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2026

While everyone else is waiting for November in Vegas, the Bay Area's renewable energy dealmakers are already at the table. Power Forward is the conference built around what the industry actually needs — face-to-face meetings between developers, IPPs, financiers, and offtakers, timed to accelerate deals closing by year-end.

When Sep 9 – 10, 2026

Where San Francisco, CA

Format Invite Only

Built for the people closing deals

A curated room of practitioners.

Developers

Project originators bringing shovel-ready and mid-stage solar, storage, and wind assets to the table.

Investors

Tax equity, project finance, and infrastructure funds deploying capital into renewables.

IPPs

Independent power producers scaling portfolios and sourcing new project acquisitions.

Offtakers

Corporates, utilities, and load-serving entities actively procuring clean energy.

Speakers

Grace Hsu

General Counsel

Lunar Energy

Kristina Shih

Partner

Segue

Zach Crowley

Partner

Clean Energy Counsel

Ken-Ichi Hino

President

Liminal Energy

Jacob Sandry

CEO

Euclid Power

Caroline Spears

Executive Director

Climate Cabinet

David Riester

Managing Partner

Segue

Jake Seligman

Deputy General Counsel & VP, Transactions & Policy

Clearway Energy

Tom Bitting

Managing Director

Advantage Capital

Anne Marie Denman

Co-Founder and Partner

Excelsior Energy Capital

Companies Attending

Who's joining us

38 Degrees North
Accredant Capital
Adapture Renewables
Advantage Capital
Algorithm Law
Apricus Generation
Arevon
Bedrock Clean Energy
BluEarth Renewables
Boralex
Brookfield
CBRE
Capacity Power Group
Clean Energy Counsel
Clearway Energy
Cloudbreak Energy
Coast Energy
Cultivate Power
Emagine Capital
Engie
Eolian
EsVolta
Euclid Power
Excelsior Energy Capital
Fengate
First Citizens Bank
Forum Mobility
Generate
GridStor
Hanwha Renewables
Liminal Energy
Lunar Energy
Lydian Energy
Madison Energy Infrastructure
Nautilus Solar
Nexamp
Nextpower
Orennia
Primergy
Prospect 14
RES
Reunion
Segue Sustainable Infrastructure
Shadow Power
SolarStone Development
Stokes Power
Sundry Capital
The Carlyle Group
Turning Point Energy
US Bank
Ultra Capital
Vayu Energy
Westwood Engineering
Willis Towers Watson
ibV Energy Partners

On the Agenda

What we'll cover

Wednesday, Sep 9

1:00PM – 2:00PM Open Networking

2:00PM – 3:00PM Dave Riester's Musings

4:00PM – 5:00PM Open Networking

5:00PM – 7:00PM Happy Hour Offsite

Thursday, Sep 10

9:00AM – 10:00AM Breakfast with Orennia Presentation

10:00AM – 11:00AM Debate Panel Moderated by Zach Crowley

11:00AM – 12:00PM Open Networking

12:00PM – 1:00PM Lunch with Orennia Presentation

1:00PM – 2:00PM Open Networking

2:00PM – 3:00PM Caroline Spears Interviewed by Kristina Shih

4:00PM – 5:00PM Open Networking/Women in Power Happy Hour

5:00PM – 7:00PM Happy Hour

5:00PM – 10:00PM Evening Activities TBD

Details

The essentials

DATE & TIME

Wednesday, September 9th

Half day starting at 1pm followed by early evening reception

Thursday, September 10th

Full day + TBD events in the evening

LOCATION

Downtown San Francisco, CA

Venue details shared upon confirmation of your invitation.

FORMAT

Invite Only

Space allocated for meetings interspersed with panels and presentations. No expo hall. No keynote theater.

Interested in attending in 2027?

2026 invitations are circulating soon. If you do not receive an invitation by the end of April 2026, please submit your interest for next year.

Submit Interest