
EVENT
Solar & Energy Storage Summit 2025
23-24 April 2025
08:00 - 17:00 MT
Omni Interlocken Hotel, Denver, CO
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Early booking offer: All tickets are $1395 USD per person. Save $300 USD off the $1695 USD standard rate when you book by March 24. If you are a WoodMac client, please contact events@woodmac.com for further discount information.
2025 Sponsors
You are invited to join us from 23-24 April 2025 in Denver
Wood Mackenzie’s 18th annual Solar & Energy Storage Summit will bring together 400+ senior leaders from US solar and storage developers, utilities, IPPs, offtakers, RTOs/ISOs, and state and federal government. Develop relationships with decision makers in technology, finance, operations, development, engineering, origination, and procurement.
Join us in Denver, CO to gain crucial insights for the success of your projects, with agenda topics including:
• The rapidly shifting policy landscape and its impact on US solar and storage
• The shifting dynamics of solar and storage supply-chains: Geopolitical developments from tariffs to anti-countervailing measures – can the industry keep up?
• Overcoming headwinds to kick start project development: Is there an end in sight to interconnection delays?
• Demystifying investment tax credits: How will changes to the IRA under the new administration impact solar and storage investment?
• The impact of broader power market trends: Can renewables meet the increasing demand for clean and secure energy?
• Community, commercial and industrial scale solar and storage: What are the unique challenges of policy, financing and equity for distributed energy?
Attending organizations include:
10-9 Technologies | Global OEM | PotlatchDeltic Corporation |
ABB | Good Energy, L.P. | Powin |
ABB Inc. | Green Bridge | Primoris Renewable Energy |
Aboitiz Renewables, Inc. | Green Leaf Energy Consulting, LLC | Prudential Private Capital |
AboitizPower | GreenSpark | Qcells |
ACCURE Battery Intelligence, Inc. | GreenSpark Solar | Ranger Power |
Akuo Energy | GreenStruxure | Raycap |
Alliant Energy | Greentech Renewables | RCT Power Energy Technology Ltd. |
Amalgamated Bank | Gridstor | Recurrent Energy |
Ampt | Gridworks | Redeux Energy Partners LLC |
Apex Clean Energy | Hecate Energy | RES |
Arevon | Heliene Inc | RMI |
Arevon Energy | Heliene Inc. | Rogers Corporation |
Arizona Public Service | Holland & Hart, LLP | Rosendin Electric Inc. |
Ascend Analytics | IGS Solar, LLC | RWE Clean Energy |
Atlasta Solar Center (ASC) | Isotrol USA LLC | Schneider Electric |
Atwell, LLC | J.P. Morgan Asset Management | Scout Clean Energy |
Aurora Solar | Japan Electric Power Information Center USA | Sempra Infrastructure |
Avantus | Japan Electric Power Information Center, Inc. | Shoals Technologies |
Bachmann Electronic Corp. | Jera NEX | Shoals Technologies Group |
Bank of America | Key Capture Energy | Signal Energy |
Black & Veatch | KeyState Tax Equity | Silfab Solar |
Black Mountain Energy Storage | Knobelsdorff | SMA America |
Brit Insurance | Lightsource BP | Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) |
Caelux | Lightspring | Solar Provider Group |
Canadian Solar e-Storage | Lime Rock New Energy | Solariant Capital, LLC |
Carabiner LLC | Lithium Royalty Corp | Solaris Energy |
Catalyze | LRC | Solstice |
CCEF | M Bar C Construction | Soltage |
Central Maine Power | MAGNETRON | Soltec |
City of Springfield | Magnum Piering | Spark Power |
Climate Line LLC | Majestic Title | Spearmint Energy |
COCOSOLAR | McKinstry | SRP |
Colliers Engineering & Design | Minnesota Power | State Grid Corporation China US Office |
Colorado Energy Office | Mondragon Assembly | Strata Clean Energy |
Con Edison | MUFG | Sunnova |
Consumers Energy- Electric Strategy | Munich Re | Sunstall Inc. |
Convergent Energy and Power | National Renewable Energy Laboratory | Symbiote Inc. |
Copia Power | NEI Electric Power Engineering | TD Securities |
Copperwood Asset Management | Neoen | TD Securities (USA) LLC |
COSTWAY BUSINESS MERCHANTS | New Energy Equity | Terra-Gen |
Crossfire Aggregate Services, LLC | Nexamp | The University of Chicago |
Customized Energy Solutions | NextEra Energy Resources | TotalEnergies |
Doosan GridTech | NGC Renewables | US Department of Energy |
E&E News | Northfield Transformers | US Department of Energy Loan Programs Office |
EDP Renewables North America | Nouryon | US Energy Information Administration |
EDPR NA Distributed Generation | NovaTech Automation | US Solar Value |
EightTwenty | NRECA | Vantage Data Centers |
EIP Storage | OCI Energy | Walmart |
Embassy of Australia | Octet Scientific, Inc. | Westwood Professional Services |
Emeren | OMCO Solar | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati |
ENGIE | onCORE Origination | Wolong Electric Group, Energy Storage |
ENGIE North America | OnePlanet Solar Recycling | Wood Mackenzie |
ES Foundry | OPAL-RT TECHNOLOGIES | X-Elio |
Farmer Mac | ORC U&I Land Services, LLC | Zuvan Renewables LLC |
Fitzgerald Petersen Communications | Otter Tail Power Company | |
Fortress Power | Parker Poe | |
Geenex | Partners Group | |
Generac | Pivot Energy |
Would your organization like to sponsor the Solar & Energy Storage Summit?
Commercial partnership opportunities include; Thought Leadership, Brand Awareness, Exhibiting, and Hospitality. To discuss further, please contact Ro Pleasant in the sponsorship team on sponsorship@woodmac.com
Early booking offer: All tickets are $1395 USD per person. Save $300 USD off the $1695 USD standard rate when you book by March 24.
A ticket to attend includes:
- Exclusive and inspiring insights from the Wood Mackenzie team of subject matter experts and industry leaders
- Peer to peer connectivity that includes speed networking to match project buyers with sellers and solution providers with potential customers.
- Access to the event app: Find out who you will meet and Manage your time to gain the most from the agenda over the two days
- Refreshments and lunch
- Re-cap on the essential information with speaker presentation downloads (where permission has been given) post-summit
2025 speakers include
This summit not only provides an unrivalled platform to network and do business, but also leverages Wood Mackenzie’s expertise, thought leadership and contacts at the world’s leading solar and energy storage organizations to provide a forum where the industry can assess the needs of the markets and evolve business models for the ever-changing energy landscape.
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Registration
Early booking offer: All tickets are $1395 USD per person. Save $300 USD when you book by March 24.
If you are a WoodMac client, or looking to book a group of two or more people, further discounts are available. For more information, contact Anna Conklin, Marketing Manager on events@woodmac.com with your details and the number of people you are looking to send.
Agenda
8:00 AM
MT
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration and refreshments
9:00 AM
MT
9:00 AM - 9:05 AM
Welcome and opening remarks
Xizhou Zhou
Executive Vice President, Head of Power & Renewables
Wood Mackenzie
9:05 AM
MT
9:05 AM - 9:20 AM
Wood Mackenzie presentation: Outlook for solar
Sylvia Leyva-Martinez
Principal Analyst, North America Utility-Scale Solar
Wood Mackenzie
9:20 AM
MT
9:20 AM - 9:35 AM
Wood Mackenzie presentation: Storage market update
Allison Weis
Global Head of Storage
Wood Mackenzie
9:35 AM
MT
9:35 AM - 10:15 AM
Keynote panel: The shifting dynamics of solar and storage supply-chains
- - Geopolitical developments from tariffs to anti-countervailing measures – can the industry keep up?
- - How is global manufacturing shifting? From US reshoring to manufacturing capacity in South Asia and the Middle East
- - Critical mineral availability – a future weak link in the supply-chain?
- - Workforce development – can the US compete with other markets?
Benjamin Boucher
Senior Data Analyst
Wood Mackenzie
Martin Pochtaruk
President
Heliene Inc.
Becca Jones-Albertus
Director, Solar Technologies Office
US Department of Energy
Leni John
Senior Vice President of Business Operations and Chief Procurement Officer
Strata Clean Energy
Kathleen Himber
US CEO
Akuo Energy
Tony Archibald
Chief Operating Officer
Copia Power
10:15 AM
MT
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
The Interchange Recharge live recording
Sylvia Leyva-Martinez
Principal Analyst, North America Utility-Scale Solar
Wood Mackenzie
10:45 AM
MT
10:45 AM - 11:05 AM
Keynote fireside chat: US policy maker
Xizhou Zhou
Executive Vice President, Head of Power & Renewables
Wood Mackenzie
11:05 AM
MT
11:05 AM - 11:40 AM
Networking and refreshments
11:40 AM
MT
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
Fireside chat: Advisory Session
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
Fireside chat: Advisory Session
12:00 PM
MT
12:00 PM - 12:40 PM
Panel discussion: Battery asset management strategies: safety, security, and maintenance
- - Cyber security and battery management systems: where are the risks?
- - Battery safety: is the industry on the precipice of a public relations crisis?
- - How can technology improve the safety of battery storage systems?
- - Planning asset management strategies to minimize downtime and maximize performance and prevent safety issues
Kasim Khan
Senior Research Analyst, Storage
Wood Mackenzie
Carolyn O'Brien
Director of Permitting & Entitlements
Black Mountain Energy Storage
Arpit Chaturvedi
Senior Product Manager - Battery Energy Storage System
Schneider Electric
Mohamed Kassamali
Director, Energy Storage Solutions
Nexamp
David Sandbank
VP Distributed Energy Resources & Transportation
NYSERDA
Daniel Clark
Director, BESS Safety & Standards
Terra-Gen
12:00 PM - 12:40 PM
Panel discussion: Getting the most out of solar from the ground up
- - Site selection: achieving more out of lower grade sites
- - Optimizing solar site design to maximize energy production
- - Automated construction technologies: reducing development time, filling labor gaps, and improving safety
Sagar Chopra
Senior Research Analyst, Solar
Wood Mackenzie
Colleen Christmas-Garner
Director of Development
RES
Adam Landstrom
Head of North American Land Acquisition & GIS
Recurrent Energy
Samantha Frick
Director of Community Relations and Impact
Pivot Energy
Frank Sherman
Senior Director, Renewables/Low Carbon M&A and Development
JERA Americas
12:40 PM
MT
12:40 PM - 1:40 PM
Networking lunch
1:40 PM
MT
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM
Wood Mackenzie Presentation: Outlook for new solar technologies
Elissa Pierce
Research Analyst, Solar Module Technology and Markets
Wood Mackenzie
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM
Wood Mackenzie Presentation: Policy and markets – reforms to facilitate storage in new markets
2:00 PM
MT
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM
Fireside chat: Cell innovation for greater efficiency and reliability
Elissa Pierce
Research Analyst, Solar Module Technology and Markets
Wood Mackenzie
Scott Graybeal
CEO
Caelux
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM
Fireside chat
Nina Rangel
Senior Research Analyst
Wood Mackenzie
Michael Bennett
Chief Transformation Officer
Powin
2:20 PM
MT
2:20 PM - 3:00 PM
Panel discussion: Solar modules from cradle to grave
- - Manufacturing alternative cell technologies at scale
- - Reliability and durability to increase asset lifespan
- - End of life planning – why does this matter for current and future projects?
Kaitlin Fung
Research Analyst, North America Utility-Scale Solar
Wood Mackenzie
Andre Pujadas
CEO
OnePlanet Solar Recycling
Feizhen Lu
Senior Vice President of Procurement and Supply Chain
Hecate Energy
Teresa Barnes
DuraMat Director
NREL
Brenden Frazier
US Product Manager
Trina Solar
2:20 PM - 3:00 PM
Panel discussion: The secrets of market trading: battery performance and monetization
- - Forecasting prices and market conditions for optimal bidding behavior
- - How should battery life and capacity maintenance be traded off against near-term operational gains?
- - Understanding the state of charge to get the best out of LFP batteries
Kasim Khan
Senior Research Analyst, Storage
Wood Mackenzie
Gigio Sakota
Vice President, Energy Markets
Avantus
Nicholas Gladd
Partner, Energy and Climate Solutions
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Paul Zavesoff
Vice President, Asset Management
Gridstor
Jenny Fink
Director of Asset Management
Key Capture Energy
Mahdi Motalleb
Director, Energy Storage & Electrical Engineering
SB Energy
3:00 PM
MT
3:00 PM - 3:40 PM
Networking and refreshments
3:40 PM
MT
3:40 PM - 4:20 PM
Wood Mackenzie presentation: The status of solar and storage within broader power market trends
- - The role of solar and storage in the energy mix
- - Gas and LNG’s role in filling gaps in supply
- - The rising cost of energy
Chris Seiple
Vice Chairman, Energy Transition and Power & Renewables
Wood Mackenzie
4:20 PM
MT
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM
Keynote fireside chat: Investment and procurement in a rapidly changing market
- - Thinking long-term to stay ahead of long lead times and potential supply-chain disruption
- - Working with suppliers to meet the needs of current and future projects
- - Looking ahead: investing today in the right innovations for tomorrow’s projects
Chris Seiple
Vice Chairman, Energy Transition and Power & Renewables
Wood Mackenzie
David Carroll
Chief Renewables Officer & Sr. VP, North America
ENGIE North America
4:40 PM
MT
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM
Keynote fireside chat: Advisory session
5:00 PM
MT
5:00 PM - 5:40 PM
Keynote panel: Demystifying investment tax credits
- - How is risk being shared between lenders, developers, and offtakers?
- - ITC transferability: what new and modified financing structures are available?
- - The role of tax credit insurance in bringing certainty to tax equity investments
- - To what extent are developers accessing tax credits? What are the lessons learned from transactions so far?
Xizhou Zhou
Executive Vice President, Head of Power & Renewables
Wood Mackenzie
Nicole Steele
Director of Climate Partnerships Banking
Amalgamated Bank
Ingrida Soldatova
Senior Vice President
Prudential Private Capital
Denise Tait
Chief Investment Officer
Arevon Energy
Jorge Iragorri
Managing Director – Head of Renewable Energy Investments
Morgan Stanley
5:40 PM
MT
5:40 PM - 6:40 PM
Networking drinks reception
8:00 AM
MT
8:00 AM - 8:20 AM
Coffee and networking
8:20 AM
MT
8:20 AM - 8:50 AM
The Energy Gang live on stage
Edmund Crooks
Vice Chair Americas
Wood Mackenzie
9:00 AM
MT
9:00 AM - 9:05 AM
Welcome and opening remarks
Chris Seiple
Vice Chairman, Energy Transition and Power & Renewables
Wood Mackenzie
9:05 AM
MT
9:05 AM - 9:25 AM
Wood Mackenzie presentation: The evolving policy landscape and its impact on US solar and storage
Sylvia Leyva-Martinez
Principal Analyst, North America Utility-Scale Solar
Wood Mackenzie
Nina Rangel
Senior Research Analyst
Wood Mackenzie
9:25 AM
MT
9:25 AM - 9:45 AM
Keynote fireside chat: Developer business models
- - Comparing long-term and short-term investment models
- - Are more developers interested in ownership post construction?
- - Contracted versus merchant position: what are the benefits of taking on increased risk?
Xizhou Zhou
Executive Vice President, Head of Power & Renewables
Wood Mackenzie
Declan Flanagan
Chairman & CEO
Bluestar Energy Capital
9:45 AM
MT
9:45 AM - 10:25 AM
Keynote panel: Overcoming headwinds to kick start project development
- - Interconnection delays: is there an end in sight? Are there ways of jumping the queue?
- - Land availability and siting: Permitting reform and overcoming red tape
- - Combatting NIMBYism and misinformation
- - Human capital and labour shortages: What are the technological solutions?
Byron Pollard
Director, Power & Renewables Consulting
Wood Mackenzie
April Montgomery
Chief Development Officer
EIP Storage
Abigail Ross Hopper
President and CEO
Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
Petter Skantze
Vice President of Infrastructure Development
NextEra Energy
10:25 AM
MT
10:25 AM - 10:45 AM
Keynote fireside chat
Allison Weis
Global Head of Storage
Wood Mackenzie
David Hebert
Vice President of Business Development
Wärtsilä
10:45 AM
MT
10:45 AM - 11:20 AM
Networking and refreshments
11:20 AM
MT
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
Fireside chat: Advisory session
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
Fireside chat: Advisory Session
11:40 AM
MT
11:40 AM - 12:20 PM
Panel discussion: Solar asset monitoring and maintenance
- - Land management strategies to reduce environmental impact and improve ecology
- - Remote monitoring solutions, from drones to SCADA systems
- - Minimizing downtime and maximizing energy production
- - Climate and disaster resilience
Sagar Chopra
Senior Research Analyst, Solar
Wood Mackenzie
Meghan Semiao
Director of Asset Management and O&M
Copia Power
Troy Renken
VP of Engineering and Product
Shoals Technologies
Ronald Schoff
Director, R&D - Renewable Energy and Fleet Enabling Technologies
Electric Power Research Institute
11:40 AM - 12:20 PM
Panel discussion: Use case and commercialization of long duration storage (LDES)
- - Achieving ROI from the additional upfront CAPEX LDES requires
- - The impact of increasing capacity prices on the viability of long duration storage
- - How are capacity markets evolving to benefit new forms of storage?
Kasim Khan
Senior Research Analyst, Storage
Wood Mackenzie
King Look
Director of Research and Development
Con Edison
Raja Sundararajan
Executive Vice President – Strategy and Customer Solutions
Alliant Energy
Benjamin Lavoie
Sr. Director, Energy Storage & EV Solutions
Ameresco
12:20 PM
MT
12:20 PM - 1:20 PM
Networking lunch
1:20 PM
MT
1:20 PM - 1:40 PM
Wood Mackenzie presentation: Turbulence in US residential solar
Zoë Gaston
Principal Analyst, US Distributed Solar
Wood Mackenzie
1:40 PM
MT
1:40 PM - 2:20 PM
Keynote panel: Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) – the answer to the energy demand boom?
- - Can VPPs meet electricity demand faster and more affordably than traditional generation investments?
- - State and utility implementation of VPP programs: getting user incentives right
- - Challenges of market access for residential customers
- - The need for increased uptake of advanced metering and home energy management technologies to unlock VPP potential
Hanna Nuttall
U.S. Distributed Storage Research Analyst
Wood Mackenzie
Michael Grasso
Chief Revenue Officer
Sunnova
Jennifer Downing
Engagement Officer
US Department of Energy Loan Programs Office
Arshad Mansoor
President & CEO
EPRI
Todd Olinsky-Paul
Senior Project Director
Clean Energy States Alliance
Sarah Noll
Manager VPP Innovation & Strategic Initiatives
Arizona Public Service
2:20 PM
MT
2:20 PM - 2:50 PM
Let’s Share the Sun
Luke Lewandowski
Vice President, Global Renewables Research
Wood Mackenzie
Priscilla Barbour
Director, Policy & Communications
Primergy Solar
Abigail Ross Hopper
President and CEO
Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
Sy Kim
Vice President
CBRE Renewables
2:50 PM
MT
2:50 PM - 3:20 PM
Networking and refreshments
3:20 PM
MT
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM
Wood Mackenzie address: The state of distributed solar-plus-storage in the US
Max Issokson
Research Analyst, US Distributed Solar
Wood Mackenzie
3:40 PM
MT
3:40 PM - 4:20 PM
Keynote panel: Energy demand: can renewables fill the gap?
- - Evaluating energy sources to achieve emissions goals: how do offtakers get the balance right?
- - Onsite generation vs VPPAs: what are the advantages and disadvantages?
- - Working with project developers and managing financial risk: sharing the risk between customer and developer
Caitlin Connelly
Senior Research Analyst, Distributed Solar
Wood Mackenzie
Emily Backus
Sustainability Director
Vantage Data Centers
Melissa Lott
Partner General Manager, Energy Technologies
Microsoft
Thomas Grant
Global Manager of Energy Initiatives
Wendy's
Joao Salvação Barreto
Chief Executive Officer NA Distributed Generation
EDP Renewables
Jeff Cramer
President & CEO
Coalition for Community Solar Access
4:20 PM
MT
4:20 PM - 5:00 PM
Keynote panel: Community, commercial and industrial (CCI) scale solar and storage
- - How do state policies and incentives for distributed generation shape CCI development strategies?
- - Financing models for CCI solar and storage
- - Balancing consumer needs with developer investment priorities: achieving equitable access in the renewables market expansion
Caitlin Connelly
Senior Research Analyst, Distributed Solar
Wood Mackenzie
Nick Perugini
Chief Executive Officer
Solaris Energy
Catherine Griffin
Vice President, Investments
Soltage
Larry Sherwood
President Emeritus
Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC)
Véronique Oomen
Director Division of Clean Energy
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
Robin Lunt
Chief Commercial Officer
Guzman Energy
5:00 PM
MT
5:00 PM - 5:05 PM
Close of Summit
Speakers
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Sponsors
2025 Platinum Sponsors
Advanced Energy United
Advanced Energy United educates, engages, and advocates for policies that allow our member companies to compete to power our economy with 100% clean energy. We work with decision makers at every level of government as well as regulators of energy markets to achieve this goal. The businesses we represent are lowering consumer costs, creating thousands of new jobs every year, and providing the full range of clean, efficient, and reliable energy and transportation solutions. The U.S. market for advanced energy products and services reached nearly $375 billion in 2022. Together, we are united in our mission to accelerate the transition to 100% clean energy in the United States.

Wärtsilä
As a global energy storage leader, Wärtsilä Energy Storage & Optimisation offers hardware, software, and lifecycle solutions that unlock more efficient and optimised power systems. Putting safety and intelligence at the forefront, our suite of Quantum energy storage systems solves fundamental industry-wide safety challenges and our advanced software, GEMS, monitors, controls, and optimises energy assets at both site and portfolio levels. With a global portfolio that exceeds 13 GWh, we are helping drive the transition to a resilient, 100% renewable grid.

2025 Gold Sponsors
Trina Solar
Founded in 1997, Trina Solar has led the PV industry in technological innovation and manufacturing excellence for over 25 years. With more than 170GW of cumulative global shipments, including more than 90GW of 210mm modules, Trina’s PV modules and suite of smart solar solutions deliver clean, affordable, and reliable energy to homes, businesses, and power plants. With a history of innovation and bankability, the company engages in a wide range of PV activities, including R&D, manufacturing, sales, project development, and energy cloud-platform operation. From its North American headquarters in Fremont, California, the company employs a diverse, nationwide team of experts in engineering, technology, sales, finance, marketing, operations, and more, to help US solar developers and EPCs deliver project success. The company is currently developing a 5GW manufacturing base in Wilmer, Texas.
With its mission of “Solar energy for all,” Trina Solar is committed to working with others to create a net-zero future. For more information, please visit www.trinasolar.com.

Heliene
Heliene is one of North America's fastest-growing domestic module manufacturers serving the utility-scale, C&I, and residential markets. With an in-house logistics team and remarkably responsive support staff, Heliene delivers competitively priced, high performance solar modules precisely when and where customers need them to accelerate North America's clean energy transition. Founded in 2010, Heliene is recognized as a highly bankable module manufacturer and has production facilities located in Ontario and Minnesota.

2025 Silver Sponsors
Caelux
Caelux’s proprietary technologies improve the performance of any new crystalline silicon module, making solar energy more powerful and cost-effective. Headquartered in Pasadena, California, Caelux is at the forefront of the emerging science of perovskites, a special class of nanomaterials. Its flagship product, Caelux™ One is an innovative product that integrates seamlessly into existing PV module manufacturing processes, boosting performance, reducing installed costs, and accelerating the proliferation of solar. For more information, visit www.caelux.com or connect on LinkedIn.

OnePlanet Solar Recycling
Founded by veterans of the metals manufacturing, recycling, and solar energy industries, OnePlanet Solar Recycling is uniquely suited to provide truly scalable and sustainable recycling solutions for asset owners, installers and developers in the solar industry.

Powin
Powin is a U.S.-based global energy storage integrator dedicated to enabling clean, reliable energy. With data-driven software controls, proven hardware, and experienced end-to-end project execution, Powin delivers scalable systems tailored to meet the needs of modern energy demand. Supported by a globally diversified, ethically sourced supply chain, Powin bolsters energy distribution to alleviate grid congestion, reduce costs, and strengthen aging infrastructure. Relentlessly focused on innovation and lasting value, Powin optimizes energy management, mitigates risk, and ensures predictable energy throughout the lifetime of its projects.
2025 Bronze Sponsors
Schneider Electric
Schneider’s purpose is to create Impact by empowering all to make the most of our energy and resources, bridging progress and sustainability for all. At Schneider, we call this Life Is On.
Our mission is to be the trusted partner in Sustainability and Efficiency.
We are a global industrial technology leader bringing world-leading expertise in electrification, automation and digitization to smart industries, resilient infrastructure, future-proof data centers, intelligent buildings, and intuitive homes. Anchored by our deep domain expertise, we provide integrated end-to-end lifecycle AI enabled Industrial IoT solutions with connected products, automation, software and services, delivering digital twins to enable profitable growth for our customers.
We are a people company with an ecosystem of 150,000 colleagues and more than a million partners operating in over 100 countries to ensure proximity to our customers and stakeholders. We embrace diversity and inclusion in everything we do, guided by our meaningful purpose of a sustainable future for all.

Shoals Technologies Group
Shoals Technologies Group is a leading provider of electrical balance of systems (EBOS) solutions for solar photovoltaic and energy storage. By moving assembly from the field to factory, Shoals transforms the industry and unlocks the full potential of our customers’ energy assets, inventing simple solutions to complex problems

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Wilson Sonsini has a leading clean energy and energy storage practice, with experience negotiating novel offtake agreements with data centers, corporate purchasers and community choice aggregators, deploying regulatory tools to create new market opportunities, and financing large scale wind, solar and storage projects as well as portfolios of distributed energy resources.

2025 Associate Sponsors
Bachmann Electronic Corp
For over 50 years Bachmann has been accelerating the progress in automation technology. As the global market leader in in wind energy automation systems, Bachmann technology is present in over 150,000 turbines worldwide.
Our highly available and durable solutions are designed to withstand even the toughest conditions, minimizing both capital and operational expenditure.
Every single module undergoes 100% quality control and 48-hour run-in testing.
Bachmann offers a comprehensive range of solutions for wind energy, energy storage, and grid measurement and control. These solutions include hardware such as controllers and HMIs, and software solutions for control, supervision (SCADA) and condition monitoring (CMS).

Brown & Brown - Networking Break Sponsor
Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE: BRO) is a leading insurance brokerage firm, delivering risk management solutions to individuals and businesses since 1939. Founded by J. Adrian Brown in Daytona Beach, Florida, the company has grown significantly over the decades. Under the leadership of J. Hyatt Brown, who became CEO in 1961, the company expanded its reach and influence. Today, Brown & Brown boasts over 17,000 teammates and more than 500 locations worldwide, making it one of the largest and most respected insurance brokers globally. The company specializes in a wide range of services, including employee benefits, property and casualty insurance, risk management consulting, and personal lines. Brown & Brown's decentralized sales and service model allows it to provide tailored solutions that meet the unique needs of its clients. The firm's commitment to innovation, integrity, and superior capabilities has earned it a reputation for excellence in the industry. With a strong focus on community service and a culture of caring, Brown & Brown is dedicated to giving back to the communities it serves. For more information or to find an office near you, please visit bbrown.com

EticaAG
EticaAG is a strategic partnership between Etica Battery and AGI, committed to delivering the safest, most efficient, and resilient battery energy storage systems (BESS). We combine advanced technology with local manufacturing expertise, utilizing non-Chinese electronics and proprietary immersion cooling systems to ensure the highest standards of safety and performance in every solution we deliver.

Hendrix Aerial Cable Systems
Hendrix Aerial Cable Systems, a leader in the electrical utility industry, brings decades of expertise to the renewable energy market. Hendrix spacer cable offers a cost-effective alternative for medium-voltage collector circuits in utility-scale solar and wind applications. By placing multiple circuits on a single pole, you can greatly reduce the right-of-way requirements and eliminate the heat entrapment and de-rating suffered by UG cable. With robust, weather-resistant cables, Hendrix ensures maximum durability and minimal maintenance, making our systems ideal for remote and harsh locations.

Megawatt Group
The Megawatt Group stands at the intersection of installation, manufacturing, technology, project management, financing and logistics. Every day we put our resources, expertise and access to work for our clients. From helping EPCs win more RFPs to giving overseas manufacturers a foothold in the US market, we strive to help our partners - and the solar industry itself - thrive. To that end, The Megawatt Group pledges at least 1% of all profits to SEIA to promote pro-solar policies.

Magnum Piering
For over 40 years, Magnum® Piering has been dedicated to designing, engineering, and manufacturing, the most trusted foundation and anchoring products for the Commercial, Electrical Power, Oil & Gas, Renewable Energy and Residential Construction Industries. Magnum® Piering has worked diligently to elevate the standards of the foundation industry with a proven customer support team and through a multi-step quality control system. We are your trusted foundation team.

Silfab Solar
Silfab Solar is the North American leader in the design, development, and manufacture of high-efficiency, premium-quality solar modules. Silfab leverages more than 40 years of solar experience and best-in-class technologies to produce the highest-rated solar modules in the industry. Silfab operates state-of-the-art facilities in Washington, USA, and Fort Mill, South Carolina, manufacturing solar cells and PV modules. All our locations feature multiple automated production lines, certified ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems, and just-in-time manufacturing to deliver Buy American-approved PV modules specifically designed for and dedicated to the North American market.

Solaris Energy
For over a decade, Solaris Energy and our nonprofit partner, The Atmosphere Conservancy, have been providing solar and storage project financing, development expertise, and asset management to build proven and cost-effective solar energy and battery storage solutions for schools, municipalities, and nonprofit organizations. With the support of investors, Solaris Energy is now providing these same renewable energy and resiliency solutions to commercial, industrial and utility clients nationwide. Our customers receive clean energy at a lower fixed cost, allowing them to spend the money saved on serving community needs and building great companies. At the same time, our investors typically receive consistent, stable returns that outperform other investments. Through our easy and efficient in-house financing options, development and asset management services, and our commitment to our mission, our experienced team is the perfect partner in the move to solar energy, and a brighter future.

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GridBeyond is bridging the gap between real-time markets and energy assets, helping businesses thrive in dynamic markets while accelerating the energy transition for a net zero future.
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GridBeyond provides a powerful combination of technological excellence, a consultative approach and unrivalled expertise that enables its partners and clients have future-proof access to energy services. Our solutions include Virtual Power Plant (VPP) and Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS) to enhance flexibility, resilience, and revenue generation. By connecting Front-of-the-Meter (FTM) assets like renewable energy and battery storage with Behind-the-Meter (BTM) operations, we provide advanced forecasting, control, and energy trading capabilities.

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As a commercial partner, your organization will be mixing with the industry decision-makers and influencers, seeking investment, partnerships, and the latest business enhancing-technologies.
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Omni Interlocken Hotel, 500 Interlocken Blvd, Broomfield, Colorado 80021
With the Rocky Mountains as your backdrop, Omni Interlocken Hotel is the perfect choice for a Colorado getaway. Within easy reach of Denver, Boulder and Estes Park, it’s a place for relaxation or exploring the great outdoors. Rooms overlook the snow-capped Rocky Mountains and lush vistas, where glowing sunsets color the valley. One of the most popular hotels in Broomfield, CO, Omni Interlocken Hotel welcomes guests with five bars, cafes and restaurants.
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Why attend the Solar & Energy Storage Summit 2025?
2025 promises to be an eventful year for the US solar and storage sectors. The 2024 presidential election could lead to policy changes and adjustments to the IRA which have the potential to impact the growth of renewables in the US. Guidance on the IRA tax credit rules is expected to lead to increased investment in the sector, as capacity announcements begin to come to fruition and new projects go ahead.
Attending organizations include:
10-9 Technologies | Good Energy, L.P. | Pivot Energy |
ABB Inc. | Green Bridge | PotlatchDeltic |
Aboitiz Renewables, Inc. | Green Leaf Energy Consulting, LLC | Powin |
AboitizPower | GreenSpark Solar | Primoris Renewable Energy |
ACCURE Battery Intelligence, Inc. | GreenStruxure | Prudential Private Capital |
Advanced Energy United | Greentech Renewables | Ranger Power |
Akuo | Gridstor | RCT Power Energy Technology Ltd. |
Alliant Energy | Gridworks | Recurrent Energy |
Amalgamated Bank | Hecate Energy | Redeux Energy Partners LLC |
Ameresco | Heliene Inc | RES |
Ampt | Holland & Hart, LLP | RMI |
Apex Clean Energy | IGS Solar, LLC | Rogers Corporation |
Arevon | IREC | Rosendin Electric Inc. |
Arevon Energy | Isotrol USA LLC | RWE Clean Energy |
Arizona Public Service | J.P. Morgan Asset Management | SB Energy |
Ascend Analytics | Japan Electric Power Information Center, Inc. | Schneider Electric |
Atlasta Solar Center (ASC) | Jera NEX | Scout Clean Energy |
Atwell, LLC | Key Capture Energy | SEIA |
Aurora Solar | KeyState Tax Equity | Sempra Infrastructure |
Avantus | Knobelsdorff | Shoals Technologies Group |
Bachmann Electronic Corp. | Lightspring | Silfab Solar |
Bank of America | Lime Rock New Energy | SMA America |
Black & Veatch | Lithium Royalty Corp | Solar Provider Group |
Black Mountain Energy Storage | LRC | Solariant Capital, LLC |
Brit Insurance | M Bar C Construction | Solaris Energy |
Caelux | Magnetron | Solstice |
Carabiner LLC | Magnum Piering | Soltage |
Catalyze | Majestic Title | Soltec |
CCEF | McKinstry | Spark Power |
Central Maine Power | Microsoft | Spearmint Energy |
City of Springfield | Minnesota Power | SRP |
Clean Energy States Alliance and Clean Energy Group | Mondragon Assembly | State Grid Corporation China US Office |
Climate Line LLC | Morgan Stanley | Strata Clean Energy |
COCOSOLAR | MUFG | Sunnova |
Colliers Engineering & Design | Munich Re | Sunstall Inc. |
Colorado Energy Office | National Renewable Energy Laboratory | Symbiote Inc. |
Con Edison | NEI Electric Power Engineering | TD Securities (USA) LLC |
Consumers Energy - Electric Strategy | Neoen | Terra-Gen |
Convergent Energy and Power | New Energy Equity | The University of Chicago |
Copia Power | New Jersey Board of Public Utilities | TotalEnergies |
Copperwood Asset Management | Nexamp | Trina Solar |
Crossfire Aggregate Services, LLC | NextEra Energy Resources, LLC | US Department of Energy |
Customized Energy Solutions | NGC Renewables | US Department of Energy Loan Programs Office |
Doosan GridTech | Northfield Transformers | US Energy Information Administration |
EightTwenty | Nouryon | US Solar Value |
EIP Storage | NovaTech Automation | Vantage Data Centers |
Electric Power Research Institute | NRECA | Walmart |
Embassy of Australia | NREL | Wartsila |
ENGIE North America | OCI Energy | Wendys |
EPRI | Octet Scientific, Inc. | Westwood Professional Services |
ES Foundry | onCORE Origination | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati |
Farmer Mac | OnePlanet Solar Recycling | Wolong Electric Group, Energy Storage |
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission | OPAL-RT TECHNOLOGIES | Wood Mackenzie |
Geenex | ORC U&I Land Services, LLC | X-Elio |
Generac | Otter Tail Power Company | Zuvan Renewables LLC |
Global OEM | Partners Group |
Networking opportunities: Bringing renewable projects to completion requires the collaboration of many partners and stakeholders. The speed networking session at this year’s Solar & Energy Storage Summit which will match project buyers with sellers and solution providers with potential customers. Maximize your networking time and fast track your projects by conducting short, targeted meetings with your prospective clients and partners. This fast paced format will allow you to connect with other attendees.
Insight into project developments: Gain valuable insights into the latest solar and storage project developments including updates on ongoing initiatives, and breakthrough technologies, for a comprehensive understanding of the current landscape and potential future opportunities.
Partnership opportunities: The summit provides a platform to forge new partnerships within the North American solar and storage industry. By interacting with industry leaders, you can identify potential collaboration opportunities and form strategic alliances.
Candid conversations: Engage in candid conversations with our thought leaders on research that has not yet been reported. By participating in panel discussions and interactive sessions, you can gain insights into the challenges, opportunities, and real-world experiences of industry experts, enabling you to broaden your knowledge and perspective.
Stay updated on critical trends and technologies: The North American solar and storage industry is constantly evolving, with new trends, technologies, and challenges emerging regularly. Stay up to date with the latest developments in solar and storage. You can learn about cutting-edge technologies, innovative strategies, and regulatory updates, enabling you to make informed decisions and stay ahead of the curve.
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300+
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Early booking offer: All tickets are $1395 USD per person. Save $300 USD off the $1695 USD standard rate when you book by March 24.
To find out more about Wood Mackenzie client discounts, or if you need help with your booking, contact Anna Conklin, Project Manager at events@woodmac.com

Jenny Fink
Director of Asset Management
Key Capture Energy
Jenny Fink is Key Capture Energy’s Director of Asset Management where she leads a team maximizing the value of KCE’s 620+ MWs of operational battery energy storage. Prior to joining KCE, she worked in Asset Management with EDF and EDP Renewables. She holds a BA in Art History from Carleton College and an MBA from the University of Houston.

Zoë Gaston
Principal Analyst, US Distributed Solar
Wood Mackenzie
Zoë Gaston is a principal analyst on the US Distributed Solar team. Her areas of focus include residential solar policy and project finance, and the residential installer and financier competitive landscape. Zoë contributes to the quarterly publication of the Solar Market Insight report in collaboration with the Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA). Previously, Zoë worked on the Genscape Energy Management team. She held various roles, including leading the regulatory team. Her team provided a full suite of operational services for retail suppliers and renewable generators, including the management and strategising of energy, capacity and REC offtake. She also wrote weekly analyses on legislation and energy market trends and developed multiple product offerings.

Teresa Barnes
DuraMat Director
NREL
Teresa Barnes is a Principal Scientist, the Director of the DuraMAT Consortium for module materials research, and a Distinguished Member of the Research Staff at NREL. DuraMAT focuses on PV module and system reliability, including accelerated test development, materials and interface modeling, reliability forecasting, sustainability, and field performance. Teresa has worked in PV at NREL for 20 years on thin-film PV, flexible devices, reliability and sustainability. She is currently on detail to the Loan Programs Office of DOE as a technical advisor on clean energy manufacturing and deployment. She is a Chemical Engineer with a PhD from the Colorado School of Mines and a BS from the University of Maryland.

Arpit Chaturvedi
Senior Product Manager - Battery Energy Storage System
Schneider Electric
A multilingual strategic business leader with a passion for product management. A positive track record of delivering stellar results in the domain of product management, marketing, and strategy. Subject matter expertise in the domain of hardware, software, and services concerning the energy management industry. A fierce advocate of mentorship, diversity, and inclusion. Currently leading Product Line Management for Commercial and Industrial (C&I) - Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at Schneider Electric

Andre Pujadas
CEO
OnePlanet Solar Recycling
Senior executive with a record of delivering results of consequence to the P&L of some of the largest metals manufacturers in the world. André has led plant startups, operations, and management for heavy industrial production facilities ranging from steel manufacturing to alternative iron processes such as, (direct reduced iron, hot briquetted iron, and iron carbide) to ferrous and non-ferrous scrap recycling along with advanced recovery plants. Across his career, André has been accountable for overall P&L, operations, risk mitigation, safety, and compliance.

Joao Salvação Barreto
Chief Executive Officer NA Distributed Generation
EDP Renewables
Mr. Barreto is the Chief Executive Officer at EDPR NA Distributed Generation (EDPR NA DG), the distributed generation business of EDPR North America, responsible for overseeing teams working in investments, M&A, business development, and community solar. During his previous years at EDP, he and his team completed several key projects, covering a wide range of geographies and technologies, mostly related to Renewables and Power Networks. These included EDP’s exit from gas generation and distribution networks in Iberia, setting up the Ocean Winds JV focused on Offshore Wind, equity raises at EDP and EDP Renewables, and strategizing the company’s entry into the transmission segment in Brazil. Mr. Barreto later completed the strategic portfolio repositioning and subsequent delisting tender offer for EDP Brazil. Between 2020 and 2023, he was additionally responsible for the coordination of EDP’s Investment Committee, analyzing multiple investment and divestment opportunities- mostly focused on renewables – across the different geographies where EDP is present, supporting EDP’s vision to lead the energy transition. These included the expansion of EDP’s distributed solar generation footprint, namely through the acquisitions of Sunseap (now EDPR APAC) and C2 (now EDPR NA DG). Previous to his career at EDP, Mr. Barreto performed M&A, strategy, and international business development functions in the telecoms, logistics, and financial services sectors. He holds a Master’s Degree in Finance and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Nova School of Business and Economics in Portugal.

Raja Sundararajan
Executive Vice President – Strategy and Customer Solutions
Alliant Energy

Ingrida Soldatova
Senior Vice President
Prudential Private Capital
Ingrida Soldatova is a Senior Vice President in the Power group, located in Dallas. She leads a team responsible for marketing, originating and managing investments in structured and corporate finance for electric utilities, power cooperatives and power projects based in Eastern US and Canada.

Tony Archibald
Chief Operating Officer
Copia Power

David Hebert
Vice President of Business Development
Wärtsilä

Mohamed Kassamali
Director, Energy Storage Solutions
Nexamp
Mohamed is the Director of Energy Storage Solutions at Nexamp , an Independent Power Producer (IPP) based in Boston. Mohamed is a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in energy storage products, safety, permitting, and analytics. Mohamed leads a team of policy strategists, energy storage engineers, product managers, and analysts to support the development, construction, and operation of energy storage projects across the United States. Mohamed brings over eight (8) years of experience performing due diligence on energy storage and energy efficiency technologies and projects. He has led or took part in the Independent Engineering (IE) review of the world’s leading energy storage manufacturers, integrators, and developers/IPPs. He has worked extensively in the energy storage industry alongside communities and municipalities, including fire departments, moving energy storage projects forward. This includes advising both DG-hub CUNY and NYC Department of Buildings’ (DOB) Office of Technical Certification and Research (OTCR) on structuring guidance and processes related to permitting within New York City. Prior to Nexamp, Mohamed spent five (5) years at DNV, with his last role at the company being the Energy Storage Safety Practice Lead.

Adam Landstrom
Head of North American Land Acquisition & GIS
Recurrent Energy
Adam Landstrom serves as the Head of North American Land Acquisition & GIS at Recurrent Energy. A licensed attorney and seasoned landman, Adam brings over 14 years of experience in the energy industry. He began his career in oil and gas in the Bakken before transitioning to renewable energy with Recurrent Energy. In his current role, Adam leads a team dedicated to identifying and developing large-scale utility solar (PV) and battery energy storage system (BESS) projects across the United States and Canada. Based in Austin, TX, Adam lives with his family and contributes to the industry as a Trustee for the Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law.

Abigail Ross Hopper
President and CEO
Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
Abigail Ross Hopper is the president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the national trade organization for America's solar and storage industry. Ms. Hopper is a visionary leader who has transformed SEIA into an advocacy powerhouse and the leading voice for the U.S. solar and storage industry. She has overseen tremendous industry-wide growth, most notably, the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, a historic piece of climate and clean energy legislation. She is also working to shepherd the next generation of the solar workforce by championing diversity efforts in the industry and through her Solar Sisters initiative.

Gigio Sakota
Vice President, Energy Markets
Avantus
Gigio Sakota is Sr. Director of Energy Markets at Avantus (formerly 8minute Solar Energy), the largest independent solar and solar plus storage power developer in the United States. Gigio is focused on the CAISO, WECC in general, and ERCOT, especially on the evolving role and demands of the utility scale PV and battery energy storage systems in the western markets. Prior to Avantus, Gigio was at Southern California Edison (SCE) where he was responsible for optimization of SCE’s wholesale market energy assets, including one of the nation’s largest renewable and storage portfolios. Over the past 16yrs, Gigio has worked in a range of roles, from long term resource planning to trade floor operations and bidding strategy, including stints in regulatory advocacy, portfolio planning, and resource economics.

Kathleen Himber
US CEO
Akuo Energy

Benjamin Lavoie
Sr. Director, Energy Storage & EV Solutions
Ameresco
Ben Lavoie is Sr. Director of Energy Storage and Electric Vehicle Solutions with Ameresco, a leading cleantech integrator and energy services company operating in North America, the UK, and Europe. In this role, he focuses on energy storage, microgrid, and renewable energy project development for U.S. Federal Government and Utility customers. Ben’s experience in the energy storage & EV industries spans over 14 years, including prior roles at A123 Systems, NEC Energy Solutions, and GM Energy. His areas of focus include solar + storage project development, technology assessment, and technical and economic analysis of energy storage use cases. Ben holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering and MS in Energy Systems both from Northeastern University, and is a Fellow of the Gordon Institute of Engineering Leadership. He resides in Portland, Maine.

Denise Tait
Chief Investment Officer
Arevon Energy

Kaitlin Fung
Research Analyst, North America Utility-Scale Solar
Wood Mackenzie
Kaitlin Fung is a Research Analyst within Wood Mackenzie’s Power and Renewables practice. Her research focuses on market dynamics, project financing, and sustainability of utility-scale solar projects in the United States and Canada. Before focusing on utility-scale solar, Kaitlin worked on Wood Mackenzie’s Americas Power team to support their long-term investment horizon outlooks. She primarily focused on ISO New England and Eastern Canadian energy markets, long-term utility-scale forecast integration, and modeling renewable portfolio standards (RPS). Kaitlin attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering. During her time at Amherst, she worked on research focusing on patent searching with an application to wind energy technologies.

Robin Lunt
Chief Commercial Officer
Guzman Energy
Robin is an accomplished executive in the energy sector with deep policy, regulatory and commercial experience. She joined Guzman Energy in 2018 and works across the business developing wholesale power solutions for distribution utilities and creating solutions to facilitate the energy transition through new renewable and dispatchable generation assets. Robin spent almost a decade in Washington, DC where she worked state and federal energy policy, and advised a commissioner at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on legal and policy matters in the western electric grid, RTO development, and oil and gas dockets. Her experience in shaping power generation and delivery solutions and validating them against commercial and regulatory frameworks serves her well in her work today as a strategic advisor to wholesale customers seeking better economic and sustainable power solutions. In addition to her time in DC, Robin previously worked as an attorney in private practice and as the general counsel of a demand side management company in Colorado. Robin is a graduate of Brigham Young University Law School and Pomona College. She resides in Denver with her husband and two children, and enjoys being an active member of her community.

David Carroll
Chief Renewables Officer & Sr. VP, North America
ENGIE North America
David Carroll is responsible for the Renewables activities that encompass utility scale wind and solar, distributed generation and storage, he is focused on development, engineering, construction, operations, and maintenance – including partnership management. In addition, Dave has oversight of all business support functions for North America. He joined ENGIE North America in August 2020 as Vice President for Grid Scale Renewables. David has more than 15 years of experience leading construction, engineering and program management teams across the renewable energy industry, including wind, solar, bioenergy, and storage technologies, contributing to more than 7 GW of renewable energy globally.

Frank Sherman
Senior Director, Renewables/Low Carbon M&A and Development
JERA Americas

Michael Grasso
Chief Revenue Officer
Sunnova
Mr. Grasso has served as Sunnova’s Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing and Growth Officer since May 2021, prior to which he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer from April 2018 to May 2021, and as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer from January 2018 to April 2018. Mr. Grasso previously served as Chief Marketing Officer of Sunrun Inc., a publicly traded provider of residential solar electricity, from 2014 to 2017 and as Chief Marketing Officer of TXU Energy Retail Company LLC, a provider of residential, commercial, and industrial electricity, from 2009 to 2014. Mr. Grasso held various executive and brand management roles at the United Services Automobile Association from 2007 to 2008 and at AT&T Inc. from 1992 to 2007. Mr. Grasso brings to Sunnova more than two decades of marketing experience with companies in the energy, financial services, internet, video, and telecommunications industries. Mr. Grasso received his Master of Science degree in Telecommunications Management from Washington University and his Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science and Applied Statistics from St. Mary’s University.

Jeff Cramer
President & CEO
Coalition for Community Solar Access
Jeff is the President and CEO of the Coalition for Community Solar Access (CCSA), and has served in that role since CCSA’s founding in 2015. CCSA is a national coalition of over 100 businesses and non-profits working to expand customer choice and access to solar for all American households and businesses through community solar. Prior to CCSA, Jeff co-founded and served as a Partner at 38 North Solutions, a Washington DC public affairs firm that focused exclusively on federal clean energy and sustainability policies and advocacy. In his role at 38 North, Jeff served as the State Policy Director for the Energy Storage Association (merged with American Clean Power in 2021), and advocated on behalf of clients in the solar, wind, industrial recycling, vehicle electrification, and methane waste mitigation on federal legislative and administration priorities.

Scott Graybeal
CEO
Caelux
Scott Graybeal is a veteran executive who led the Energy Solutions Segment at Flex Ltd (NASDAQ: FLEX), a $2B division within the company serving the solar, energy storage, and LED lighting markets. Under his leadership, Flex Energy became the third largest producer of PV modules outside of mainland China, and patented several key solar manufacturing innovations. Scott’s career spans several industries from construction tech to solar to semiconductors. Before joining Caelux, Scott was COO of Veev Group & CEO of Veev Build and has held key leadership roles at Intevac, Amonix, Oerlikon Solar, Veeco Instruments, Applied Materials, and General Electric. Scott has guest lectured on renewables and entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon and Georgetown. He served with distinction as a nuclear submarine officer and is a certified nuclear engineering officer by the Departments of the Navy and Energy. Scott earned his MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management and his BS in Chemistry from UC San Diego.

Leni John
Senior Vice President of Business Operations and Chief Procurement Officer
Strata Clean Energy
Leni John has over 23 years of experience developing procurement strategies and managing supply chain operations in various industries. The past 16 years of his career has been with top renewable energy firms, where he led the procurement and subcontracting activities for the construction of over 2 gigawatts (GWs) of utility-scale wind and solar power plants as well as battery energy storage systems. He has also championed the service and spare parts needs to support the operation and maintenance of over 5 GWs of clean energy power plants. Leni is currently the Senior Vice President of Business Operations and Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at Strata Clean Energy leading various core functions including strategic sourcing, supply chain, information technology, business systems, commissioning and technical services.

Luke Lewandowski
Vice President, Global Renewables Research
Wood Mackenzie
Luke brings more than 15 years of experience in renewable energy, spanning equipment and solutions sales, forecasting and analysing markets, developing a global research portfolio, and managing a research practice. Luke joined Wood Mackenzie via the acquisition of MAKE in 2017. Having spent nearly 10 years at MAKE, he had helped to develop the company’s brand and service and establish its presence in North America. Earlier in his career, he was an industry analyst for LM Wind Power, a GE Renewable Energy business. Since joining Wood Mackenzie, Luke has played an integral role in the integration and development of our Power & Renewables Practice. He transitioned from managing our global wind research to focusing on management of our research practice in the Americas across power, wind, solar, energy storage and the grid edge. He now heads our Global Renewables Research team, which includes wind, solar, and energy storage.

Brenden Frazier
US Product Manager
Trina Solar
Brenden is the lead PM for Trina’s Engineering Center and works closely with product improvements, testing, certifications, and launches in the US. Brenden earned a master's degree in solar energy engineering from the University of Freiburg, where he gained in-depth knowledge and skills in photovoltaic (PV) development and fabrication, while also working as a researcher at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy. Previously, he was the lead development engineer at Solarus Smart Energy Solutions, focusing on developing a PVT (Photovoltaic Thermal) module and PVT based energy solutions. He also served as an energy engineer and co-founder of Intuitive Energy Analysis & Studies, and currently sits on the board of the Kentucky Solar Energy Society. Now at Trina Solar, Brenden is passionate about engineering a more efficient world with innovative energy and solar technology.

Edmund Crooks
Vice Chair Americas
Wood Mackenzie
Ed Crooks joined Wood Mackenzie in 2019. Based in New York, he covers the full range of commodities, technologies and sectors, with a particular focus on climate policy, economics and the energy transition. He writes Wood Mackenzie’s popular Energy Pulse newsletter, analysing the latest developments in the world of energy, and also hosts Energy Gang, one of the world's most popular energy-focused podcasts. Before Wood Mackenzie, Ed was an award-winning energy editor for the Financial Times, first in London and then in New York. He joined the FT in 1999 as economics editor. He previously worked as an economics correspondent for BBC News, a reporter for Investor’s Chronicle magazine, and an economic researcher at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. He has also served on the UK government’s Sustainable Development Commission.

Sarah Noll
Manager VPP Innovation & Strategic Initiatives
Arizona Public Service

Hanna Nuttall
U.S. Distributed Storage Research Analyst
Wood Mackenzie

Sy Kim
Vice President
CBRE Renewables
Sy Kim has direct responsibility for CBRE Renewables’ off-site community solar and on-site renewables. In this capacity, he drives transactions and deal structuring between renewable energy developers and Fortune 500 companies. Sy also has oversight responsibilities for CBRE Renewables’ business operations. Before joining CBRE, Sy was managing director of a boutique consulting firm and advised renewable energy development firms such as Nexamp, Pacific Current, Onswitch, and NRG Energy. Previously, he managed Clearway Energy’s community solar origination and distributed generation development teams. Earlier in his career, Sy drove onsite development for SunPower while acting as a commercial liaison to policy and regulatory affairs. With over 15 years in the renewable energy sector, Sy leverages his deep expertise of facilitating transactions and deal structuring between renewable energy developers and Fortune 500 companies, while also ensuring efficient management of the CBRE Renewables business.

Nina Rangel
Senior Research Analyst
Wood Mackenzie

David Sandbank
VP Distributed Energy Resources & Transportation
NYSERDA
David Sandbank is a recognized leader in renewable energy with extensive experience in both the public and private sectors. As Vice President of Distributed Energy Resources at NYSERDA, he oversees New York’s solar, energy storage, and clean transportation initiatives, managing $5 billion to advance the state’s clean energy goals. Under his leadership, New York has become a national leader in distributed solar, surpassing 6 GW of installed capacity and on track to exceed 10 GW ahead of the 2030 target. David has played a pivotal role in shaping the state’s clean energy landscape, driving the implementation of the Value of Distributed Energy Resources tariff to support clean energy growth, establishing the nation’s leading community solar program, expanding New York’s energy storage market, and leading the state’s energy storage fire and safety working group. His work has expanded clean energy access, enhanced grid efficiency, and accelerated the transition to a more resilient and sustainable energy system.

Priscilla Barbour
Director, Policy & Communications
Primergy Solar
Priscilla Barbour is the Director of Policy & Communications at Primergy Solar. With a decade of experience in policy and public affairs, Priscilla oversees Primergy's external communications, stakeholder engagement, government affairs, and public policy strategies. Before joining Primergy, Priscilla managed state government affairs and policy in Texas, California, Connecticut, and federal government affairs for Vistra Corp. She also has experience as a Congressional staffer, having worked for former Congressman Cedric Richmond (LA-02) and the House Energy & Commerce Committee.

Thomas Grant
Global Manager of Energy Initiatives
Wendy's

Sylvia Leyva-Martinez
Principal Analyst, North America Utility-Scale Solar
Wood Mackenzie
As a principal analyst on our Power and Renewables team, Sylvia researches market dynamics, business models, market developments and financial strategies of utility-scale solar PV projects in the US and Canada. Previously a senior consultant for the Power and Renewables team, she brings six years of experience in power markets, the energy transition, renewables and ESG. Before Wood Mackenzie, Sylvia worked for Accenture Strategy Energy, where she supported cost and portfolio optimisation and talent management for NOCs in Latin America. She also worked in solar project development for SPIE Sud-Est in France.

Elissa Pierce
Research Analyst, Solar Module Technology and Markets
Wood Mackenzie
Elissa is an analyst in Wood Mackenzie’s power & renewables practice. Her research coverage includes solar module markets, technologies and supply chains across the globe. Before joining Wood Mackenzie, Elissa was a solar design engineer and worked on rooftop and ground-mount residential solar PV and battery storage projects.

Véronique Oomen
Director Division of Clean Energy
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities

Todd Olinsky-Paul
Senior Project Director
Clean Energy States Alliance
Todd Olinsky-Paul is Senior Project Director for Energy Storage at nonprofits Clean Energy States Alliance and Clean Energy Group. He directs the Energy Storage Technology Advancement Partnership (ESTAP), which aims to accelerate electrical energy storage deployment through collaborative efforts between state energy agencies, US DOE Office of Electricity and Sandia National Laboratories. Todd also leads CEG/CESA's energy storage policy program, directing energy storage working groups, conducting independent research and analysis, providing direct policy and program support to state energy agencies, and collaborating with Sandia and Pacific Northwest National Laboratories on energy storage policy and regulatory reports and webinars. His recent work includes the development of state policy and program models to support formation of customer-based virtual power plants.

Chris Seiple
Vice Chairman, Energy Transition and Power & Renewables
Wood Mackenzie
Chris is the Vice Chairman of Wood Mackenzie’s Power & Renewables group. He is responsible for ensuring thought leadership, advising on the strategic direction of the business, and senior stakeholder engagement and relationship management. Chris brings 30 years of global power industry experience to this role. His career has spanned strategy consulting work for power companies and banks at Cambridge Energy Research Associates (now part of IHS/S&P), debt and equity financing of power-related investments at GE Energy Financial Service and managing a portfolio of power plants owned by EFS. He also led the power organisation at Genscape, where he expanded its real-time power markets monitoring business into analytics and software service businesses through both organic growth and acquisitions. Chris came to Wood Mackenzie through its acquisition of Genscape and now works with our 250 researchers across North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America.

King Look
Director of Research and Development
Con Edison
Mr. Look is currently the Director of Research and Development (R&D) at Con Edison, responsible for the Company’s R&D programs and initiatives. He is leading and coordinating Con Edison’s R&D efforts into the investigation and development of new low carbon resources, including overseeing Con Edison’s anchor sponsorship of the EPRI / GTI Energy Low Carbon Resources Initiative. He is a member of EPRI’s Technology Innovation Committee and, also the Chair of the New York Joint Utilities’ Advanced Technology Working Group. Prior to his current role in R&D, Mr. Look held the position of Director of Electricity Supply where he was responsible for managing a portfolio of electric supply contracts, generating assets and financial hedges to supply retail customers who chose to remain with Con Edison as the provider of their electricity supply. And prior to his Electricity Supply position, he was the Director of Resource Planning, responsible for developing the electric, gas and steam demand forecasts for capital planning and, also responsible for economic and reliability assessments of new resources, such as offshore wind and new transmission lines. He joined Con Edison as a management intern in 1983. Mr. Look also received the Outstanding 50 Asian American Business Award in 2015. Mr. Look graduated summa cum laude from Cooper Union with Bachelor and Master of Engineering degrees in Chemical Engineering; from Manhattan College with Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering; and from Baruch College with an MBA in Computer Information Systems.

Paul Zavesoff
Vice President, Asset Management
Gridstor

Nicholas Gladd
Partner, Energy and Climate Solutions
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Nic Gladd is senior counsel in Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s energy and climate solutions practice. Nic’s practice spans the transactional, regulatory, and litigation realms. He advises independent power producers, clean energy project developers, data center developers, technology companies, and investors in complex transactions. He regularly represents clients in proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal, and state public utility commissions. And he provides counsel and strategic business advice to entities seeking to interconnect with and participate in the markets administered by PJM, NYISO, ISO-NE, CAISO, SPP, MISO, and ERCOT. He is experienced in helping clients both navigate and shape regulatory frameworks at the federal and state levels, counseling on power market design, and structuring and negotiating commercial agreements for clean energy generation and energy storage projects and operating assets. Before entering private practice, Nic held several high-level positions at FERC, including as legal advisor to both FERC Chairman Kevin J. McIntyre and Commissioner Tony Clark and as an appellate litigator in the FERC Solicitor’s Office.

Byron Pollard
Director, Power & Renewables Consulting
Wood Mackenzie

Catherine Griffin
Vice President, Investments
Soltage
Catherine Griffin is a Vice President of Investments at Soltage. Catherine has over ten years of experience in the energy industry, beginning her career in power and gas and before transitioning to renewables. Prior to joining Soltage, Catherine worked at DSD Renewables and led the project valuations for M&A activity across various markets. Catherine holds a B.A in Economics from Union College and M.B.A from Columbia Business School.

Daniel Clark
Director, BESS Safety & Standards
Terra-Gen

Feizhen Lu
Senior Vice President of Procurement and Supply Chain
Hecate Energy

Ronald Schoff
Director, R&D - Renewable Energy and Fleet Enabling Technologies
Electric Power Research Institute

Melissa Lott
Partner General Manager, Energy Technologies
Microsoft

Arshad Mansoor
President & CEO
EPRI

Jennifer Downing
Engagement Officer
US Department of Energy Loan Programs Office
Jen is an Engagement Officer at the U.S. Department of Energy Loan Programs Office, leading business development efforts for the Title 17 Clean Energy Financing Program. In her former role on LPO’s strategy team, Jen led the publication of DOE's Pathways to Commercial Liftoff report for Virtual Power Plants. Prior to joining DOE, Jen was a Senior Manager at Bain & Company in the Sustainability and Strategy practice areas. She holds a BA in Ethics, Politics, and Economics from Yale and MBA from Harvard where she was a Baker Scholar. Jen is based in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

Meghan Semiao
Director of Asset Management and O&M
Copia Power
Meghan is the Director of Asset Management and Operations at Copia Power, a Carlyle Portfolio Company, headquartered in Dana Point, CA. Her team oversees the operations of both BESS and Solar assets, mostly centralized in Arizona. Meghan is active as a Board Member for both Clean Energy NH and the South Dakota Wind Energy Association. She also leads various committees for American Clean Power. Prior to Copia, Meghan worked for three other Renewable Independent Power Producers. Meghan holds a B.A. degree in Political Science and Business Economics from the University of Maine. In addition, she has her JD and MBA from Suffolk University. Meghan and her husband, Nathan, and their daughter, Rose, reside in New Hampshire.

Troy Renken
VP of Engineering and Product
Shoals Technologies

Nicole Steele
Director of Climate Partnerships Banking
Amalgamated Bank
Nicole Steele is a nationally recognized leader and expert with over 20 years’ experience in clean energy, focusing on equitable deployment and workforce development. She recently joined Amalgamated Bank as the Director of Climate Policy where she will lead the bank’s efforts to ensure U.S. climate policy is supportive of private capital markets in executing the clean energy transition. Prior to joining Amalgamated, she was instrumental in the development of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) programs including the National Clean Investment Fund (NCIF), Clean Communities Investment Accelerator (CCIA), and Solar for All (SFA) at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and worked in partnership with the U.S. Treasury on the Inflation Reduction Act’s solar tax credits including the Low-Income Communities Bonus Tax Credit. She was also the Program Manager of the Workforce and Equitable Access Team in the Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the head of the National Community Solar Partnership (NCSP) that created the Community Power Accelerator and many other initiatives that developed solutions for the rapid deployment of clean energy with true meaningful benefits. Prior to joining the federal government, she was the founding executive director of GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic, policy director at the Alliance to Save Energy, and ran the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program for Loudoun County Virginia. She started her career in affordable housing, community and land-use planning, and grassroots advocacy. She is an AmeriCorps alumni and passionate supporter of community service.

Mahdi Motalleb
Director, Energy Storage & Electrical Engineering
SB Energy

Larry Sherwood
President Emeritus
Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC)

Emily Backus
Sustainability Director
Vantage Data Centers

April Montgomery
Chief Development Officer
EIP Storage
April Montgomery is the Chief Development Officer of EIP Storage. She has over two decades of experience in project development, including wind, solar and storage projects. Her work has supported gigawatts of clean energy projects across the country. Prior to joining EIP, April served as Client Services Director – Generation for SWCA Environmental Consultants, a national environmental services firm company that acquired REAP in 2019. REAP was founded by April in 2013 to assist public and private sector clients build sustainable projects that balance environmental and economic development. April graduated with a BA in History and Design from Florida State University and a Master of Art in Urban Planning from the University of Florida.

Petter Skantze
Vice President of Infrastructure Development
NextEra Energy
Petter Skantze is Vice President, Infrastructure Development, a newly created role with oversight of all Energy Resources grid-scale power, origination, and transmission businesses. Previously, Petter was Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy for NextEra Energy, engaged in M&A and Corporate Strategy across NextEra’s regulated and unregulated businesses. Petter also led Project Accelerate, an annual effort which sources and implements opportunities for growth and operating improvements from all employees and leaders across the entire enterprise and examines the deployment of new technologies to drive growth for the company. Prior to joining NextEra in 2011, Petter was an investment banker in the power and utilities groups of Deutsche Bank and Bear Stearns, and a consultant in the energy practice of the Boston Consulting Group. Petter received his BS, M.Eng. and PhD in Electrical Engineering from MIT.

Kasim Khan
Senior Research Analyst, Storage
Wood Mackenzie

Caitlin Connelly
Senior Research Analyst, Distributed Solar
Wood Mackenzie

Declan Flanagan
Chairman & CEO
Bluestar Energy Capital
Declan Flanagan is a former EVP at Orsted as well as former CEO of Orsted’s onshore renewables business. He was the Founder & CEO of Lincoln Clean Energy (acquired by Orsted in 2018). Declan has led over $10 billion in capital investment in global clean energy. He has an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, and earned his BSc at the University of Galway.

Becca Jones-Albertus
Director, Solar Technologies Office
US Department of Energy
Dr. Becca Jones-Albertus is the Director of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) and Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Renewable Energy in the Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy. SETO has an annual budget of over $300 million to advance solar technology and support an equitable transition to a decarbonized energy system. This includes innovative research on photovoltaic and concentrating solar-thermal power technologies, grid integration, and analysis and technical assistance to reduce soft costs and increase access to affordable solar energy. Dr. Jones-Albertus also works with DOE leadership and interagency partners on key issues such as supply chains, grid modernization, and workforce training. Dr. Jones-Albertus has spent her career advancing solar technology and working to reduce regulatory barriers to solar deployment. Prior to joining the Energy Department, Dr. Jones-Albertus worked in the private sector, where she led efforts to develop solar cells that twice achieved world-record efficiencies. Dr. Jones-Albertus graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University and holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. She has more than 10 patents and 40 technical publications.

Allison Weis
Global Head of Storage
Wood Mackenzie
Allison leads our global research into energy storage. She joined Wood Mackenzie in 2023 from Ascend Analytics, where she was VP of Battery Solutions. In that role she built out a storage valuation product and consulting practice as well as operational platform optimising storage, hybrid and renewable bids into day-ahead and real-time power markets. Earlier in her career, Allison was an engineer at Tesla, focused on modelling stationary energy storage for large-scale renewables integration and analysis of revenue and battery degradation in different wholesale power markets.

Nick Perugini
Chief Executive Officer
Solaris Energy
Nick specializes in non-residential project sourcing, analysis, development, and structured finance, while building strategic partnership alliances. He contributes a diverse background and passion for solar and energy efficiency (since 2008) built upon a lengthy business to business professional career. He has lead efforts on hundreds of successfully operational solar projects across the nation. Nick is the former Board Chair of the Colorado Solar and Storage Association (COSSA), the solar and storage trade organization in Colorado. He is also the former president of New Energy Colorado (NECO) an educational non-profit that manages the Metro Denver Green Homes Tour and Solar CitiSuns.

Xizhou Zhou
Executive Vice President, Head of Power & Renewables
Wood Mackenzie
Xizhou Zhou oversees Wood Mackenzie’s Power and Renewables’ function. He's responsible for the content development and commercial growth of the business line, ranging from new product development to regional expansion. His expertise is in electric power and clean energy market analysis and forecasting, power market design and policy analysis, renewable energy business models, and company strategies. Prior to Xizhou joining Wood Mackenzie in 2024, he was vice president leading S&P Global Commodity Insight’s power and renewables practice globally. In his capacity as Head of the Power, Gas, Coal, and Renewables division in the Asia Pacific region for IHS Markit before its merger with S&P Global, Xizhou played a pivotal role in the substantial expansion of the firm's reach by establishing new research and consulting teams in key locations including Beijing, Singapore, Penang, Delhi, Seoul, Tokyo, and Brisbane, fostering the growth of the company's energy business in the region. Before starting his career at S&P Global through one of its predecessor companies, Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA), he worked as a consultant on regulatory economics for Industrial Economics, Inc. in Boston and as a research analyst at the World Resources Institute in Washington, D.C. Xizhou holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Environmental Management, both from Yale University. He is based in Washington, D.C.

Sagar Chopra
Senior Research Analyst, Solar
Wood Mackenzie
Sagar is a senior research analyst on our Power & Renewables team, focused on PV system pricing for US and LATAM regions. He also supports research on global system pricing, and covers floating solar market research. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie in 2021, Sagar worked as an electrical engineer, designing and commissioning utility-scale PV projects in the New England and New York region.

Martin Pochtaruk
President
Heliene Inc.
Martin Pochtaruk has 35 years of experience managing manufacturing and innovation businesses across Europe and the Americas. He founded Heliene, a technology leading high quality solar PV manufacturer in 2010, the company is challenging the solar industry status quo by putting customers first. It’s doing so as well by manufacturing high quality, competitively priced solar PV modules made to order in North America. By supporting customers with its in-house logistics team and just in time supply chain solutions. And by being remarkably responsive. Prior to founding Heliene in February 2010, he was the VP of Business development at Algoma Steel Inc., a Canadian Public Company, where he was responsible for driving the company’s value-chain integration strategy, creating and increasing value to shareholders (Dec 2004 to June 2009). Before Algoma Steel, Pochtaruk spent over fifteen years at Tenaris (NYSE: TS) in Argentina, Italy, the USA and Canada, on positions ranging from applied research (1990), product development for stringent applications (1991-1994), marketing (1995-1996), M&A (1997-1999) and supply chain management (2000 to November 2004). Relevant experience to project execution: • 1996 to 1998 – Take over and turn around of Dalmine, Italy (Tenaris) • 2000 – start up of the idled Sault Ste Marie pipe factory for Tenaris, • 2010 – start up of Heliene in Sault Ste Marie, • 2018 – replacement of the Mountain Iron, Minnesota manufacturing facility for Heliene. • 2022 – investment and start up of Mountain Iron line 2 for Heliene, • 2023 – raised USD$ 170 million to accelerate the growth of Heliene. In 1989 Martin graduated in Physics from University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Martin is fluent in Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese and English.

Samantha Frick
Director of Community Relations and Impact
Pivot Energy

Carolyn O'Brien
Director of Permitting & Entitlements
Black Mountain Energy Storage
Carolyn currently serves as the Director of Permitting and Entitlements with over 10 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Black Mountain, Carolyn managed the design and permitting for a variety of projects nationwide including industrial, educational, retail and mixed use. Carolyn earned her Bachelor of Science & Master of Science degrees in Environmental Engineering with a concentration in Water Resources from Drexel University in 2012.

Michael Bennett
Chief Transformation Officer
Powin
Michael Bennett serves as the Chief Transformation Officer at Powin Energy, a global leader in energy storage solutions. In this capacity, he leads the company’s analytics, program management, cell sciences, and knowledge management teams, driving innovation and operational excellence. With over 14 years of experience in data and analytics, predominantly within the energy and renewables sector, Michael has a diverse background that includes roles in data services, market consulting, and now, cutting-edge hardware that powers the grid. At Powin, he is dedicated finding ways to leverage AI and machine learning to enhance the safety and efficiency of grid-connected industrial devices, contributing to more reliable energy infrastructure and supporting the global transition to a cleaner, sustainable future.

Benjamin Boucher
Senior Data Analyst
Wood Mackenzie

Colleen Christmas-Garner
Director of Development
RES
Colleen Christmas-Garner is a dynamic and accomplished Power Engineering and Development Executive with over two decades of experience in project management and development within the power-energy industry. She brings a robust background in managing engineering for multi-disciplinary generation projects, overseeing permitting, pre-construction activities, and environmental management. Colleen has also led the development of utility-scale solar, wind, and battery storage projects, leveraging her deep understanding of real estate matters, environmental risks, and regulatory compliance. Her career spans strategic planning, real estate negotiations, financial planning, contract management, and compliance. She has consistently demonstrated expertise in navigating complex regulatory environments while driving large-scale energy projects.

Jorge Iragorri
Managing Director – Head of Renewable Energy Investments
Morgan Stanley

Max Issokson
Research Analyst, US Distributed Solar
Wood Mackenzie
Max Issokson is a research analyst on our Power and Renewables team. He supports research and data collection for the US Distributed Solar practice. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie in October 2022, Max worked at National Grid where he held positions in distributed generation and pricing and regulatory.