Programme

Please see below a preview of the programme.

Due to the success of previous years, we will again run a programme with three parallel streams. Each session will highlight current and future opportunities in the renewable energy sector.

Track A: Europe in focus

Highlighting key developments in the most mature renewable energy market. Participants attending Track A sessions will hear about the most significant regulatory, legislative, and system developments that support a market worth billions of euros.

Track-B: Global markets and initiatives

Examining the drivers behind the expansion and rapid growth of renewables markets around the world. Participants in these sessions will learn about the key factors involved in opening up new markets and the motivation of new market participants.

Track-C: Understanding the basics

Offering those who are new to renewable-energy markets and energy-attribute tracking an introduction to everything they need to know to succeed in this complex and competitive sector. These sessions are created in collaboration EKOenergy.

 

  Monday, 24 April 2023

Sector coupling has long been a goal of the energy transition. Thanks to the comparative ease of switching from fossil fuels to renewables to generate power, the electrification of more sectors and industrial processes is essential if we are going to cut energy-related emissions. In this two-hour pre-conference session, participants will hear from – and be able to question – expert speakers as to why and how renewables markets help to support this crucial objective.

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The International REC Standard Foundation (I-REC Standard) provides a robust, transparent standard that was created to ensure reliable, accurate attribute tracking of energy attributes. The standard sets out best practices that can be applied in varied legislative and market structures around the world. This two-hour session will give participants an overview of rapidly developing renewable energy and energy attribute markets, as well as the opportunity to learn how the standard supports these markets.

 

 

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More than 20 years of steady development have delivered increasingly mature renewables markets. A wide range of mid-stream initiatives now offers producers and consumers the chance to maximise the benefits and reduce the challenges of selling and buying renewable energy. Participants will benefit from two hours of insights from energy experts on the most significant mid-stream renewables market developments, including plenty of time for questions.

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20:00 - 22:00 Get Together

  Tuesday, 25 April 2023

Renewables markets continue to grow and become more valuable. The energy attribute certificates upon which they are based offer consumers more and more choices in their energy purchases. A key value of these certificates is that they encourage producers to build more renewables. And yet the required scale of the energy transition demands that we maximise these renewable opportunities and get more from renewables markets. Participants will learn how this can be done in this opening keynote session.

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11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break

The European Union and its Member States offer the most mature and valuable renewables markets in the world. Alongside these benefits there is also complexity as both EU and national legislation and regulations are designed to govern the use and trade of EACs in Europe. Participants in this session will learn about recent developments as well as expectations for future changes to the rules.

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"The view of producers and consumers"
"The view of market intermediaries"
  • Liakopoulou, Mariana

    European Federation of Energy Traders (EFET)  • Markets and Policy Associate

"An overview of EU rules for attribute tracking and claims"

Since their initiation, I-REC markets have grown rapidly in an expanding range of countries. This growth is founded on the solid basis of the I-REC Standard, which plays a critical role in ensuring access to credible, transparent, and globally harmonized information that can drive renewables markets. If you attend this session you will hear how these markets are expected to mature and grow in the future.

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This session will introduce those who are relatively new to renewable energy markets to the basics of attribute tracking. Specifically, this session will explain why attribute tracking is important and will cover the first step in the process: how energy certificates are issued. This session will kick-start the C-stream and prepare participants for the sessions that follow.

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12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break

As part of its effort to accelerate its national energy transition, France has introduced a series of laws that impact the French guarantees of origin market. If you attend this session, you will hear from French experts about the nature and impact of these laws and will have an opportunity to learn what further developments are expected.

 

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  • Farrokhi, Blaise

    European Energy Exchange  • Business Developer, Registry Services

The Greenhouse Gas Protocol Scope 2 Guidance document sets out how organizations should measure and report on the GHG emissions related to their electricity consumption. This guidance has played a major role in encouraging the use of renewable power. The guidance is now up for review, and you will learn what is at stake and how to engage with this important process.

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"GHG Protocol: Preliminary findings from the Scope 2 revisions process"
  • Aiuto, Kyla

    World Resources Institute • GHG Protocol Secretariat

The second C-stream session introduces another essential aspect of EAC systems and markets – how energy certificates are traded. You will learn about bundled and unbundled trades, the different market facilitators, and new trading platforms and opportunities. If you are new to buying or selling EACs, this is the place to start.

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15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break

Attribute certificates carry detailed information about the energy being produced, traded, and consumed. They bring the transparency and accuracy that renewables markets need. But if they only cover part of the total energy market, that transparency is incomplete. Full disclosure offers total energy market transparency and, if you attend this session, you will hear how it works, what it offers, where it has already succeeded, and why it should be implemented everywhere.

 

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"The positive impacts of full disclosure"
"The legal basis for full disclosure"

The Australian energy market has known many ups and downs thanks to fluctuating national climate and energy policies, an export-focused fossil fuel industry, and huge domestic renewable energy resources. Australian market experts will explain the intricacies of the country’s REC markets to provide a deeper understanding of this dynamic energy context.

 

 

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Having learnt already how EACs are issued and traded, C-stream participants can now learn why they are bought and sold. If you attend this session, you will learn why a market for EACs is needed, what its impact can be, and who stands to benefit from it. This wraps up the first day of sessions that introduce the basics of Energy Attribute Certificates.

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16:30 - 17:00 Coffee break

The speakers at this session will review a dynamic and exciting year in energy certificate markets before looking ahead to the possibility of more change to come. You will hear about the mega-trends currently driving renewables markets, those that are developing rapidly, and those that are on the horizon. This high-level session ends Day 1 of the conference and aims to provide plenty of topics for conversation during the evening’s social events.

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  • Eccard, Thomas

    RECS Energy Certificate Association • Chair of Board

17:45 - 18:45 Drinks reception
19:30 - 22:30 Dinner Party

  Wednesday, 26 April 2023

The volumes and prices session has consistently been the best-attended part of previous REC Market Meetings. This year we are offering even more detailed market information by offering a session dedicated to Europe, followed by one with a global focus (7b). These sessions will offer everything you need to know about market trends and expectations – all from a panel of leading experts in the field.

 

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"Drivers of market change"
  • Utonih, Selma

    3Degrees  • Policy Manager, Environmental Markets Europe

"Impacts of market change"
  • Ceder, David

    STX Commodities • Head of Europe, Environmental Commodities

Buying renewable electricity cuts an organisation’s Scope 2 emissions – providing an important motivation for more sustainable power procurement. But are all renewable energy purchases equal, or do some do more to cut emissions than others? And how can consumers find out the carbon footprint of the energy they buy, particularly where non-renewable energy is also certified? If you attend this session, you will get detailed answers to these questions and more.

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  • Miller, Doug

    Clean Energy Buyers Institute  • Director, Market & Policy Innovation

  • Grays, Sara

    M-RETS  • Product Manager

Just as energy markets cover different geographies and jurisdictions, so do their related energy attribute certificate schemes and markets. Where the boundaries of these markets are, how and why they are set where they are, and the impact they can have on the consumption, production and trade of renewable energy will be covered in this session. On Day 2 of the conference, the C-stream, which delivers an understanding of the basics, will address another core aspect of renewables markets.

 

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10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break

As European energy certificate markets become increasingly standardised and harmonised, there is still plenty of diversity in a region spreading from Norway to Greece, and Iceland to Ukraine. Participants in this session will hear from experts about the current state of the national systems that make up the most valuable EAC market in the world. They will also look forward to what comes next in a region where countries are already implementing innovations such as full consumption disclosure and 24/7 tracking.

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  • Ansone, Ance

    Conexus Baltic Grid  • Corporate Strategy Division International Project Development Manager

  • Tiktak, Roelf

    VertiCer • Co-director

The volumes and prices session has consistently been the best-attended part of previous REC Market Meetings. This year we are offering even more detailed market information by offering a session dedicated to global markets which follows one with a European focus (6a). These sessions will provide everything you need to know about market trends and expectations – all from a panel of leading experts in the field.

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The final C-stream session on the basics of energy attribute certificate markets and systems will take you into the world of additional labels and services which can enhance the impact of renewables markets. You will hear from experts about how producers and consumers can use these tools to boost the role of renewables markets in driving the energy transition.

 

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11:30 - 12:00 Coffee break

No one is obliged to buy renewable energy; almost everywhere it is a choice taken by those wishing to cut their emissions and contribute to the energy transition. But formal renewable energy compliance markets do exist. Also, indirect regulatory pressures to buy renewables are in place in many jurisdictions. Could renewable markets deliver more by switching from voluntary to compliance mechanisms? The conference will wrap up with a lively debate on this crucial question.

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  • Macrae, Michael 

    World Resources Institute (WRI)  • Greenhouse Gas Protocol Secretariat

  • Verwimp, Katrien

    Association Issuing Bodies (AIB)  • Strategy coordinator, Energy Certificates

  • Akoetey-Eyiah, Enam

    I-REC Standard Foundation • Regional Director, Africa

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch break