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1 5-7 March 2019 Miami, USA Featuring the Summit Sponsors: In Partnership with:

2 Agenda at a glance March 4th March 5th March 6th March 7th NETWORKING & SOCIAL 7:30 PM VIP drinks (speakers, sponsors and gold ticket holders) BREAKFAST BRIEFING State of the market for energy storage MORNING PLENARY SESSIONS Policy Grid Updates: North America Grid Updates: Central and Southern America PROJECT UPDATES Pipeline and installed capacity case studies Behind the meter In front of the meter TECHNOLOGY SHOWDOWN Flow batteries Pumped Hydro Superconductors Thermal V2G CAPITAL RAISING UPDATE Debt Equity Utility investment NETWORKING & SOCIAL MEET: meetings NETWORK: 2-hours of networking and refreshment breaks on day one alone RAISE MONEY AND FIND PARTNERS: Our shark tank session and dedicated capital raising sessions will connect you with venture capital, seed investors, debt, equity, tax equity and investment, you will also be able to meet development banks, credit enhancement agencies, insurers and bond providers RELAX OVER A DRINK: our evening drinks reception is an informal chance to strengthen relationships GALA DINNER BREAKFAST BRIEFING Chemistries OFFTAKER SEMINARS Utilities Commercial and industrial Municipal buyers RESILIENCE SEMINAR Rapid power and emergency response Microgrid case studies STORAGE PROJECT ANALYSIS: CENTRAL & LATAN AMERICA BREAKDOWN Finance Technology Utility scale Co-Location IOT Blockchain Data Smart Grids BTM & IFTM Residential vs C&I Decentralised vs centralised Peak Shaving ELECTRIC VEHICLES V2G Self-Charging batteries BREAKFAST BRIEFING Country focus: Puerto Rico DESIGNING PROJECTS WITH WEATHER CONDITIONS IN MIND Microgrid Analysis LEVELISED COST OF ENERGY Grid Parity Case Study: Hawaii WHERE IS THE CAPITAL COMING FROM? Debt & cost of Finance Crowdfunding platforms SUPPLY CHAIN Equipment Cost Breakdown DEVELOPER CASE STUDIES How to Secure: - Investment - Land & Permits - Off-takers - Relationships

3 Day One: Tuesday 5th March 2019 ANALYST BREAKFAST BRIEFING: GEOGRAPHY, GRIDS AND USEAGE 07:30 RECEIVE HEADLINE STATS ON HOW THE MARKET FOR STORAGE IS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AMERICAS This essential briefing will bring you up to date with: The latest news on auctions, project announcements, and other development news What can we expect for 2019? Where storage is currently being installed What it s being used for: behind the meter and in front of the meter 08:30 Registration for the main conference opens 09:00 POLICY BRIEFING: CREATING AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FOR ENERGY STORAGE Storage as a strategic asset in improving resilience Rate structures and their design to encourage behind the meter storage Establishing a framework for growth and investment Hear from governments, agencies, and policy makers on new incentives and policies Review of RFPs, PPAs, grants, and incentives Comparing agreements and contracts - what s currently working to drive the industry forward? Who owns, or should own, assets? Bilateral agreements with off-takers 10:30 STATE OF THE GRID: NORTH AMERICA Age of infrastructure Areas of investment Key targets for storage and renewable Complimentary modernization plans 11:00 Networking refreshment break 11:30 STATE OF THE GRID FROM SOUTHERN COUNTRIES Age of infrastructure Areas of investment Key targets for storage and renewables Complimentary modernization plans Ownership of assets 12:00 TRANSMISSION PANEL Where to place storage systems: location and size Storage really location reliable Location specific solution - what do you need? Where is the problem? Energy need? Transmission Overload stations 12:30 ENERGY STORAGE CAPACITY FORECAST Forecasted storage capacity by region 1:00 Networking lunch break

4 STREAM ONE 2:00 STORAGE IN PERSPECTIVE: REVIEW OF 2018 DEALS AND PIPELINE RFPs, PPAs, Grants, and Incentives Comparing agreements and contracts Bilateral agreements with off-takers Which one makes the most sense and why? How to compare? Are you getting the best deal? 3:00 One to one networking and refreshment break 4:00 PROJECT CASE STUDIES Utility scale Vehicle to grid Commercial and industrial Rapid power deployment Micro grids 5:00 STORAGE MARKETS IN NORTH AMERICA What s inside plans from regional transmission organizations (RTOs) and independent system operators (ISOs)? Case study: PJM s frequency regulation market Case study: CAISO 6:00 Networking drinks reception STREAM TWO 2:00 SHARK TANK: TECHNOLOGY SHOWDOWN Flow batteries Pumped Hydro Superconductors Thermal V2G o Comparing battery technology by client use o Scale o Use o Ruggedness o Customer: (utility, commercial, residential) Pecha Kucha presentations. This fast presentation style was devised in Tokyo in 2003 and involves a simple presentation format where speakers show 20 images, each for 20 seconds. The images advance automatically and speakers talk along with the images. Think elevator pitch combined with karaoke. 3:00 One to one networking and refreshment break 4:00 CORPORATE ENERGY BUYERS MYTHBUSTERS State of the Art? The concerns with Lithium Ion Technology Hazardous materials Explosive? Results vs. promises Technology is only just leaving the demo/testing phase Technology is only beginning to be commercialized First projects are only just coming online Not a lot of actual experience and testing, only hypothesis. Life span & disposal 5:00 INTEGRATING RENEWABLES AND STORAGE Compatibility Standardization Many technologies? Are all renewable or other generation compatible? All same costs? Which ones have higher savings? 6:00 Networking drinks reception

5 Day Two: Wednesday 6th March :30-08:30 BREAKFAST BRIEFING: FINANCING STORAGE IN CENTRAL AND LATIN AMERICA STREAM ONE FINANCING STORAGE PROJECTS STREAM TWO GEOGRAPHIC UPDATES 09:00 THE FINANCIAL CONCERNS OF NEW MARKETS: LATAM How to bring financing? Solar is more mature, storage is not quite there (except for Europe and USA) - how do you finance a fledgling industry? How to overcome the financing hurdle to and expand How to have expertise in control systems in LATAM The challenge of rural project financing Innovative payment schemes Dependence on government payout should be avoided Lack of infrastructure: getting the technology there (transport) O&M: the challenge of maintenance in rural space 10:00 HOW CAN STORAGE PROJECTS BE FINANCED? IN DEPTH MAP OF EACH PROJECT PHASE A developers point of view The risks a bank will and will not make Project development phases - when to bring in additional financing Case study: Cerro Dominador Trust the big guys, European expertise Technology no track record - how much risk can a bank take? Where in a project stage are you most comfortable investing? What do you need in a PPA contract to invest? %gains? Are falling energy costs good or bad for investors? Banks? 11:00 Networking refreshment break 09:00 STORAGE MARKETS IN CENTRAL AMERICA A discussion of opportunities in the Caribbean Jamaica Dominican Republic Bahamas 10:00 STORAGE MARKETS IN LATIN AMERICA Brazil: new government incentives in Brazil Chile: will political stability compensate for an increasingly saturated market? Peru: many new developments announced, rural-electric Costa Rica Colombia 11:00 Networking refreshment break 11:30 UTILITIES: HOW UTILITIES ARE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE WAVE OF ENERGY STORAGE Utility clients: providing scale with energy storage How to target large, replicable systems The challenge of high load clients: industrial, mining, factories 12:10 COMMERCIAL STORAGE MICROGRIDS: WHAT IS POWER RELIABILITY WORTH TO A CUSTOMER? What s reliability worth to the customer? Battery reliability and transmission reliability Does it justify the expense of energy storage? Initial and future expenses Commercial customer board Mining examples of successful projects (Chile) The importance of power quality

6 MONETISING STORAGE PROJECTS 11:30 BEHIND AND IN FRONT OF THE METER Economies of Scale: Residential vs commercial vs industrial Sweet spot of energy storage 12:30 TECHNICAL PANEL: DISTRIBUTED VS CENTRALIZED STORAGE Safety concerns Different functions: aid vs commercial vs residential Co-location issues: compatibility 1:00 Networking lunch break 2:00 TECHNICAL PANEL: ENSURING POWER QUALITY Frequency discussion Hear from a manufacturer on importance of power quality for production Load shifting through peak shaving: strategies with storage Matching energy generation and demand 3:00 THE BIG PROBLEM: REAL ESTATE Why invest now if technology might shrink soon? 3:30 Networking refreshment break 4:00 ARE BATTERIES BETTER WITH A CENTRALIZED OR DISTRIBUTED MODEL? Battery placement around project Transmission would be different Co-location? Satellite batteries? 5:00 Close of conference 1:00 Networking lunch break 2:00 STORAGE AND TECHNOLOGY Blockchain Data Smart grids Internet of things MICROGRIDS 3:00 WHAT IS POWER RELIABILITY WORTH TO A CUSTOMER? What s reliability worth to the customer? Battery reliability and transmission reliability. Does it justify the expense of energy storage? Initial and future expenses Commercial customer board Heating and cooling Hospital Emergency response The opportunity of commercial microgrids Data centers Remote energy Aid Hospitals Emergency response Analysis: cryo-lab disaster NGOs 3:30 Networking refreshment break ELECTRIC VEHICLES 4:00 MOVING FORWARD: INSTALLING BATTERIES IN YOUR CITY Electric batteries for self-charge Electric public transit: how to use energy storage for cost savings 5:00 Close of conference

7 Day Three: Thursday 7th March :30-08:30 BREAKFAST BRIEFING PUERTO RICO: A MODEL FOR DECENTRALISED ENERGY? 09:00 DESIGNING PROJECTS WITH WEATHER CONDITIONS IN MIND What are the timelines to successful development of decentralised: o PV? o Biomass? o Wind and small wind? Are microgrid projects more robust than traditional power lines? How could microgrids be deployed to support transmission and distribution? Rapid deployment in emergency situations and rapid redeployment during times of rebuilding 10:00 LEVELISED COST OF ENERGY Comparison of project costs with traditional fuels with consideration to: o Import costs o Health and social impact o Jobs and skills development o Environmental protection In terms of cost of energy; how long will it take to hit grid parity for different technologies? 11:00 CASE STUDY: HAWAII Powerpack 2 project with Kaua i Island Utility Cooperative Essentially: how the islands achieved self-sufficient through battery storage The challenges they still have, review of outages 11:20 Networking refreshment break 11:50 WHERE IS THE CAPITAL COMING FROM? How donor agencies are investing what mandates do they have in this space? Identifying the donors active in each region Private equity view on the most attractive markets Debt and cost of finance Infrastructure funds active in the space For organisations providing capital, what are their criteria? o Ideal project size and technology mix o Grid and utility connected or commercial and industrial off-takers? o Investment into companies or projects? What s the balance of private and public money? Is crowdfunding viable? 12:30 Networking lunch break 2:00 SUPPLY CHAIN Mapping the supply chain: where would equipment be shipped from? Cost of shipping: how would locations affect this? 3:00 DEVELOPER CASE STUDIES Find out where delivered projects are located and how developers: o Secured capital o Secured land and permits o Secured an off-taker o Assessed and chose their components Establishing good working relationships with local stakeholders 4:00 Close of conference

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