DRIVING GREEN ENERGY TRANSITION IN PORTUGAL – FORUM AGENDA

Panel Description:

• As the global energy landscape shifts towards renewable energy sources, the importance of BESS has rapidly grown. These systems are pivotal in stabilising the grid, optimising energy use, and supporting the integration of variable renewable energy sources like wind and solar. Yet, integrating BESS into new and existing RES projects is not without its challenges.
• This part of the Forum explores the multifaceted challenges encountered during WIND-SOLAR-BESS hybridisation, focusing on technical, operational, economic, regulatory, and economic aspects and provides the answers to questions crucial for effective operation of hybrid projects.

Panel Content and Speakers:

• Presentation: Mr Tomás Freitas Rocha, Senior Energy Analyst, MEGAJOULE – Resource Assessment and Energy Yield Challenges.
• Presentation: Ms Cristiana Pacheco, Chief Executive Officer, SINAMBI Consultores – Environmental Assessment Challenges.
• Presentation: Mr Gonçalo Guerra, Founder & Managing Partner, BL Renewables Support – Construction Challenges.
• Presentation: Mr Tiago Santos, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, ENLITIA – Operation and Management Challenges.
• Panel Discussion: Overcoming The Challenges of Hybridisation: Integrating Strategies for Greater Efficiency in Wind + Solar + BESS Projects.

Audience Takeaways:

• Understand the Commercial Rationale: Learn why hybridising wind, solar, and battery storage is becoming a key strategy for improving project economics, grid flexibility, and capacity factors.
• Navigate the Development Process: Gain insights into siting, permitting, and interconnection challenges unique to hybrid projects — and how to overcome them.
• Technical Integration & Design Best Practices: Learn how to optimise hybrid configurations for performance, reliability, and lifecycle cost-efficiency — from co-location to control systems.
• Lessons from Real Projects: Walk away with case studies and lessons learned from successful (and struggling) hybrid projects across Europe.

Panel Description:

• As Portugal’s earliest wind farms approach the end of their design life, repowering has emerged as a critical strategy to revitalise assets, boost energy output, and improve overall project economics.
• This panel will explore how the Portuguese wind sector can unlock new value by replacing aging turbines with modern, higher-capacity technology — all while navigating complex permitting, grid constraints, and regulatory requirements.

Key Discussion Topics:

• Performance gains and cost savings from next-generation turbines
• Optimizing site layouts and minimizing downtime during repowering
• Managing community and environmental impacts under new permitting rules
• Business models and financing strategies that make repowering bankable
• Policy signals and grid readiness to support large-scale repowering in Portugal

Audience Takeaways:

• Quantify the Business Case for Repowering: Understand how modern turbine technology can significantly boost output and reduce LCOE on existing wind sites.
• Navigate Regulatory and Permitting Hurdles: Learn how to address key legal and environmental challenges tied to repowering under current Portuguese and EU frameworks.
• Optimise Asset Performance and Site Layouts: Discover technical strategies for maximizing generation potential while staying within site and grid constraints.
• Access to Financing and Investment Models: Hear how repowering can attract institutional capital and what financial structures make these projects bankable.
• Mitigate Downtime and Operational Risk: Explore best practices in project planning to minimize disruption and improve operational continuity during repowering.

Panel Description:

• As Portugal’s earliest wind farms approach the end of their design life, repowering has emerged as a critical strategy to revitalise assets, boost energy output, and improve overall project economics.
• This panel will explore how the Portuguese wind sector can unlock new value by replacing aging turbines with modern, higher-capacity technology — all while navigating complex permitting, grid constraints, and regulatory requirements.

Key Discussion Topics:

• Performance gains and cost savings from next-generation turbines
• Optimizing site layouts and minimizing downtime during repowering
• Managing community and environmental impacts under new permitting rules
• Business models and financing strategies that make repowering bankable
• Policy signals and grid readiness to support large-scale repowering in Portugal

Audience Takeaways:

• Quantify the Business Case for Repowering: Understand how modern turbine technology can significantly boost output and reduce LCOE on existing wind sites.
• Navigate Regulatory and Permitting Hurdles: Learn how to address key legal and environmental challenges tied to repowering under current Portuguese and EU frameworks.
• Optimise Asset Performance and Site Layouts: Discover technical strategies for maximizing generation potential while staying within site and grid constraints.
• Access to Financing and Investment Models: Hear how repowering can attract institutional capital and what financial structures make these projects bankable.
• Mitigate Downtime and Operational Risk: Explore best practices in project planning to minimize disruption and improve operational continuity during repowering.

Panel Description:

• As Portugal’s earliest wind farms approach the end of their design life, repowering has emerged as a critical strategy to revitalise assets, boost energy output, and improve overall project economics.
• This panel will explore how the Portuguese wind sector can unlock new value by replacing aging turbines with modern, higher-capacity technology — all while navigating complex permitting, grid constraints, and regulatory requirements.

Key Discussion Topics:

• Performance gains and cost savings from next-generation turbines
• Optimizing site layouts and minimizing downtime during repowering
• Managing community and environmental impacts under new permitting rules
• Business models and financing strategies that make repowering bankable
• Policy signals and grid readiness to support large-scale repowering in Portugal

Audience Takeaways:

• Quantify the Business Case for Repowering: Understand how modern turbine technology can significantly boost output and reduce LCOE on existing wind sites.
• Navigate Regulatory and Permitting Hurdles: Learn how to address key legal and environmental challenges tied to repowering under current Portuguese and EU frameworks.
• Optimise Asset Performance and Site Layouts: Discover technical strategies for maximizing generation potential while staying within site and grid constraints.
• Access to Financing and Investment Models: Hear how repowering can attract institutional capital and what financial structures make these projects bankable.
• Mitigate Downtime and Operational Risk: Explore best practices in project planning to minimize disruption and improve operational continuity during repowering.