and
prospects
14:20 – 14:33
PRESENTATION 1
Pantelis Biskas, Professor AUTH: “Commercial floor price policy for the representation of
electricity storage plants”
14:35 – 14:43
PRESENTATION 2
Evangelos Gazis, Head of South Eastern Europe, Aurora Energy Research: “How the
European storage market is formed: trends in cash flows, bilateral contracts and the
financing environment”
14:45 – 15:40
PANEL
Moderator: Kostas Delygiannis, journalist
● Konstantinos Natsis, General Manager Projects, PPC Renewables
● Dimitris Varlamis, Sales Director South East Europe, JinkoSolar
● Nikos Kavvadias, TÜV AUSTRIA Hellas, Director Industrial Inspections & Renewables
● Dimitris Galanos, Sungrow Regional Manager SEE
● Ralf Schledzewski, Head of Applications for ESS Europe - Shenzhen Clou Electronics
● Panagiotis Karagkounis, Balkans Regional Manager TΒEA
15:40 – 15:50
PRESENTATION 3
Dr. Dionysios Bountouvas, CEO COMBATT: “New European regulatory framework for
batteries: regulatory compliance and effective management”
15:50 – 16:00
PRESENTATION 4
Sofia Houma, Strategic Development Advisor, Re-Battery: “A low-risk and sustainable
financing solution for importers’ compliance with Regulation 2023/1542 for lithium
batteries in Energy Storage Systems”
16:35 – 17:30
SESSION 14
Technological developments and equipment cost in PV, wind, storage and power
transmission — Supply chain conditions
16:35 – 16:43
PRESENTATION 1
Ussama Rai, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Smart PV Global Key Accounts Dept Huawei
Technologies France
16:45 – 16:53
PRESENTATION 2
Giorgos Baglatzis, Head of Operations & Information Systems Security, PROTASIS: “Energy
and cyber security: How you protect your investment from risks and costs”
16:55 – 17:30
PANEL
Moderator: Michalis Mastorakis, journalist
● Marinos Kouretsis, Director Technology Renewables & Energy Storage, Huawei
Technologies
● Evangelos Makrygiannis, Jinko Hellas
● Kostas Kastanis, Chairman & CEO ELVAN
● Stavros Tsirigotakis, Senior Key Account Manager, GCL System
PRESENTATION 3
17:30 – 17:37
Guy Holding, Head of Sales enspired: "From Markets to Warranties: What Drives Battery
Performance and Profit"
PRESENTATION 4
17:40 – 17:48
Dimitris Manolas, Dr. Mechanical Engineer, iWind Partner: "Optimal techno-economic
design of floaters and moorings in the Aegean"
17:50 – 18:40
SESSION 15
Hydrogen, biomethane, green gases, CCUS: Projects, infrastructure and timing
commitments
PRESENTATION
Theotokis Gklavas, Head of Northern Greece Development, PETROS PETROPOULOS AEBE
PANEL
Moderator: Michalis Mastorakis, journalist
● Zanninoti Francesca, CEO Enaon EDA
● Kleopatra Avraam, Strategic Planning Senior Director, DESFA
● Dimitris Triantafyllopoulos, CEO HELLENIC HYDROGEN
● Eleni Bairami, Chair & CEO ECO HELLAS
● Gennaro Formisano, SIAD – PETROS PETROPOULOS AEBE
18:40 – 19:00
CLOSING SPEECH
Stavros Papastavrou, Minister of Environment and Energy
