Renewable Tech Night 2026

From innovation to impact

Renewable Tech Night 2026 builds on previous editions and enters a new phase as a focused European forum addressing one of the most pressing challenges in the energy transition: how critical technologies move from innovation to large-scale deployment.

At a time when scaling energy infrastructure has become both a market challenge and a strategic necessity, the event brings together industry leaders, investors and startups to explore what enables – and what blocks – the transition from innovation to large-scale deployment in a landscape shaped by geopolitical tension, energy security concerns and rapid transformation.

Preliminary program and contributors

Ali Najafbagy, 4Impact Capital
An international VC perspective on renewable investment in Europe sharing insight on how the Nordics are viewed as investment destinations, and what actually attracts capital.

Nysnø Climate Investments
Europe’s role and attractiveness in renewable energy going forward in a global landscape increasingly shaped by geopolitics and industrial policy. Does China win it all?

BMW Group Innovation
Electric vehicles as part of the energy system, from mobility to grid flexibility and system integration.

Ukrainian VC / innovation ecosystem representative
Innovation under pressure: what extreme conditions teach us about speed, scaling and decision-making in critical sectors.

EU-level system or policy representative
Scaling energy infrastructure in Europe: how regulation, system design and policy frameworks enable, or slow down, deployment at scale.

European energy scale-up case
From pilots to scale: what it actually takes to build and grow energy solutions across European markets.

Startup cases and pitches
Eight curated national and international startups addressing real-world challenges in energy, infrastructure and industrial electrification.

Panel discussion
From pilots to scale: what must change for Europe to build energy infrastructure fast enough?