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Now in its 17th edition, the Baltic & Nordic Energy Summit (BNES) is the region’s leading annual gathering for the renewable energy investment and development community. One day, one room, the conversations shaping where Baltic-Nordic energy goes next.

The region is at an inflection point. Data centres are emerging as a new class of power consumer, reshaping how developers think about co-located infrastructure. Power price volatility is changing what “bankable” means. Solar economics are shifting as capture rates fall and battery storage moves from nice-to-have to essential. And fresh capital  – alongside the funds who already know this market well  – is asking whether the Baltics are a genuine long-term destination or still a detour.

BNES 2026 brings developers, investors, financiers, grid operators and advisers into one room to work through it. Across the day, the agenda moves from whether the Baltic grid can keep pace with AI-driven power demand, through revenue and PPA strategy in a volatile market, to what’s actually getting financed in 2026. It looks at whether every solar project now needs a co-located battery to stack up, opens the conversation on the regulation reshaping smart, connected energy infrastructure, and asks where new capital is flowing across Baltic-Nordic renewables. The day closes with a CEO panel on wind, hydrogen and power more broadly – asking what’s genuinely.

OUR SPEAKERS

Keynote Presenters And Panelists

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Laura Huomo

Nordic Head of Energy & Infrastructure
Bird & Bird

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Kaarel Aus

Energy Hub Development Lead
Sunly

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João Neto

Investment Director
Taaleri Energia

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Shirley Chojnacki

Managing Director, Energy & Infrastructure
Edmond de Rothschild

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Anette Danielsson

Business Development Manager
Winda Energy

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Timo Pohjakallio

CEO
Enordic Evergreen Oy

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Magnus Häggström

Chief Commercial Officer
Helios Nordic Energy AB

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Karl-Joonatan Kvell

CEO
Evecon

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Tor Arne Pedersen

CTO / CFO / Board Member
Northern Europe Energy Group AS Timo Pohjakallio

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Rafał Kozieł

Snr Expert Photovoltaics & Standarization
SMA Solar Technology

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Rene Tammist

CEO
OÜ Utilitas Wind

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Mikko Kantero

EVP, Renewable Energy
Korkia

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Aivaras Grišius

Financing Lead
Green Genius

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Jaakko Poutam

Sales Executiv
Gridle | Elisa Industriq

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Alexander Esser

Head of Nordics & Baltics
Aurora Energy Research

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Tommi Lehtihuhta

VP Sales
Capalo AI

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Cea Mittler

Head of Legal
Liquid Energy Design Europe

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Rasmus Degn Hansen

Senior Advisor Energy Transactions Advisory
Our New Energy

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Juhani Häyrinen

CFO
Nordic Ren-Gas Oy

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Alexander Gibbs

Co-founder & Investment Director
FUTUREAL Energy Partners

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Dr. Varun Gaur

VP, Business Development
Energy&meteo systems GmbH and emsysVPP GmbH (emsys Group)

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Paulius Kozlovas

Head of Strategy
Litgrid

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Piotr Maślejak

Investment Director
Amber Infrastructure

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Götz Von Thadden

Head EIB Grou
Office for Estonia

PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS

08:30-09:00 | Registration & Networking Coffee

09:00-09:10 Chairman Welcoming Remarks
Laura Huomo – Nordic Head of Energy & Infrastructure, Bird & Bird

09:20-10:00
Who Powers the AI Economy — and Can the Baltic Grid Handle It?
A new model is emerging – renewable developers are no longer just generating power, they are consuming it. Data centres are driving a new wave of co-located renewable infrastructure across the region, but grid capacity, power pricing and the pace of change mean nothing about this is straightforward. Developers, utilities and grid operators weigh up the opportunity – pros, cons, and what the region still needs to get right.

  • Kaarel Aus – Energy Hub Development Lead, Sunly
  • Piotr Maślejak – Investment Director, Amber Infrastructure
  • Paulius Kozlovas – Head of Strategy, Litgrid

10:00-10:20 Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) for the market and grid integration of power assets.

  • Dr. Varun Gaur – VP, Business Development, energy&meteo systems GmbH & emsysVPP GmbH (emsys Group)

10:20-11:00
Revenue in a Volatile Market: Modelling, PPAs & Optimisation
With power prices swinging and negative-price hours becoming routine, this session brings together developers, trading and optimisation specialists, and financiers to discuss how revenue actually gets protected — PPA structuring, merchant risk, and what “bankable” now means in a volatile market.

  • Anette Danielsson – Business Development Manager, Winda Energy Oy
  • Rasmus Degn Hansen – Senior Advisor Energy Transactions Advisory, Our New Energy

11:00-11:40
Bankable in 2026: Structuring Deals That Get Financed
Banks, development finance institutions and developers compare notes on what’s actually getting financed this year — deal structures, risk allocation, and the gap between announced pipeline and financed projects.

  • Shirley Chojnacki – Managing Director, Energy & Infrastructure, Edmond de Rothschild
  • Mikko Kantero – EVP, Renewable Energy, Korkia
  • Aivaras Grišius – Financing Lead, Green Genius
  • Petter Lindblad – Investment Director, P Capital Partners
  • Götz Von Thadden – Head EIB Group Office for Estonia

11:40-12:20  Coffee Break

12:20-13:00
Beyond Solar: Does Every Project Now Need a Battery?
Solar economics in the Baltic and Nordic region have transformed — but capture rates are falling as renewable penetration grows, and standalone solar is increasingly hard to finance. Battery storage is changing the equation: co-located BESS improves revenue, stabilises grid connections, and makes projects more bankable. But does every solar project now need a battery to stack up? Developers, financiers and asset owners debate the economics, the pipeline, and whether storage has moved from nice-to-have to essential.

  • Rafal Koziel – Strategic Sales Manager CEE, SMA Solar Technology AG
  • EBRD

13:00-13:40 (Topic TBC)
Smart Energy: Data, Connectivity and the Regulation That Will Define the Next Decade
Across the Baltic-Nordic region, energy infrastructure is becoming a connected, data-intensive system – from offshore wind assets feeding real-time performance data to aggregators, to smart EV charging networks interacting with grid operators. The opportunity is significant; so is the regulatory exposure. The EU Data Act introduces new rights over machine-generated data that will reshape vendor relationships and asset valuations. Cybersecurity obligations under NIS2 and the Cyber Resilience Act create hard compliance requirements for connected infrastructure. And data protection considerations follow IoT deployments wherever they go. Developers, investors, and operators who understand the legal layer of the smart energy stack will be better placed to structure deals, manage risk, and move faster. This session opens the conversation.

13:40-14:40 Lunch Break

14:40-15:20
New Money, New Deals: Who’s Investing in Baltic-Nordic Renewables?
Fresh capital is entering the Baltic-Nordic renewables market — new funds, new geographies, new deal structures — alongside the established players who know the region well. But behind the deal flow, a harder question remains: is international institutional capital genuinely committing to the region for the long term, or is it still passing through? This session brings together buyers, sellers and advisers behind recent transactions to ask who is active, what they’re paying, and what it would take to make the Baltics a destination rather than a detour.

  • João Neto – Investment Director, Taaleri Energia
  • Timo Pohjakallio – CEO, Enordic Evergreen Oy
  • Alex Gibbs – Co-founder & Investment Director, FUTUREAL Energy Partners

15:20-16:00
The Storage Surge: Who’s Building and Why
Battery energy storage has arrived in the Baltic and Nordic region — with utility-scale projects now breaking ground in Estonia, Lithuania and Finland. But the first wave is just that. The pipeline needed to absorb curtailment, stabilise newly independent grids and power an incoming wave of AI data centres is far larger than what is currently being built. Is the business case now standing on its own — and what does it take to turn a first wave into a flood?

  • Karl-Joonatan Kvell – CEO, Evecon
  • Magnus Häggström – Chief Commercial Officer, Helios Nordic Energy AB
  • Jaakko Poutam – Sales Executive, Gridle | Elisa Industriq

16:00-16:40
Power, Wind or Molecules?Where Will the Next Baltic–Nordic Energy Investment Wave Come From?
After a day focused on AI-driven demand, volatile power markets, bankability, storage, digitalisation and new capital, this closing panel looks ahead: what will actually drive the next wave of energy investment across the Baltic–Nordic region? Onshore wind, offshore wind, hydrogen and Power-to-X all offer major opportunities — but grid capacity, infrastructure, financing and credible industrial offtake remain critical. The discussion brings developers and industry leaders together to ask what is genuinely investable, what is holding projects back, where earlier bets haven’t paid off, and what the region should build next. Key question: If you could remove one barrier to building the next major Baltic–Nordic energy project, what would you remove?

  • Tor Arne Pedersen – CTO / CFO / Board Member, Northern Europe Energy Group AS
  • Rene Tammist –   CEO, OÜ Utilitas Wind
  • Cea Mittler – Head of Legal, Liquid Energy Design Europe
  • Juhani Häyrinen – CFO, Nordic Ren-Gas Oy

17:00 Closing Remarks
Laura Huomo – Nordic Head of Energy & Infrastructure, Bird & Bird

17:10-18:30 Networking Drink Reception

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