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.
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.
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.
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.
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