Schedule

CEO Executive Dialogue - by invitation only

A closed-door dialogue for C-suite leaders from across the solar, wind and storage value chain, confronting the two commercial risks at the top of every energy CEO's agenda: deepening curtailment and escalating offtaker payment risk. Opening with a government scene-setting address and continuing through a moderated executive panel and open discussion, the session works towards a joint industry position on the interventions needed to protect revenue certainty and bankability. Held under the Chatham House Rule. Attendance by invitation as part of the hosted executive tier.

Presentation

An expert presentation will provide the strategic overview, laying the groundwork for the panel discussion that explores the practical implications.

Panel discussion

The South African Renewable Energy Grid Survey (SAREGS) results set the reference point for the next phase of solar deployment. This session unpacks what the new grid access, wheeling and connection rules mean in practice for developers, corporate off-takers and municipalities from the Transmission Development Plan and Independent Transmission Projects to private grid development and what the changes will cost, enable and require of every market participant.

Underperforming O&M and unmanaged cyber exposure are the silent profit killers in solar portfolios. This session confronts both: operations and maintenance practice as an industry benchmark, inverter, SCADA and plant-control vulnerabilities, and the insurance and warranty consequences of poor maintenance records with perspectives spanning the residential, C&I and utility asset classes.