Solarplaza Summit Nordics

Meet our Advisory board

The Industry Advisory Board empowering the event

The combined wealth of knowledge, years of experience, and high-level network of our expert advisory board members help shape our program and enhance our event. Their involvement guarantees the practical and inspirational relevance of our event in the dynamic and ever-evolving solar landscape.

Anna Werner

CEO

Svensk Solenergi

Anna Werner has a PhD in Physics and has a degree from the Stockholm School of Economics. She has worked for five years with energy policy issues on the Swedish Home Owners Association and is since October 1st 2019 CEO of the Swedish Solar Energy Association.

Mikkel Kring

Partner

Our New Energy

Mikkel joined Our New Energy as a Partner in 2019, and heads up the Nordic and UK markets. He came from a position as Head of Origination at Danske Commodities, where he was responsible for their +6GW renewables PPA portfolio. Our New Energy is the leading European PPA advisor having closed +2.5 GW of long term PPAs for unsubsidised assets across Europe. Mikkel Kring is a strong believer of hybrid projects (wind+solar), and predicts a rapid expansion of solar in particularly in Sweden and Denmark.

Nikolaj Hoff

Founder and CEO

Nordic Solar

Nikolaj Holtet Hoff is founder and CEO of Nordic Solar. Nikolaj holds a Master of Economics and has throughout his career worked in M&A, strategy, business development, and private equity. Nordic Solar was founded in 2010 and operates out of Copenhagen. The company develops, constructs, and operates solar parks in 12 countries across Europe. The operational portfolio is 325 MWp and the project pipeline for construction over the coming 3 years is 1,75 GWp covering Denmark, Sweden, Lithuania, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Greece. Nordic Solar is a privately owned IPP with more than 650 shareholders and targets an IPO within the coming years. Nordic Solar has concluded both corporate and utility based PPA’s and is actively working on PPA solutions for its pipeline projects, which are all market price based.

Harald Overholm

CEO

Alight

Dr Overholm is the CEO and co-founder of Alight, the leading solar PPA company in the Nordic region. He is a former venture capitalist in the cleantech sector and has advised the WWF and the Swedish Government on solar energy topics. Dr Overholm is an Associate with the Stockholm Environment Institute, a leading global sustainability think tank; a former board member of the Solar Energy Association of Sweden; and a member of the International Energy Agency’s workgroup on solar business models. He earned his PhD from the University of Cambridge with a thesis focused on solar diffusion.

Mark Augustenborg Ødum

Chief Investment Officer

Better Energy

Mark is Chief Investment Officer in Better Energy and a solar energy finance expert with over ten years of experience in pioneering finance for solar energy across Europe. Global experience has provided Mark with great insight into how renewable project finance and the power markets work. He brings fresh perspectives and a deep understanding of global energy market dynamics and economic influences. Prior to co-founding Better Energy, Mark served several years as advisor in solar energy finance in London and as M&A Advisor at KPMG in London. He has more than 20 years of international business management experience, with particular expertise in international partnerships, mergers, acquisitions and divestments. Mark holds two graduate degrees, one in Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School and a second in Financial and Management Accounting from the University of Southern Denmark. In addition, he holds a Diploma in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from Monterey International Institute, California.

The Industry Advisory Board empowering the event

Program Overview

Sharing knowledge and network in the Nordic PV market

Fueled by market research, inspired by local consultation, and tailored for our professional audience, the content-rich event program takes stock of the challenges and opportunities of the Nordic PV market.

Conference Program Solarplaza Summit Nordics

Session 1 Overview of the Nordics PV Market

Session 2A Technological Innovations: How to Stay Ahead of the Curve

Session 2B Technological Innovations: Strategies to Maintain a Competitive Edge

Session 3 PPAs in the Nordics

Session 4 Developing Large Scale PV Projects in the Nordics

Speakers

Kim Nielsen

Sr Energy Risk Advisor

Kim Nielsen

Sr Energy Risk Advisor

Energi Danmark Group

Alexander Esser

Head of Baltics & Nordics

Alexander Esser

Head of Baltics & Nordics

Aurora Energy Research

Alexander Esser founded and heads the dedicated Nordics & Baltics team based in Stockholm with 15 team members, offering advisory and forecasts for energy markets in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, and Norway. He has been with Aurora for 7 years and Previously, he led the continental commercial team and was part of the initial team building up the Berlin office. In his currently role, he oversaw more than 30 transactions and debt financing of wind, solar, battery and electrolyser assets and portfolios, as well as strategic projects such as the first project finance of an electrolyser for green steel in Sweden and the evaluation of capacity markets for Finland.

Nikolaj Hoff

Founder and CEO

Nikolaj Hoff

Founder and CEO

Nordic Solar

Mark Augustenborg Ødum

Chief Investment Officer

Mark Augustenborg Ødum

Chief Investment Officer

Better Energy

Amelia Oller Westerberg

Sweden’s Task 1 representative

Amelia Oller Westerberg

Sweden’s Task 1 representative

IEA PVPS

Following her studies in energy system engineering, Amelia Oller Westerberg has been involved in preparing the last four Swedish national survey reports for IEA PVPS. The task is focused around compiling the annual changes in installation volumes, price development and regulations at national level and together analyse the global trends. Within her employment at Becquerel Sweden, she also holds a position of Market analyst at the European Solar Manufacturing council, the industry organization representing the European upstream PV industry.

Mikkel Kring

Partner

Mikkel Kring

Partner

Our New Energy

Program Overview

Sharing knowledge and network in the Nordic PV market

Speakers

Resources

Networking Event

Copenhagen Marriott Hotel

Conference Venue

Copenhagen Marriott Hotel

Accommodation

Partners

Solarplaza Summit | Nordics

Program Overview

Sharing knowledge and network in the Nordic PV market

Speakers

Resources

Networking Event

Copenhagen Marriott Hotel

Conference Venue

Copenhagen Marriott Hotel

Accommodation

Partners