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⏳ 𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗛𝗜 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻! Ahead of the official presentation expected for next week, Mario Draghi will present today his report on the future of Europe’s competitiveness to the Conference of Presidents meeting, presided over by European Parliament's President Roberta Metsola. 💡 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗲: Kristian Ruby emphasised that for Europe to stay competitive while pursuing #decarbonisation, "the industrial strategy of the EU should incentivise the switch of manufacturing industries from fossil fuels to clean electricity. This will also help sustain investments in renewable and low carbon power generation.”   Another top priority? Prioritising and supporting Europe's energy infrastructure—the backbone of not only our energy system but also the internal market. Curious about what's needed to prepare our distribution grids for the energy transition? Dive into our #Grids4Speed report here 👉 https://bit.ly/3ysMmPP #energy #energytransition #electricity #electrification #industry #competitiveness

A major report from the newly formed National Energy System Operator says that a decarbonised grid by 2030 is possible, but only if ‘pace is prioritised over perfection’. Commissioned by energy secretary Ed Miliband, the Clean Power in 2030 (CP30) Report is NESO’s first significant policy contribution since it was spun out of National Grid Plc in October 2024, becoming a fully public entity. NESO said achieving CP30 is ‘challenging but achievable’ and that clean sources can produce at least as much power as the island of Great Britain consumes by 2030. Read more here 👇 https://lnkd.in/exSnmDnB #theengineer #CP30 #decarbonisedgrid

Today, along with Darren Davidson and Matthew Knight, I had the privilege to be invited for several working meetings with UK government officials. At the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, we had constructive discussions about the role of #hydrogen to support #decarbonisation of energy systems and the importance of first of a kind projects to de-risk technology introduction. At the Department for Business and Trade, we discussed about international partnerships and the importance of private sector to support developing skills for the future. We are making great progress at Siemens Energy to deliver technologies for 100% H2 gas turbines and compressors for UK energy networks. We have a unique portfolio of technologies that can accelerate the energy transition in UK and abroad. By setting up Great British Energy and from recent appointments, it is clear that our new government recognises the importance of collaborating with the private sector to deliver a modern and decarbonised #energy system which will become a key element of the UK’s long-term growth. Frida Björneld ♦️ Karim Amin Mark Alexander Juergen Maier CBE FRS FREng

Meet Kamila Waciega, Director of Energy & Infrastructure Policy at Hydrogen Europe, who will be part of the discussion zooming on the #LowCarbon Delegated Act at this year's GIE Annual Conference 🔰 📅 Date: October 17-18, 2024 📍 Location: Munich Marriott Hotel City West, Munich, Germany ✍ Register and explore the programme: https://lnkd.in/ebJm8VMf Join more than 300 European policy and business leaders in multiple high-level discussions and networking activities that will foster the creation of sustainable solutions in the European Union and beyond. ✅ European Commission ✅ European Parliament ✅ EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) ✅ International Energy Agency (IEA) ✅ The World Bank ✅ Gas (including #biomethane and #hydrogen), electricity, wind energy, CCUS industry and infrastructure ✅ Experts and Academia Over 70 speakers will be leading key discussions on ✔ Hydrogen infrastructure ✔ Role of gas infrastructure in the transition ✔ CCUS technologies ✔ Sector coupling ✔ Biomethane’s benefit in achieving the targets ✔ Diversification of roads and sources of supply ✔ Europe's position in the global economy ✔ Gas infrastructure’s support towards energy consumers in their transition. ✔ Project presentations A warm thank you to this year's hosting companies bayernets GmbH, DET Deutsche Energy Terminal GmbH, GASCADE Gastransport GmbH, GRTgaz Deutschland GmbH, ONTRAS Gastransport GmbH, Open Grid Europe (OGE), SEFE Securing Energy for Europe GmbH, Storengy Deutschland, and Uniper Energy Storage. #GIEAC24 #GIEAnnualConference #EnergyTransition #Gasinfrastructure #Sustainability #Munich #EmpoweringChange #Hydrogen #Biomethane #CCUS #EuropeanUnion #SoS

Following the motto "Let's do it!", the Austrian Energy association Österreichs Energie has organised the Energie Kongress 2024 in Villach. Topics such as resilience, flexibility, expansion of renewable production, sustainable industry production, and also chances and challenges of benig a part of the Austrian energy transition have been discussed among over 600 participants. Facing the fact that the new electricity sector regulation (ElWG) could not be adopted before the Austrian national election end of September, there was consensus to prioritise the colors "red-white-red" over the color shades of individual political parties in the energy policy. A perspective that would also help us in Germany: Focus on solutions, unleash the local industry develop their own strength, and go ahead with a "let's do it" attitiude. #OEKongress #oesterreichsenergie #energytransition

Today all the DSOs associations operating in Brussels (CEDEC- European Federation of Local & Regional Energy Companies, EU DSO Entity, E.DSO, Eurelectric and GEODE - The voice of local energy distributors across Europe) organised the Breakfast Energy Session "𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭: 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧, 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲", hosted by MEP Anna Stürgkh (European Parliament). The event was an important moment of cooperation in which we aimed to inform the new MEPs and advisors about the role and the EU relevance of #DSOs. ✒️ Opening the event, MEP Anna Stürgkh stated: “Electricity grids are the backbone of the energy transition. I am pleased to see that the relevance of distribution grids has reached the necessary attention on the EU level. It is now important to adapt the legislative framework to update grids to the needs of a decentralised, renewables based and modern energy system”. The discussion was the opportunity to hear from Director Lukasz Kolinski (DG ENER, European Commission), Mr. Krzysztof (Chris) Bolesta, Poland Secretary of State in the Ministry of Climate and Environment and MEPs who joined the event and who will work on an own-initiative report on electricity grids in the coming months. To wrap up the event, the associations presented four key measures and principles of important relevance for DSOs in the next five years. 🇪🇺 Introduce a grid mainstreaming approach to ensure DSOs’ needs are considered in every new and revised regulation. 📈 Align EU financing instruments with the net-zero targets and DSOs’ needs to gear #investments towards the required development of the distribution grid. New EU Competitiveness Funds and other funding for infrastructure should ensure easier access for DSOs to that funding, taking into account their regulation. 🤝 Ensure the #EUGreenDeal’s implementation on the ground by enabling anticipatory investments, ensuring faster-permitting procedures, supporting the #supplychain, and providing suitable and forward-looking regulatory framework to guarantee the right investment-friendly environment. 🧑🏫 Launch a European Grid Academy within the framework of the EU’s Net-Zero Academies to build and develop the right #skills in the direct & indirect grid value chain to address the labour market shortages and transformation. 👏 Thank you to all the participants for the engaging and fruitful discussion! Anna Stürgkh | Krzysztof (Chris) Bolesta | Lukasz Kolinski | Peter Vermaat | Jonathan Bonadio | Charles Esser | Savannah Altvater | Carmen Gimeno de la Fuente |   #Grids #cooperation #EnergyTransition #KnowledgeSharing #EnergyTransition #EUcompetitiveness #Brussels #EuropeanUnion #DistributionGridMatters

Future Bridge is excited to welcome you to the 5th edition of the Power Price Forecasting Summit, set to take place on June 11th-12th, 2024, in Barcelona, Spain. We are honored to announce that Rafael Gómez-Elvira González, Director of Public Affairs and Marketing and Chairman of the EU NEMO Committee at Omie, will be one of our prominent speakers. Rafael will be presenting on the topic "European Power Market Reform and New Market Design." Rafael's presentation will cover key elements including: 1. Implementation of the Electricity Market Reform: Insight into the ongoing and future steps for the implementation of the Electricity Market Reform, highlighting its impact on the European power sector. 2. Markets & National Energy & Climate Plans 2030: Examination of how markets are aligning with national energy and climate plans for 2030, ensuring sustainable and strategic energy transitions. 3. EU SDAC & SIDC Developments: Updates on the Single Day-Ahead Coupling (SDAC) and Single Intraday Coupling (SIDC) projects, focusing on their progress and significance for market integration and efficiency. 4. Flexibility Markets: Exploration of the role and development of flexibility markets in accommodating renewable energy sources and enhancing grid stability. Rafael's extensive expertise in public affairs, marketing, and market operations will provide attendees with critical insights into the evolving landscape of the European power market. His discussion on market reforms and new market designs will be invaluable for those looking to understand and navigate the future of energy markets in Europe. Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with thought leaders and gain profound knowledge at the Power Price Forecasting Summit. #PowerPriceForecasting #EnergySummit2024 #EnergyReform #MarketDesign #FutureBridge #BarcelonaEvent #OMIE #EUenergy #EnergyTransition #EnergyPolicy

At the #JRC we finished the year 2024 with a new little brief full of interesting insights (main authors Rade Cadjenovic Jean-Francois Vuillaume) This "Science for Policy brief" explores the potential of interconnecting the EU's energy system with its #SouthernNeighbourhood, i.e. African countries lying on the other side of the #Mediterranean. We simulated few optimistic scenarios to understand how currently planned interconnectors can affect the EU Internal Energy market, not only on wholesale #electricity but also on #hydrogen. It would be very interesting to equally understand the impact on the Southern Neighbourhood countries' energy system. This little piece of research is quite timely as the European Commission is looking with renewed interest at the Mediterranean: we now have a dedicated Commissioner (Dubravka Šuica) and her Mission Letter calls for the set up of a "Trans-Mediterranean Energy and Clean Tech Cooperation Initiative to increase renewable energy trading and boost clean tech manufacturing in the region, notably through #GlobalGateway." We observe the possibility to obtain slightly decreased electricity and hydrogen prices in those EU market zones directly connected to the interconnectors, although this of course is just a really limited set of simulations that should be placed in a wider context. Curious to read? Link in first comment.

🔗 Interconnectivity: A Key to Stable, Affordable Energy Prices Belgium’s Energy Minister Tinne Van der Straeten is making a strong case for strengthening Europe’s energy interconnections. In her interview with Nikolaus Johann Kurmayer for Euractiv, she emphasized the importance of collaborative approaches to stabilize energy prices and boost supply security. 🔌 “Better interconnectivity isn’t just about sharing energy, it’s about reducing price volatility, cutting fuel use, and driving down system costs. Belgium’s robust grid connections have stabilized domestic prices while benefiting neighboring countries, demonstrating how interconnected grids support resilience and efficiency” Minister van der Straeten highlights that interconnectors can ensure resilience when countries face climate-induced challenges on their energy system like in Norway. CurrENT fully supports a more interconnected and optimized grid in Europe. Efficient and optimized electricity grids aided by the widescale deployment of #InnovativeGridTechnologies can maximize the benefits of interconnectivity.   You can read the full article here : https://lnkd.in/dPxV-jPC  #EnergyTransition #GridTechnologies #Interconnectivity Ampacimon | CTC Global | Enertechnos | Epsilon Composite | GridRaven | GRIDPULSE d.o.o. | Heimdall Power | Lamifil nv | Lindsey Systems | LineVision | MetOx International | Nexans | Plexigrid | Prisma Photonics | Reactive Technologies Limited | Saft | Suprema | Smart Wires Inc. | SuperNode Ltd | VEIR | 

To avoid the worst effects of #ClimateChange, we must advance the #EnergyTransition – in a joint effort. In Europe, politicians regularly come together with leaders from the energy industry at the Roundtable on Europe’s Energy Future (REEF) in Brussels. The meeting aims to ensure the right conditions across the #energy sector. ⚡   For grids, we mainly see the following five points: 1️⃣ improving long-term planning;  2️⃣ sufficient private and public sector finance for projects;  3️⃣ strengthening the supply chain;  4️⃣ harmonization and standardization of technologies and processes to achieve economies of scale;  5️⃣ functional tenders that shall focus on prescribing only the key functions of the #GridTechnologies. And as we see a faster build-out of offshore #renewables we also need to improve the resilience of meshed and interconnected grids in a multi-country approach. I want to thank the Belgian Presidency for organizing this event and, in particular, for their attendance at the event, the EU Energy Commissioner, Kadri Simson; Minister Tinne Van der Straeten; Minister Lars Aagaard; German state secretary for Energy Philipp Nimmermann; Mechthild Wörsdörfer, and Catharina Sikow-Magny. Together, we can make it happen!✨ #GridActionPlan #GridTechnologies