What to do to speed up offshore energy?

The North Sea is on the way to become Europe’s renewable powerhouse. Plans by the EU and national governments including the UK foresee up to 500 gigawatt of offshore energy to be installed. This sea basin alone would then be the home to a higher power generation capacity than the sum of all nuclear power plants worldwide. While businesses and households hope for affordable electricity to lower their bills, the steel and chemicals industries eye offshore wind as a source for hydrogen to replace fossil fuels in their production processes. 

Even more than on the mainland, the grids are the bottleneck for the access to renewables. One year after the launch of the EU’s Grid Action Plan and a few days after the ministerial meeting of the North Sea Energy Corporation, this webinar brings together EU and UK practitioners whose job is to prepare our energy networks for a renewable energy system.

We will discuss solutions for better connecting not only wind farms but also the EU and its neighbours in view of accelerating the energy transition.

Programme

14:00  Welcome and introduction by Ros Taylor, EU-UK Liaison, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union, London

14:05  Making the most of North Sea renewables: recommendations for EU and UK energy infrastructure policies by Simon Skillings, Director, Trilemma UK Ltd & Lead Specialist – Energy Systems, E3G and author of a new analysis commissioned by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung EU

14:25  Connecting better the EU-UK energy policies to make the most of the North Sea renewables? Panel debate with:

• Claude Turmes, former Minister for Energy and Spatial Planning of Luxembourg
• Vera Brenzel, Director Public Affairs and Communication, TenneT
• Simon Skillings, Director, Trilemma UK Ltd & Lead Specialist – Energy Systems, E3G

15:00  Closing round, end of the webinar

Please register here.

For any questions, please contact Jörg Mühlenhoff.

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