Event Overview

How to successfully secure finance & investment for your CSP & CPV projects

Regulatory Framework * Venture Capital * Project Finance * Practical F&I Successes * Due diligence & Risk Management

• Getting started : Key steps to attract angel capital and the partnerships you need to accelerate your corporate growth
• Venture Capital : How to find and obtain venture capital funding for your projects
• Project Finance : What the banks want to hear when you apply for project finance – strategies that work
• Success Stories : Case studies that spell out the do's and don'ts of securing CPV& CSP project finance
• Risk Management & Due Diligence : Steps you can take to give your project a big advantage over the competition
• Regulatory Update: How to turn the expected cuts in the feed-in tariff in the next Real Decreto to your competitive advantage

Be part of the CSP & CPV Investment & Finance Summit and learn exactly what it takes to secure the vital funds you need to get your projects off the ground

•  Save yourself months of research

•  Meet people who can help you achieve your business objectives faster

•  Reserve your place at this important business event today

The Spanish solar market continues to go from strength to strength. Within two years of the 2004 feed-in tariffs being implemented, market volume quadrupled. While last year's Royal Decree RD 661/2007 has pushed the PV sector even further.

There is, however, a degree of uncertainty. Current PV promotion proposals are focused focus on smaller and medium-sized systems, or the introduction of annual degression rates. And CPV and CSP technologies are no different.

The result? Solar visionaries are likely to face even fiercer competition – especially when it comes to securing the finance they need to develop their technology and projects.

Securing the necessary finance and investment has always been a lengthy and complex process. But make no mistake, as the economic slowdown tightens its grip on financial institutions, it's going to get even harder than to secure the life-or-death cash your business requires.

Discover how to rise to the challenge of project finance requirements that are becoming tougher than ever before

The hard fact is that although more than 3,000 MW of CSP projects have been announced in Spain, with many CSP financial transactions due to take place in the next couple of years, solar developers are already finding it increasingly difficult – and expensive – to get project finance approval.

As regulations become tougher, subsidies more scarce and the marketplace more competitive with every passing month, banks are becoming less eager to lend. Add to this the current uncertainty about the next Real Decreto , and it is easy (if frustrating) to understand why lenders are now even more cautious in assessing their risks. What's more, they are beginning to insist on additional technical assessments and asking tough questions about guarantees and the supply chain... especially when project finance is required for a niche technology such as CSP & CPV.

Even firms with a crystal clear business plan, a proven track record, reliable suppliers and a relatively appealing risk management profile are beginning to comment that investment and finance is by no means a foregone conclusion.

That's not to say it can't be done. Solfocus recently raised $52 million in venture capital. Cool Earth Solar secured $21million. And Ausra has been awarded $40 million in first round capital.

What can you learn from their experiences? And how can you successfully apply this invaluable knowledge and market intelligence to your own business?

The good news is that there is a proven way to get your name to the front of the funding queue – and leave your competitors trailing behind at each stage of your financing and investment initiatives..

“People say this is a bubble, but the truth is we haven't seen anything yet. There's been something of a phoney war for the past few years but now the sector's on the receiving end of serious deployments of capital."

Mark Campanale, Corporate Financier, at socially responsible investment specialists London Bridge Capital

At the CSP& CPV Investment & Finance Summit , you'll hear the inside story from a hand-picked selection of companies that have one important common denominator: they have all attracted recent investment.

Step by step, you will find out exactly how they have achieved the funds they applied for – and why they succeeded when others are failing. You'll also learn what kind of technologies investors now favour, along with an expert briefing on the outlook for the CSP industry.

As the sessions unfold, you will gain a full understanding of the ‘golden rules' of securing funding in the public capital markets. Industry experts with up-to-the-moment hands-on experience will spell out what it takes to get the green light for your projects to be accepted, the ins and outs of valuations, and give you the lowdown on current opportunities in the prime international markets.

Connect with more experts and financiers in 48 hours than you could hope to meet if you devoted the entire year to networking – and gain authoritative answers to all your questions

This is an event where practicalities are at the forefront. No classroom talk or empty talk, just red hot strategies, techniques and methods to help boost your return on investment and sharpen your competitive edge.

When you come to examine the Summit Agenda, you will see the emphasis is on topics and issues that are high on your own professional agenda right now. For instance, are you expecting venture capital to help you move from the lab to the ground? And if so, which venture capitalists are likely to be most enthusiastic about your particular projects?

While the business perspective on these questions is enormously helpful, this is also your chance to hear from VCs themselves precisely what they are most keen to invest in.

Have you identified your best option for future financing? Have you arrived at the best strategic solution to achieve your financing objectives?

Confident you have the correct answers already? If so, the Summit will deliver additional analysis to help you refine your propositions, and accelerate your progress in key areas such as finding a financial partner, securing venture capital, ongoing project finance and going public

Even when the technology is as new as CPV, there are also diminishing factors such as the rising price of oil and gas, and the carbon capping economy that will change the picture for renewable technologies. How do investors assess all these risks? Come to the Summit and learn from venture capital, banks, assessors and investors such as SI Capital, Uninvest, KfW IPEX Bank, Caja Madrid , Climate Change Capital, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and many more.

We'll also look at the vital aspects of cost projections. How can you be reliable when quantifying your energy revenues? Overestimate and you lose credibility. But underestimate your prospects to financiers, is hardly doing yourself justice. So how do you strike the optimum balance?

Tried and tested advice that will enable you to showcase your projects to their best advantage – and could make the difference between failure and success

At the Summit we'll show you the secrets of presenting your project in a way that makes it an especially attractive proposition to lenders. This information alone will save you weeks of trial and error – and missed opportunities.

Equally important, the contacts you will make assure you of a direct line to the widest wealth of experience on financing CSP & CPV technologies that you could hope for. You are guaranteed to leave with the phone numbers of experts who can help you at every step of the way. Not only the trailblazers who have already managed to secure financing for their CSP & CPV projects. But also consultants, venture capitalists, and senior technical assessors who work directly for the banks and know exactly what separates project finance winners from the losers. All under one roof. All in two information-packed days.

Over 850 CSP and CPV experts have attended our last three events – and this one will sell out. Places are awarded on a first come first served basis, and immediate booking is strongly recommended.

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