Presenters and Speakers
Francisco Gaspar Machado
Senior Power Research analyst, LSEG
Biography
Francisco focuses on PPA modeling, Energy Transition and market analysis for the UK power market. Before joining the European power team in September 2022, he worked for Equinor focusing on Offshore Wind. Francisco holds a double master's degree in Energy Environment: Science Technology and Management from École Polytechnique in Paris, and in Energy Innovation from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.Presentations
- Planning system integration: floating substations, grid solutions and hybrid assets
Modelling weather risks for the evaluation of renewable investments: How effective are PPAs in reducing weather risk? An assessment of PPA revenues reveals that even the safest type of PPAs (pay-as-produced) lead to increase in revenue risk with regards to weather in some markets (such as Germany)
