Aurora Energy Transition Summit Berlin 2026

Registration, Coffee & Networking

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Casimir Lorenz

Managing Director, Central Europe, Aurora Energy Research

Distinguished Keynote Opening Address & QA Interview

Hanns Koenig

Managing Director, EMEA, Aurora Energy Research

To be Announced…

Speaker will be announced soon

Aurora Keynote: It's all about the Network- Why Location Will Make or Break Asset Returns

Germany has built one of the world’s most ambitious renewable fleets, but the grid was not designed to carry it in time. Congestion and rising costs are becoming the new normal.

Regulators are responding by shifting costs to the generation side and creating grid-friendly incentives. Flexible connection agreements, dynamic grid fees and the potential phasing out of redispatch compensation are all moving in this direction. Yet most asset valuations still treat Germany as a single, uniform market. That assumption is increasingly untenable.

This session challenges current asset valuation practice directly, drawing on Aurora’s grid modelling to quantify the locational value spread across the German market and what it means for asset valuation and siting decisions:

• How congestion is becoming a structural driver of system economics

• Why locational value differences will dominate asset performance

• Why regional grid constraints should be reflected in asset economics, not absorbed by the system, and what that means for traditional valuation frameworks

Philipp Hesel

Senior Associate, Aurora Energy Research

Panel Discussion: Co-Location on the Rise: Which Strategies Win in the New Market and Regulatory Environment

As Germany’s renewable energy market evolves, co-locating solar, wind and battery storage assets is becoming an increasingly attractive strategy for developers and investors alike. Driven by shifting market signals – including 15-minute pricing, negative price exposure and emerging flexibility markets – co-location is opening up new opportunities to maximise revenues and optimise grid access. Yet regulatory uncertainty remains, from grid fees and redispatch requirements to the growing use of flexible grid connection agreements. This panel will examine which co-location business models are proving most resilient, whether tri-location projects can become commercially viable, and why project location is becoming a critical determinant of success.

Amós Guillén Duarte

Country Manager, FRV Germany

Anna von Bremen

Partner & Head of Energy Innovation, Osborne Clarke

Mario Schirru

CEO, Encavis

Tim Koenemann

Head of Center of Competence Green Infrastructure Finance, Commerzbank AG

Claudia Günther

Senior Research Lead, Aurora Energy Research

Coffee & Networking Break

Aurora Debate: How to Solve Germany's Transmission Grid Issues: Dynamic Grid Fees vs Regional Markets

Casimir Lorenz

Managing Director, Central Europe, Aurora Energy Research

Frederik Beelitz

Head of Advisory, Central Europe, Aurora Energy Research

Panel Discussion: Not all Megawatts are Equal: A Capacity Market for (Long-Duration) Storage, Demand Flexibility and Thermal Assets

Germany’s long-awaited capacity market is finally taking shape, with plans to procure 9GW of long-duration capacity alongside a technology-agnostic 2GW auction. Yet the proposed design raises fundamental questions about what types of capacity the system truly needs. With batteries excluded from the long-duration tender and new gas capacity likely to play a significant role, this panel will explore whether Germany is addressing peak demand, multi-day Dunkelflaute events, or a longer-term firm capacity challenge. Join industry experts as they debate the role of storage, demand flexibility and thermal assets in delivering security of supply – and whether all megawatts should be valued equally.

Johanna Jungbauer

Managing Director, ECO STOR

Eva Zimmermann

Senior Research Associate, Aurora Energy Research

More Speakers To Be Announced…

Janina Ketterer

Head of German System Change, Octopus

Closing Remarks

Casimir Lorenz

Managing Director, Central Europe, Aurora Energy Research

Networking Drinks Reception