In 2024, we encountered both extremely high and extremely low wholesale electricity prices, and by the beginning of 2025, gas prices had reached a one-and-a-half-year peak, so there is plenty to discuss regarding the outlook, key drivers, and how companies should plan and implement their energy procurement strategies amid such market volatility. In the first session, we will explore questions such as what businesses should prepare for this year regarding electricity and gas prices, the patterns the further expansion of solar power plants could bring to the electricity market, which advantages and challenges come with fixed, variable, and PPA-type energy procurement contracts, and what transformations energy traders anticipate in the market.
08:30 - 08:35
08:35 - 08:55
Strategic Issues of The Hungarian Energy Policy
Speaker: Attila Steiner, State secretary for energy policy and climate, Energy Ministry
08:55 - 09:15
The European Commission Action Plan for Affordable Energy (online)
Speaker: Antonio Lopez-Nicolas, Deputy Head of the “Strategy, Policy Coordination and Planning, Inter-institutional Relations", European Commission
09:15 - 09:35
09:35 - 09:50
Electricity Procurement in a Volatile Market Environment, Opportunities in PPAs
Speaker: Gábor Berényi, COO, Smart Solar Kft.
09:50 - 10:30
Panel Discussion: Electricity and Gas Market Outlook, Corporate Energy Procurement Opportunities
Moderator: Gábor Bali, Managing Director, ENERGIQ
Conversation participants:
Energy-efficient operations remain a key path for corporate cost reduction, but how should this be approached in 2025, and what solutions should we consider? What opportunities lie in smart energy management and digitalisation? What practical insights can you gain from changes in the EEO system, the guarantees of origin market, and energy audits, and what to expect this year? The second session of our conference will discuss these topics.
11:00 - 11:15
When the regulation is not a burden but a potential – opportunities provided by the regulation
Speakers:
11:15 - 11:30
Opportunities in Measurement, Digitalisation, and Smart Energy Management
Speaker: Kristóf Lengyel, Managing Director, Energy Business Unit Director, Pannon Építőműhely
11:30 - 11:45
Digitised BMS and Energy Software in the Service of Energy Efficiency
Speaker: Csilla Nagy, Director of Strategic Projects, We-Know Zrt.
11:45 - 12:00
Corporate Case Study – Energy Efficiency in Practice
Speaker: Ágoston Flaisz, Executive Director, Planet Energy Kft.
12:00 - 12:45
Panel Discussion: Corporate Energy Efficiency and the EEO System – What’s Next?
Moderator: Attila Weinhardt, Senior Analyst, Portfolio
Conversation participants:
The changes in the feed-in tariff regulations and the outlook for purely market-based revenue generation are key topics for solar and wind power plant owners and companies designing such power plants. However, these are very complex issues with many different aspects. In the third session, we will discuss these in more detail, focusing on practical experiences.
13:30 - 13:45
Business Outlook for Solar Power Plants, Innovations in a Regulatory Hub
Speaker: Péter Luczay, Deputy CEO for Production Management and Business Development, ALTEO Nyrt.
13:45 - 14:00
The Opportunities of Solar Power Plants for Own Consumption and Hybrid Systems
Speaker: Dr. Attila Keresztes,
14:00 - 14:15
Higher Revenues through Regulatability: Opportunities in the aFRR Market
Speaker: dr. Mátyás Vajta, CEO, HUPX
14:15 - 14:30
Opportunities for Green Energy Purchases with High Supply Security and The Opportunities and Risks of PPAs
Speaker: László Pokol, CEO, Green Cloud Platform
14:30 - 15:15
Panel Discussion: The Business Environment of Solar and Wind Power Plants: Future Capacity Expansion Outlook and Challenges
Moderator: Attila Weinhardt, Senior Analyst, Portfolio
Conversation participants:
The importance of energy storage has significantly increased in parallel with the rapid expansion of solar power plants in Hungary. Therefore, it is worth reviewing the business and market aspects of energy storage systems of various types and life spans, as well as the return prospects of systems combined with solar power plants. Our conference's fourth and final session will focus on these topics, outlining specific directions and addressing the challenges involved.
15:35 - 15:50
Outlook for the Energy Storage Market, Return on Investment Considerations
Speaker: Pálma Szolnoki, senior fellow, BME Zero Carbon Centre
15:50 - 16:05
Chemical Energy Storage Experiences
Speaker: Tamás Ercsey, CEO - Head of Business development and Sales, energo hungary Kft.
16:05 - 16:20
Corporate Case Study: Heat Storage Experiences
Speaker: Zoltán Korcsok, Innovation specialist, EnergieX Solution
16:20 - 17:00
Panel Discussion: Energy Storage Possibilities and Challenges in the Hungarian Market Closing
Moderator: Csaba Novák, President, Hungarian Renewable Energy Association
Conversation participants:
17:00 - 17:05
Closing
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