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31 JANUARY - 2 FEBRUARY 2017 Grange City Hotel, London, UK POST-EVENT REPORT 2017 Delegate profiles | Testimonials | Feedback finance.solarenergyevents.com #SFIEurope 1 Perfect opportunities to network, made all the desired contacts Delegate Profiles Nicolas Vierge, Dong Energy Breakdown by country 139% United Kingdom 21% Germany 16% Spain 7% Italy 6% Ireland Job Titles: 5% Turkey 5% Denmark 4% France 4% Egypt 4% Netherlands 4% United States 3% Switzerland 3% Greece 2% China 2% India 2% Hong Kong 2% Portugal 2% Israel This conference always 1% Jordan draws a crowd and has 1% Belgium become a must for my 1% Saudi Arabia calendar to catch up with 1% Norway key people and trends for 1% Austria the year ahead 1% New Zealand Louise Wilson, 1% Czech Republic Abundance Investment 3 Delegate Profiles Company Activity 38.2% Finance 14.3% Developer 14.3% 8.4% O&M 8.4% 8% Manufacturer 8% 4.6% Consultancy 4.6% Good networking opportunity Energy Management 4.6% 4.6% Mark Weller, Eneco UK Ltd 3.8% EPC 3.8% 3.8% Other 3.8% Yet again a great event getting together all the major players 3.4% Legal 3.4% in the industry and proper honest discussion as to how Utilities 3.4% 3.4% solar can survive and adapt in the ever changing environment 2.9% PR/Media/Partnerships 2.9% and also giving a high level 2.5% Independent Power Producer 2.5% overview of overseas markets and the advent of storage 2.1% Large Energy User 2.1% Stuart Cleak, Foot Anstey 4 A great meeting place to understand what is going on in the solar space in Europe for asset owners, investors, financiers and service providers. 2017 attendees: Pablo Valencia, Vela Energy ACTIS EDF ENERGY KINESIS ENERJI PRIMROSE SOLAR ALEXA CAPITAL ENCOME ENERGY PERFORMANCE UK LTD LARK COMMERCIAL QOS ENERGY ALFANAR ENERGY ENECO UK LTD LD INVESTMENT QUERCUS ASSET MANAGEMENT ALLIANZ GI ENERPARC LIGHTSOURCE RENEWABLE ENERGY RBS AMARENCO ENERTIS LIGHTSOURCE RENEWABLE SERVICES LTD RENEWABLE POWER ANCALA ENGIE M&G INVESTMENT REPOWERING AREAM GMBH ETRION MAGNETAR SOLAR RES GROUP ARMSTRONG ENERGY EUROENERGY INVESTMENTS UK MAR SUN SOLAR SANTANDER ASTRA VENTURES EYH MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY SILICON RANCH CORPORATION ASTRONERGY FALCK RENEWABLES MEGAWATT-X SOLAIREDIRECT AUSTRALIAN TRADE AND INVESTMENT FOOT ANSTEY METEOCONTROL SOLAR MEDIA COMMISSION FORESIGHT METKA-EGN SOLAR POWER EUROPE AVIVA INVESTORS GILDEMEISTER ENERGY SOLUTIONS METLIFE SOLAR TRADE ASSOCIATION BAYWA R.E. OPERATION SERVICES GLENNMONT PARTNERS MILK THE SUN GMBH SOLARCENTURY BELECTRIC GOLDBECK SOLAR GMBH MONGOOSE ENERGY SOLARCOOL BIRD & BIRD GOWLING WLG MORPHOSOLAR SOLAREDGE BLACKROCK REAL ASSETS - INFRASTRUCTURE GREEN DEALFLOW MOTT MACDONALD LTD SOLARIF INSURANCE BLUE ELEPHANT ENERGY AG GREEN HEDGE OPERATIONAL SERVICES MOWLAND LTD SOLARMONKEY BLUEFIELD GREENCOAT CAPITAL MYTRAH ENERGY LTD SONNEDIX BLUETREE ASSET MANAGEMENT GREENPOWERMONITOR NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK SPD3 LIMITED BNRG RENEWABLES LIMITED GREENSOLVER NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED STATOIL BPVA GREENTEC SERVICES GMBH NATIONAL ENERGY CO SUNGROW BRITISH SOLAR RENEWABLES LTD GREENTECH GMBH & CIE. KG NEAS/CENTRICA ENERGY TEMPORIS CAPITAL LLP BROOKFIELD GROW ENERGY MANAGEMENT, LDA. NEXT ENERGY TRINA SOLAR CAMBORNE CAPITAL HG CAPITAL NHS TRIODOS CAPITAL STAGE AG HUAWEI DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES NHS TRUST STOCKPORT TRIPLE POINT CENTRICA ENERGY MARKETING & TRADING IMMERSA LIMITED NORDIC SOLAR ENERGY A/S TURQUOISE ČEZ, A.S. INACCESS NOVATIO CAPITAL UK GREEN INVESTMENT BANK COILLTE INFINITY FOR SOLAR ENERGY NTR PLC UKC ELECTRONICS (HK) CO LTD CUBICO SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENTS INGENIOUS OCTOPUS INVESTMENTS UNIVERSITY OF BATH DANSKE COMMODITIES INGETEAM POWER TECHNOLOGY SA ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP VECTOR CUATRO DEXLAR ENERGY INVESTEC OST ENERGY LTD. VELA ENERGY DNV GL IPS PHOENIX SOLAR EPE VULCAIN SAS DONG ENERGY ISLAND GREEN POWER PI PHOTOVOLTAIK-INSTITUT BERLIN AG WIDE GROUP DSM ADVANCED SURFACES JA SOLAR PICODAT WOLFSON CAPITAL DYESOL AND GREATCELL SOLAR JEFFERIES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED PLATINA PARTNERS LLP XTRATHERM ECOLIGO JOHN LAING POYRY MANAGEMENT CONSULTING ZOUK EDEN SUSTAINABLE KAISERWETTER ENERGY ASSET MANAGEMENT PREVAILING LIMITED 5 I met investors that might have an interest in looking into the Portuguese market Visitor feedback Bernardo Matos, Grow 88% 82% 69% 65% 65% Rated the quality of Said opportunities Rated the event as Would/would likely attend Would/would likely seminar speakers as for networking with Exceptional or Very Solar Finance & Investment recommend Solar Finance Exceptional or Very Good other delegates was good Europe again & Investment Europe to Exceptional or Very colleagues Good A very well-attended event. It is the first time I have seen the interaction work so well between the panels and the audience, through real-time voting and posting questions. It helped create a real dialogue and debate on the topics Mark Henderson, Temporis Capital 6 Live polls to conference delegates How many 'major' UK solar asset owners Which is the hottest primary market in Europe? will we have in three years' time? France 34 6-10 63 Ireland 17 11-15 24 Poland 17 1-5 8 Spain 10 16+ 5 Italy 7 Will real day-time wholesale power prices Post-Brexit, when it comes to investing in UK solar, be higher in 10 years where is the strongest money coming from? No clue 42 UK investors 69 Chinese No 37 investors 19 European Yes 21 investors 8 American investors 4 In your opinion/for your portfolio, which medium-term O&M evolution would you rather see: 37 The Current O&M MODEL remaining (in comination of service provision + some asset performance "insurance" aspects (PR/availability) 32 O&M/AM providers taking on MORE RISK AND TECHNICAL ASSET MANAGEMENT CONTROL (further derisking asset performance for a premium) 32 O&M providers becoming PURE SERVICE PROVIDERS (service level guarantees/LDs but not charging the "insurance premium" for PR/availability) 7 Sue Bradshaw - Events Director +44 (0) 207 871 0122 Contact: [email protected] Tsvetelina Zapryanova - Sponsorship enquiries T: +44 (0) 207 871 0122 [email protected] Corinna Algranti - Speaker enquiries +44 (0) 207 871 0105 [email protected] Jason Andrews - Digital Marketing Manager +44 (0) 207 871 0122 [email protected] 8.