Buket Guner
Buket Guner
Speaker
Head of Project Finance

EDF (Électricité de France)

United Arab Emirates
Stream

Baseload: Financing conventional renewables

Buket Guner
Head of Project Finance,
EDF (Électricité de France)
Andrei Klevchuk
Director, Project Finance,
AMEA Power
Patrik Hes
Founder and CEO,
Delta Capacity
Bruce Johnson
Director,
Masdar
Karim Megherbi
Founding Executive Director,
Orisun Invest

The Middle East is in a great position to become a solar and wind powerhouse, with many countries setting ambitious targets for the sector. Here, we consider:

  • What complex financial structures have been used to close large, long-term wind and solar deals?

  • How is the market primed to manage supply chain disruptions? 

  • How does the sector approach intermittency and energy storage gaps?