Energy Unplugged by Aurora

• EP.265 – Karol Wolański & Roch Baranowski on Poland’s Power Market Transition

  This week on Energy Unplugged, we’re delighted to welcome Karol Wolański, Head of Flexibility & Aggregation at Respect Energy, and Roch Baranowski, Chief Strategy Officer at Respect Energy Holding. They join Piotr Dobrzynski, Aurora's Market Lead for Poland, Czechia, and Slovakia, to discuss how Poland and the wider CEE power markets are evolving in response to renewable growth, regulatory reforms, and market volatility. Karol brings deep expertise in balancing markets and cross-border power exchange, leading the development of flexibility and aggregation services for renewables and storage assets. Roch oversees Respect Energy’s growth strategy, combining commercial and environmental value creation, with extensive experience in energy transition, consulting, and sustainable innovation. You will learn about: • How flexibility and balancing services are reshaping operating models and creating new revenue streams for renewable generators and storage operators. • Strategic approaches to optimizing battery energy storage and capturing ancillary service revenues. • Innovative PPA structures and other mechanisms that unlock additional value in evolving power markets. • Opportunities for early movers in Poland, the CEE region, and beyond, as the power market adapts to higher renewable penetration and new regulations.

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• EP.264 Anna von Bremen on Green vs. Grey: Making Germany’s Energy Market Work

  This week on Energy Unplugged, we’re delighted to welcome Anna von Bremen, Partner and Head of Energy Innovation at Osborne Clarke. She joins Nico Leicht, Project Leader in Aurora’s Berlin Advisory Team, to discuss market design, regulatory frameworks, and innovation in the German power sector. Anna brings deep expertise in energy regulation and co-located battery storage projects, advising on both technical and commercial aspects of the evolving market. Nico and Anna explore how Germany’s grid, regulatory processes, and market mechanisms are adapting to increasing renewable penetration and new storage technologies. Main topics include the following: • The role of regulators and grid operators in enabling a more flexible, digitalized, and grid-friendly energy system. • Challenges and opportunities for co-located battery storage, including the integration of green and grey power, smart homes, and virtual power plants. • Market mechanisms, including redispatch processes, capacity pricing, and dynamic variable pricing, and their implications for investment certainty. • The path forward for Germany’s energy transition, balancing efficiency, rationalization, and the technical implementation of climate and grid targets.

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• EP.263 Marcio Trannin and Ricardo Motoyama on Power Shift: How Brazil is Navigating Renewables and Market Transformation

  This week on Energy Unplugged, we’re delighted to welcome Marcio Trannin, Managing Director for LATAM at Sunco Capital and Vice-President of the Board of Administrators at ABSOLAR, and Ricardo Motoyama, Senior Vice President of Commercial & Business Development at Elera Renewables. They join Rodrigo Borges, Aurora’s Market Lead for Brazil, to explore how Brazil’s liberalising power market, rapid renewable expansion, and evolving policy landscape are reshaping the country’s energy future. Marcio brings nearly three decades of experience across renewables, M&A, and regulatory affairs in Latin America’s electricity markets. Ricardo complements this with a strong commercial and financial background, offering insights into how trading, innovation, and risk management are driving new business models and accelerating Brazil’s transition to cleaner power. Together, they reflect on how Brazil can remain competitive in a global energy transition increasingly defined by flexibility and investment scale. Main topics include the following: The evolution of Brazil’s liberalised power market and what it means for generators, investors, and consumers The rapid expansion of renewables - particularly solar and the operational challenges of integrating decentralized generation The importance of policy and regulation in enabling long-term investment and competition Lessons from international markets and what’s next for Brazil’s energy transition

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• EP.262 Tom Palmer on Powering the Grid: The Growing Role of Large-Scale Battery Storage

  This week on Energy Unplugged, we’re delighted to welcome Tom Palmer, Head of Business Development in Zenobē’s Network Infrastructure business. He joins Malvika Gode, Senior Associate at Aurora Energy Research, to explore how large-scale battery storage is transforming grid stability and enabling the transition to a fully renewable power system. Tom is an economist by background and brings a wealth of experience from across the energy sector, having previously worked at RWE Renewables, Cornwall Insight, Origami Energy, Palantir Solutions, EDF Energy, and Ofgem. At Zenobē, Tom focuses on developing grid-scale battery projects that support transmission and distribution networks as they adapt to increasing renewable penetration. Main topics include: How large-scale batteries are stabilising renewable-heavy grids and supporting the energy transition. Integration with transmission and distribution networks and lessons from pioneering grid-forming projects. Technical, commercial, and market challenges, including balancing mechanism inefficiencies and evolving regulatory frameworks. The future of grid-scale storage, from longer-duration projects to new revenue streams and system-wide flexibility.

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• EP.261 Martin Daronnat on Structuring the Future: How FPAs Are Powering Europe’s Battery Revolution

  This week on Energy Unplugged, we’re delighted to welcome Martin Daronnat, Head of Flexibility & Structured Origination at ENGIE . He joins Casimir Lorenz, Aurora’s Managing Director for Central Europe, for a deep dive into the emerging market for flexibility purchase agreements (FPAs) and their role in financing and operating large-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS). Martin has over 10 years of experience in energy, with a strong background in flexibility and renewables structuring and origination. Under his leadership, ENGIE offers flexibility offtake agreements and structured products that make energy assets bankable while optimising risk exposure, including market and credit risk. In 2024, ENGIE closed Germany’s first long-term fixed-price physical FPA, enabling a large-scale BESS project to reach financial close. Main topics include: How flexibility purchase agreements (FPAs) support large-scale battery storage projects and make them bankable. Exploration of the key factors that determine FPA pricing, including technical battery parameters, market and credit risk, and contract terms. How portfolio effects and strategic positioning influence the value of batteries for traders and asset owners. Differences between fixed-price, partial, and merchant FPAs across European markets.

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