Europaudvalget 2024-25, Klima-, Energi- og Forsyningsudvalget 2024-25
EUU Alm.del Bilag 281, KEF Alm.del Bilag 161
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Inter-Parliamentary Meeting
on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (IPM25)
Brussels, Belgium
“A new plan for Europe’s prosperity and competitiveness:
The Clean Industrial Deal”
Cross-Party Tandem-Conference for Members of Parliament
Attendance is strictly
limited to 100 participants; the “first come, first served” principle
will be applied
20 March 2025
European Parliament, Brussels
21 March 2025
House of Representatives of Belgium, Brussels
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20 March 2025, European Parliament Brussels, Room P7C050
Thursday 20 March 2025: European Parliament, Brussels,
Entrance and Conference Accreditation: Station Europe, Pl. du Luxembourg, 1050 Ixelles (Assistants will
guide you through the process)
Conference Room: P7C050
–
Paul Henri Spaak Building
10:00 IPM25 Registration in the European Parliament (please bring ID + your Eventbrite Ticket)
Welcome Coffee & Tea
Conference Secretariat: Jan Geiss, Secretary General, EUFORES
11:00 Session 1: High Level Opening: Where is the EU on the Energy Transition?
Chair:
Nicolas Gonzalez Casares,
President of EUFORES
•
“Welcome to IPM25”
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Nicolas Gonzalez Casares,
MEP Spain, President of EUFORES
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Niels Flemming Hansen,
MEP Denmark, Vice-President of EUFORES
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Dario Tamburrano,
MEP Italy, Vice-President of EUFORES*
•
“Together
accelerating the Energy Transition and solving the Housing Crisis”,
Dan Jorgensen,
Commissioner for Energy and Housing, European Commission*
Discussion with MEPs and MPs
11:45 Key-note:
“Efficiency is Competitivity”,
Bertrand Piccard,
Chairman, Solar Impulse Foundation
12:15 Session 2: Getting Efficiency to the Ground
Chair:
Jutta Paulus,
MEP Germany*
•
“Transposition of EU Building Legislation and EU Housing Policies”,
NN,
European Commission*
•
“How
to get to big scale renovations?”,
Mirella Vitale,
Senior Vice President, Group Marketing,
Communications and Public Affairs, Rockwool Group
•
“Financing Renovation in the EU via the EU Renovation Fund”,
Peter Sweatman,
Chief Executive,
Climate Strategy & Partners
Discussion with MEPs and MPs
13:30 Lunch Break
14:30 Session 3: The Importance of Electrification
Chair:
Nicolas Gonzalez Casares,
MEP Spain, President of EUFORES
•
“The
Electrification Strategy of the European Union”,
Ditte Juul-Jorgensen,
Director-General, DG
Energy, European Commission
•
“How
the Electrification of Industrial Processes improves EU Industrial Competitivity”,
Eva Chamizo
Llatas,
Director of European Affairs, Iberdrola SA
•
“Electrical
Heat Pumps - how Innovation drives the Heating Revolution”,
Paul Kenny,
CEO,
European Heat Pump Association
•
“Electric Cars and
trucks and their potential for energy flexibility”,
Julia Poliscanova,
Senior
Director, Vehicles & E-mobility Supply Chains, Transport & Environment
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Discussion with MEPs and MPs
15:45 Coffee Break
16:00 Key-note:
“Energy policy at the cross-roads of Climate Change, Competitivity and Social Inclusion”,
Teresa Ribera,
Executive Vice-President for Clean, Just and Competitive Transition, European Commission
16:45 Session 4: Supporting Elements for the Energy Transition and the Modernisation of Europe
Chair:
Hildegard Bentele,
MEP Germany*
•
“Overview
on the core Funding Tools of the European Union: Fuel for the Energy Transition”,
Yolanda Garcia Mezquita,
Head of Unit Relations with the EU Member States, European
Commission*
•
“Narratives
for the Competitiveness of
Industry”,
Christiane Egger,
Deputy Director, ESV
•
“Raw Materials – The Basis for the Energy Transition and the Competitiveness of Europe’s
Industry”,
James Watson,
CEO, Eurometaux
Discussion with MEPs and MPs
17:25 Closing Remarks, Nicolas Gonzalez Casares, MEP, President of EUFORES
17:30 End of Conference in the European Parliament
Private Break or walk to Gala Dinner
Break
18:30
–
22:00 Gala Dinner
–
Hosted by WindEurope
Concert Noble, Rue d’Arlon
82, 1040 Brussels
•
18:30 Welcome drinks
•
19:30 Seated Dinner
o
“Welcome
&
The Importance of Wind for the Future of EU Energy and Industrial Policy”,
Giles Dickson, CEO, WindEurope
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“Welcome”,
Nicolás González Casares, MEP, President of EUFORES
•
22:00 End of Gala Dinner
* to be confirmed
Sessions 1, 2, 3 & 4 are organised in the framework of the Energy-Efficiency-Watch 5 project
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21 March 2025, House of Representatives of Belgium, Brussels
Friday 21 March 2025: House of Representatives of Belgium
Entrance and Accreditation: Rue de Louvain 13, 1000 Brussels
Conference Room: Plenary of the House of Representatives of Belgium
09:00 IPM25 Registration in the House of Representatives of Belgium (please bring ID + your Eventbrite
Ticket)
Welcome Coffee & Tea
Conference Secretariat: Jan Geiss, Secretary General, EUFORES
09:30 Session 5
–
High Level Opening
Chair:
Nicolas Gonzalez Casares,
President of EUFORES
•
“Welcome
to the House of Representatives of Belgium”
Wouter Vermeersch,
Vice-President of the House of Representatives of Belgium*
•
“Successes
and Challenges for the Roll-out of the EU Green Deal to the national level”,
Mathieu
Bihet,
Minister for Energy, Belgium*
•
“Prospects
for Belgium”,
Jeroen Soete,
Chair of the Committee on Energy, Environment and
Climate, House of Representatives of Belgium*
•
“Getting
Closer: The Key Role of National Parliaments for the energy transition and modernization
of Europe’s industries”,
Yolanda Garcia Mezquita,
Head of Unit Relations with the EU Member
States, European Commission
10:15 Key-note:
“Solar
Energy today - big, fast and affordable worldwide and in Europe”,
Walburga
Hemetsberger,
CEO, SolarPower Europe
10:30 Session 6: Speeding up the Deployment of Renewables in Electricity
Chair:
Jutta Paulus,
MEP Germany
•
“Implementation
and Enforcement of the Renewable Energy Directive and the EU Grids Action
Plan”,
Lukasz Kolinski,
Director, Green Transition and Energy System Integration, DG Energy,
European Commission
•
“The
importance of speeding up authorisations of renewables projects”,
Giles Dickson,
CEO,
WindEurope
•
“The View of NGOs on the Energy Transition”,
Seda Orhan,
Renewable Energy Programme
Manager, CAN Europe
Discussion with MEPs and MPs
11:30 Coffee Break
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12:00 Session 7: Parallel Regional Break-out Sessions
•
Breakout Session A
–
Main Conference Room:
“The
North Seas: The Powerhouse of Europe: How
to better coordinate Wind Offshore, Green Hydrogen and the necessary Infrastructures”
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Chair:
Tinne van der Straeten,
MP Belgium*
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Co-Chair:
Melanie Onn,
MP UK*
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Experts input:
▪
“The
economic benefits of a closer EU-UK cooperation in the North Seas”
Matt
Hinde,
Head of EU Affairs, National Grid*
▪
“The Grid Companies View on the Future of North Seas Infrastructure”,
Vera
Brenzel,
Director Public Affairs and Communication, TenneT*
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Parliamentary Neighbour Contribution: MP UK & MP Norway
•
Breakout Session B
–
Room 1:
“The Baltics:
Renewables and security in the Baltic region in the
age of the Russian hybrid war”
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Chair:
Borys Budka,
MEP Poland*
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Co-Chair:
Virginijus Sinkevicius,
MEP Lithuania, or MP Estonia/Sweden/Finland*
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Experts input:
▪
“Introduction”,
Anca Cimpeanu,
Deputy Head of Unit, the infrastructure unit in
ENER* synchronisation project of common interest at European Commission*
▪
“Perspective of an offshore wind investor”,
Rene Tammist,
Member of the Board,
Utilitas Wind
•
Breakout Session C
–
Room 2:
“South-East
Europe: Solving the volatile electricity price crises”
o
Chair:
Virgil-Daniel Popescu,
MEP Romania*
o
Co-Chair:
Cristina Pruna,
MP Romania*
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Experts input:
▪
“The
situation of the energy system in Ukraine”,
Inna Sovsun,
MP, Ukraine
–
online
speech
▪
“The
South-East Europe power system has all the tools to solve the actual crises”,
Julian Popov,
Senior Fellow, Strategic Perspectives
▪
“Integrating
Ukraine and Moldova into the South-East Europe power grid”,
Susanne Nies,
Project Lead, Helmholtz Center Berlin
–
online speech
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Parliamentary Neighbour Contribution: MP Balkans & Ukraine
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Breakout Session D
–
Room 3:
“Mediterranean
Sea and Atlantic: Build-Out of PV, Onshore and
Offshore/ Floating Wind
–
the need for speeding up grid and infrastructure development”
o
Chair:
Annalisa Corrado,
MEP Italy
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Co-Chair: MP Spain/ Portugal
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Experts input:
▪
“How
to faster deploy solar and grid in Southern Europe?”,
NN,
*
▪
“Speeding
up onshore and offshore wind, and the repowering of onshore wind.”,
Raquel Mendes,
Head of European Affairs, EDP
13:30 Lunch Break
14:30 Session 8: The Internal Electricity Market and Grids: Challenges for the Years Ahead
Chair:
Bruno Tobback,
MEP Belgium*
•
“How
to foster faster market integration and more flexibility in the EU power market”,
Christian
Zinglersen,
Director, ACER, European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators
•
“Linking
RES build-out to industry electrification”,
Rasmus Errboe,
Group President & CEO, Orsted*
•
“Secure
grids through a coordinated cyber-protection and reliable long-term financing”,
Sonya
Twohig,
Secretary General, ENTSO-E
•
“Flexible
demand and batteries: the advantages of a decentralised and digitised electricity system”,
Michael Villa,
Executive Director, SmartEn
Discussion with MEPs and MPs
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16:00 Coffee Break
16:30 Session 9: Geothermal Energy
–
a new rise thanks to new drilling technologies
Chair:
Sigrid Friis,
MEP Denmark*
•
“IEA
study on the potential of Geothermal Energy for the Energy Transition”,
Paolo Frankl,
Head of
the Renewable Energy Division, International Energy Agency
•
“European
Commission Strategy on Geothermal Energy”,
NN,
European Commission*
•
“The
Geothermal Projects of the City of Munich”,
Florian Bieberbach,
CEO, Stadtwerke München
(Regional Energy Supplier Munich)*
•
“Heating and Cooling by Geothermal: An example from Slovakia”,
NN,
Supplier*
Discussion with MEPs and MPs
18:00 Closing Remarks, Nicolas Gonzalez Casares, MEP, President of EUFORES
18:30 End of Conference in the House of Representatives of Belgium
In the framework of
Co-funded by
www.eufores.org
-
www.energy-efficiency-watch.org
Disclaimer: IPM25 is a conference solely organised by EUFORES as parliamentary network. It is not an official event
neither by the European Parliament, nor by the Federal Parliament of Belgium.
Disclaimer: Co-Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only
and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CINEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting
authority can be held responsible for them.
Sessions 5 & 8 are organised in the framework of the Energy-Efficiency-Watch 5 project
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