Episode #005 - Luca Pedretti

In this episode, we had a chat with Swiss national Luca Pedretti. Luca has a vast background as an energy trader and held various positions at EGL and Axpo. One of his first tasks working for a utility was to assist in negotiating a PPA for the first 100 Megawatt wind park in Poland. It was then that he realized that PPA's are going to become the driving force for furthering investments in renewable energy.

Luca has dedicated his career to the development and negotiation of PPAs and has been riding the PPA boom in the last couple of years. 

Luca is the co-founder and COO of Pexapark, the Swiss fintech startup. They specialize in providing risk management and energy trading expertise as well as software tools to the energy investment market. 

Connect with Luca on LinkedIn.

Interesting points covered in this episode for those of us on our own Solar Journey

- Why did Luca dedicate his career to the creation of PPA's?

- How is it that PPA's are a critical requirement in obtaining project financing of a renewable asset?

- What is the critical difference in the EEG feed-in tariff and certificate-based systems in other countries?

- How does the core business model of Pexapark works?

- What are the biggest challenges in the energy investment market?

- What are the factors influencing the electricity price in a PPA?

- What are the risks in a PPA transaction and how do they interact?

- What's a surprising side effect of the advent of PPA's?

- What is the required change in thinking to achieve a world that is power with 100% renewable energy?

** Find this episode's transcript on The Solar Journey website > Blog > Interviews **