Energy Transition Conference

Aims to
– Establish working groups to facilitate the implementation of renewable energy projects across the region.
– Offer networking opportunities to all interested actors to connect at the regional scale and organize partnerships to implement renewable energy projects and support the energy transition process.
– Identify key financing opportunities to support the implementation of renewable energy projects in the CEEC region.

Topics covered
– Sustainable energy transition trajectories.
– Solar, hydro, wind and biomass – challenges and opportunities.
– Central actors for energy transition – coordination and support.
– Examples of good practices from across the region – technology and policy know-how.
– Financing energy transition – private, public and EU funds.

Preliminary Agenda:

o 10:00 – 10:10 Goal and agenda of the working group.
o 10:10 – 10:35 Keynote: EU Strategy towards a CO2-free European energy sector, speaker to be announced (EU DG ENER)
o 10:35 – 11:00 Discussion with EU DG ENER speaker
o 11:00 – 12:20 State of the art industry presentations:
 Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) for energy-intensive industries (Martin Dolzer, Kelag/Interenergo)
 Decarbonization of district heating and industrial heat production: Reduce CO2 emissions from networks with CHP (Combined Heat and Power) and P2H (Power-to-Heat) (Bojan Pejic, Siemens Energy)
 Small and Medium Size Reactors (SMR`s) (TBA)
 Biomass Electricity Generation (Antti Rissanen, Andritz)
 Clean Electricity from Waste Heat: Act Now and Remain Flexible for the Future (Markus Lintl, Orcan Energy)
 Energy Management Systems
 Advanced Battery Storages (Constantin Eis, CMBLU)
o 12:20 – 12:55 Panel discussion on strategic, legal, political, administrative, and economic challenges and solutions to improve energy transition.
o 12:55 – 13:00 Wrap up and follow-up steps.

Registration:

https://info.wethink.eu/wethink-yearly-events/energy-transition-16-oct-24/

The participation is free of charge.