• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Eduard Sala de Vedruna

IHS Markit

Executive Director, Global Power & Renewables, Energy

Eduard Sala de Vedruna is Executive Director, Global Power and Renewables, Energy, for IHS Markit. He has over 15 years of consulting and research experience in the energy sector with a focus on market analysis and competitive strategy, particularly with the global renewables market. Mr. Sala de Vedruna and his team deliver competitive strategy and market analysis to developers, utilities, and renewables equipment manufacturers on key trends and market opportunities. He is the author of numerous IHS Markit reports, including analyses of business models and competitive strategies employed by equipment manufacturers, utilities, and developers in the global renewables sector. Prior to joining IHS Markit, Mr. Sala de Vedruna was responsible for market research and management consulting at International Venture Consultants, where he contributed to a variety of projects for major oil and gas companies. He holds an economics degree from the University of Barcelona. He is based in Paris.

Sessions With Eduard Sala de Vedruna

Thursday, 14 March

  • 07:30am - 08:45am (CST) / -

    Offshore Wind: The new frontier
    Panel Power Climate/Environment/Sustainability

    Offshore wind costs are falling in Europe, and earlier this year developers announced astonishingly low prices in the United States and Taiwan. Many countries across Asia, Europe, and North America are betting big that offshore wind can help green their power sector. At the same time, resources are being invested in floating offshore wind technologies, with the aim of unlocking a significant capacity potential in Europe, Japan, and the United States. As a result, the global offshore wind market is set to install over 430 GW of new capacity by 2050, over 80% of it in just six markets, requiring investments over US$ 1 trillion. However, as project complexity and competition from other renewables sources continue to increase, technology advances, supply chain consolidation, standardization, and the ability to leverage best practices from other sectors will be key for the success of this industry.

  • 02:00pm - 03:00pm (CST) / -

    Blockchain & the Power Consumer: Myth or reality?
    Panel Technology/Innovation Power

    Blockchain holds great promise for transforming and democratizing the power distribution system of the future. Can this technology move to scale in developed economies? What is the potential to drive change in emerging economies where an established power system is not available? Will blockchain evolve to distribute power effectively on a peer to peer basis? Will blockchainrealize its potential to disrupt incumbent retail energy models?