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🌍 Have Your Say on EU #EnergySecurity! 🌍 The European Commission is inviting input on the security of energy supply and broader energy security issues through a call for evidence and a public consultation. This initiative is open to all stakeholders, including researchers, academics, think tanks, NGOs, interest groups, and EU citizens. 📢 🗓️ Deadline: 26 November The objective is to conduct a “fitness check” of the existing rules on the security, #resilience, and autonomy of the EU’s energy system. This includes evaluating the #Gas Security of Supply Regulation and the #Electricity Risk Preparedness Regulation, as well as emergency measures from REPowerEU. This consultation will help the Commission assess the EU’s energy security framework, identify efficiency gains, and learn from past crises. It’s a chance to influence the future of EU energy policy and ensure a resilient and autonomous energy system. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/ehyyBBbu #CE4EUislands

⚡ Join us at Energy Security Dialogue 2024: Light Must Win. Save the date for key energy discussions on December 4! 🕑Time: 14:00 – 19:20 (Kyiv time) 💼 Format: In-person in Kyiv and online via Zoom 🌐Languages: English and Ukrainian 💡We will discuss the biggest energy challenges facing Ukraine and its partners and work together to find solutions. Due to ongoing Russian aggression, Ukraine’s energy system faces constant threats. 💥As the enemy’s tactics shift, Ukrainian specialists work tirelessly to protect energy facilities, establish new power sources, and keep the lights and heat on. This past year, we’ve made some progress with solutions at national and local levels, but the road to full energy independence and resilience is still ahead. It’s up to us to protect and strengthen Ukraine’s energy system because Light Must Win. Join us at the annual DiXi Group conference to discuss what more can be done. 🛡Key topics at the Ukrainian Energy Security Dialogue 2024 include: 📍Strategies to counter threats in the energy sector and mitigate risks 📍Measures to enhance the security and reliability of energy facilities and networks amid climate challenges 📍Collaboration with EU countries: a joint action plan to strengthen energy security and resilience across the region 📍Cooperation within ENTSO-E: reinforcing interconnections, increasing, and optimizing electricity imports 📍Generators of solutions: what Ukrainian businesses and communities have done to survive the winter and the lessons learned 🔔REGISTER NOW: https://bit.ly/48M20no The event is organised by NGO DIXI GROUP under the patronage of the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, with the financial support of the International Renaissance Foundation within the framework of the project ‘Better Energy Security for Tomorrow’ and with the financial support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Ukraine. 🔉 The media partners of the event are the Energy Community, Starlight Media and The Kyiv Independent.

During the 16th EU-U.S. roundtable organised by CEER and the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), and hosted by E-Control in #Vienna, #Austria, European and U.S. regulators exchanged perspectives about shared challenges such as shifting #policy priorities and the evolution of the legislative framework, the need for #flexibility across the entire #energy chain, and the types of energy #infrastructure development needed to support the energy transition. In doing so, participants were able to reflect on how to improve resilience, reliability, and affordability in the context of their respective energy sectors. #knowledgesharing #energyregulation #powersector #collaboration

Energy security is national security. The U.S. Energy Information Administration cites that America’s reliance on imported energy sources has dropped from 30% in 2005 to less than 5% in 2021. And that reduction is due in large part to things like the federal permitting process. Expediting energy projects like pipelines or renewables or energy storage facilities all require infrastructure. Streamlining the permitting process allows for the domestic demand of critical energy projects (and for critical minerals) to be met faster.

As the EU advances towards its ambitious goal of #carbonneutrality by 2050, the #defence sector must adapt. ⚖️The challenge is balancing operational effectiveness with #energytransition and #climatechange adaptation. 🔎This publication by the European Defence Agency investigates the intersection of #EU’s sustainability imperatives and the strategic considerations of the defence sector. The analysis focuses on identifying gaps and presenting solutions in the following areas: 🔷Energy efficiency and buildings performance 🔶Green public procurement 🔷Energy storage systems 🔶Offshore renewable energy installation and defence systems coexistence 🔷Life cycle assessment and material flow analysis Read the full publication edited by Constantinos Hadijsavvas, Maja Kuzel Antonis Zorpas, Irene Voukkali, and Iliana Papamichael 👇 https://lnkd.in/eKPGtRv5

📢 The results of a great collaboration within the newTRENDs project have just been published! Key insights from the paper: - Examines the short-term #BehaviouralChanges proposed by the #REPowerEU Plan to reduce dependence on Russian gas and oil following the #EnergyCrisis. - Investigates the impact of changes in household heating behaviour on gas #DemandReduction in Germany, the Netherlands, Greece, and Poland.  - Recommends a #Policy package including the promotion of technical infrastructure, financial support, and information campaigns to encourage long-term changes in heating behaviour. Special thanks to the co-authors Max Kochański, Lukas Kranzl, Katarzyna Korczak, Lukas Mayrhofer, Andreas Mueller, Ece Özer and Swaroop Rao newTRENDs: New Trends in Energy Demand Modeling Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI 📄 Read the full paper here:

Connecting Europe Facility (#CEF) | The way forward as of #2024 | #energy #2023 | Latest #achievements and way forward | As of 2024, fundamental changes will take place in the programme with the entry into force of the revised TEN-E Regulation. Eligibility under CEF Energy funding will cover new categories of PCIs, namely #offshoreelectricitygrids, #hydrogeninfrastructure and #gassmartgrids. These new corridors and thematic areas aim to further #develop and #interconnect #energynetworks in #europe for an #effective #energytransition whilst contributing to the achievement of European Union #climategoals. The funding for conventional #naturalgas infrastructure is discontinued Under the revised #regulation, CEF Energy will support the implementation of PCIs in 11 priority corridors and in thematic areas in order to help bridge the funding gap of the new TEN-E infrastructure categories with urgent needs. In addition, CEF Energy funding will enable and accelerate PCI implementation, complementing the regulatory framework and incentives laid down. Furthermore, a new category of projects (Projects of Mutual Interest - PMIs), with a third country involved, has been put in place. PMIs should be able to demonstrate significant net socioeconomic benefits at EU level and in at least one third country. PMIs are eligible for inclusion in the Union list provided that the policy framework has a high level of convergence, is supported by enforcement mechanisms and demonstrates a contribution to the EU’s and third #country’ overall energy and #climatepolicy objectives. The first list of #PCIs/#PMIs under the revised TEN-E Regulation was published in November 2023 and the first call for proposals under the new list is expected to be launched in 2024. In addition, for the CB RES sector, CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency will also launch a call for status as well as a call for grants for works and studies. > By European Commission

Explicit ‘Capacity Markets’ in the EU? It means << Explicit booking of network interconnections + Explicit contracts of delivery>> … = Better? = Worse? >> Or ‘’Much Ado About Nothing’’? Our Florence School of Regulation tackles the issue 👇

It's #September - time for the #ExpertTalks on Energy Market Developments and Geopolitics!   This year marks the #15th #edition of the joint event with the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)), the World Energy Council - Germany (Weltenergierat – Deutschland e.V.) and (since last year) the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft e.V.).   Once again, high-ranking #global #experts came together and debated in the historic premises of the SWP.   Key topics:   💶 #Resilience is key, but it comes with a cost 🛡 #Protection of #critical #infrastructure is crucial 🔧 Reform of #financial #architecture is needed 🎯 #Grid #fees (together with high energy) prices hit hard 💳 Huge #investment expected: #electrification as well as #defense & #security 🚨 #Industry in #EU and #GER is partly at #risk with plant closures 💥 Security risks with regard to (energy) infrastructure such as #offshore (#wind) assets 📡 New #threats we have not seen before   A big thank you to our partners SWP and BDEW as well as to all speakers & participants for their valuable inputs and the lively discussions.