We already have a date for the most eagerly awaited storage and hydrogen summit of 2026. On March 4 and 5, in Madrid, the 4th Storage and Hydrogen Summit: Building Flexibility will take place.
Specifically, the event will be held at the Madrid Marriott Auditorium.
Two days in which, without losing focus on project permitting and development, attention will be placed on the next step: from development to operation. The debate will focus on how to connect storage by addressing access bottlenecks, flexible connections for storage, coordination among sector stakeholders, and how to optimize operation to provide real flexibility and capture value in the markets and in system operation. This includes operational strategies, aggregation, balancing services, hedging mechanisms, and technical and safety requirements.
Note: A promotion of 4 tickets for the price of 3 is available. To activate it, when purchasing the 3 tickets, please add the comment “4x3 Promotion”.
For any questions, please contact departamento.eventos@unef.es The agenda is detailed below, pending confirmations and new additions.
4 March
09:00h – 9:30h Opening
Sara Aagesen, Third Vice-President and Minister for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge, Government of Spain (PC)
Rafael Benjumea, President, Spanish Photovoltaic Union
09:30h – 10:30h Energy storage strategy in the electricity system
Moderator: Sergio Guinaldo, El Economista
Fatima García Señán, Deputy Director General for Storage and Flexibility, MITECO
Rocío Prieto González, Director of Energy, CNMC
Luis Alvargonzalez, CEO, Zelestra
Pablo Otín, CEO, Greening
Álvaro Pérez de Lema, CEO, Saeta Yield
Carlos Costa, CCO, Octopus Energy
10:30h – 11:30h Regional and national permitting of storage projects: challenges, territorial approaches and timelines
Moderator: Sara Ledo, El Periódico
Raquel Pastor López, Director General for Industry, Energy and Mines, Regional Government of Extremadura
Marta Morera Marcé, Director General for Energy, Government of Catalonia
Lourdes Llana, Head of BESS, RIC Energy Group
Belén Amunátegui Vallejo, Head of Business Development Energy Storage, Benbros
Roberto Fernández, Counsel, Public Law and Energy Department, Uría Menéndez
11:30h – 12:00h Coffee Break
12:00h – 13:00h Flexibility in the electricity sector: integrating storage into the grid
Moderator: Ramón Roca, El Periódico de la Energía
María Concepción Sánchez, Director General of Operations, Redeia
Marcos Valles, Managing Director, Quinto Armónico
Marta Castro, Director of Regulation, AELEC
Rodrigo García Ruíz, Partner & COO, Optimize Energy
13:00h – 13:15h Special address: regulatory developments in the renewable hydrogen sector
13:15h – 14:15h From permitting to deployment: challenges and strategies in renewable hydrogen projects. Access to demand (tenders and awards)
Moderator: María Flores, Revista Química PQ
Olivia Infantes, Director of Regulation for Hydrogen and Renewable Energies, Moeve
Luis Iglesias, Director of Hydrogen Operations, Enagás Renovables
Carlos Navas, CEO, Hyren
José Luis Morán, Director of Integrated Energy Solutions – Hydrogen Generation Projects, Viridi RE
14:15h – 15:30h Lunch and Networking
15:40h – 16:00h Special address: Results and lessons learned from storage funding calls: NextGen and ERDF Funds
Miguel Rodrigo, Director General, IDAE (PC)
16:00h – 17:00h Financing storage and hydrogen projects
Moderator: José María Camarero, ABC
Karla Ceño, Executive Director, Project Finance Energy – Clean Tech, BBVA
Ricardo Benito, Director, Deloitte
Miguel Ángel Amores, Team Lead Project Finance, Triodos Bank
Francisco Luis Quintero Berganza, Chief Investment Officer I Asset Co, COX
17:00h – 18:00h The role of storage and demand-side management in the Spanish electricity system
Moderator: Sara Portillo, Material Eléctrico
Gorka Martí, Director of Operations and Services in Spain, Sonnen Spain
Joan Herrera, Partner, Samso
Cristina Corchero, CTO and Founder, Bamboo Energy
Daniel Boluda, Regional Director of South Europe, Capture Energy
5 March
09:15h – 10:10h Market analysis and hedging strategies for storage projects
Juan Bogas, Director of Market Monitoring, OMIE
Brais García, Head of Market Analysis and Operations, FRV
Pablo Martínez, Country Manager, Modo Energy
Francisco Lendínez, Director of Energy Management, Energya VM
Alexis Stavropoulos, Director, Baringa
10:15h – 10:30h Special address: Storage, flexibility and hydrogen as new demand: the vision of the Partido Popular
Alberto Nadal, Deputy Secretary for Economy, Partido Popular
10:30h – 11:00h Coffee Break
11:00h – 11:15h Let’s Flex and the European Roadmap: What’s Missing to Unlock Power System Flexibility
Walburga Hemetsberger, CEO, Solar Power Europe
11:20h – 12:05h Strategy to foster offtakers and boost consumption in renewable hydrogen projects and the role of derivatives such as SAF
Moderator: Javier Monforte, Energética XXI
Alipio García Rodríguez, Director General for Energy Transition, Government of Castilla-La Mancha
Sergio García, Head of Financing for the Business Development Area, Avalon Renovables
Eduardo Moreda, Director of Regulation for Generation, Wholesale Markets and Gas, Endesa
Javier Pollos, Founding Partner, AtlantHy
12:10h – 12:30h Keynote: Storage in operation – the role of the optimizer in Spain to enhance battery efficiency in electricity markets
Miguel Bethencourt, Energy Market Expert, Entrix Iberia
12:30h – 12:50h Keynote: PV + BESS hybridization – AI-based optimization to maximize the value of a hybrid plant
Susana Quintana Plaza, CEO, BM2Solar
12:50h – 13:45h Non-Peninsular Systems: flexibility and storage. How to modernize a regulation that does not yet incorporate it
Moderator: Celia García-Ceca, Energías Renovables Magazine
Tomás Domínguez, Director of System Operation Planning, Redeia
Ana Delgado Casado, Global Director of Regulation, Grenergy
Jordi Quer, Founding Partner of Inti Energía and G-ener Renovables. UNEF Baleares Delegate
Juan Fraga, Founder and Manager, Terranova Iniciativas
13:45h – 14:00h Storage outlook
José Donoso, CEO, Spanish Photovoltaic Union
14:00h – 15:30h Lunch and Networking
15:30h – 16:30h Environmental impact of BESS storage projects: timelines, environmental assessment and regulatory certainty
Moderator: Antonio Quilis, OK Green
Helena Fernández, Partner and Director of Sustainability and Climate Change, ISEMAREN
Jesús Alijarde, CEO, Íber Sostenibilidad
Lucas Monsalve, Co-founder and Partner, Mediación Verde
16:30h – 17:30h Seguridad en proyectos BESS: normativa, diseño y operación segura
Moderator: Clara Pinar, 20minutos
Jesús Heras, Southwest Europe Technical Director, Wattkraft
Francisco Estela, CTO BESS, Longi Europa
Ibai Zabala, Product Manager ESS, Sungrow
Armando Salazar, Technical Director South Europe, Sigenergy
Mikel Arrese-Igor, Senior Energy Storage Engineer, DNV
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