As the world sinks deeper into the climate emergency, financing the energy transition is vital. It’s also a prime opportunity for the export, project, and development finance communities to work together to bring projects to market. This session considers:

• Examining project pipelines, structuring trends and new market entrants
• What sources of financing can developers look to for capital? 
• What role will natural gas play in the regional energy transition roadmap
• Beyond wind and solar, which technologies will play an important role in the energy transition? Should ECAs be taking on more risk for emerging technologies such as hydrogen, CCUS, SAF/e-fuels, biogas, fuel cells, enhanced geothermal systems? Are any of these technologies approaching bankability faster than others?

Despite the DiscoPPA crisis of 2022, the Chilean renewables sector seems stronger than ever. In this session, we will discuss financing mechanisms and investment opportunities of the booming industry.

• Examining key recent deals in solar, storage and wind

• Risk rundown: evaluating curtailment, marginal costs of zero, and location-based risk, as well as other traditional renewable development risks

• Analysing the current state of the PMGD market

• Discussing the implications of the 2024 regulated tender

• Anticipating electricity market reforms, especially as pertaining to transmission and distribution

• To what extent will the proliferation of green and sustainability linked bonds drive project deployment?

• What’s next for the renewables industry in Chile? Can Chile leapfrog to capitalise on any emerging technologies?

• Evaluating Chilean renewables M&A