Sessions
The particular challenge of connecting offshore wind to the grid
When: Wednesday, 6 April 2022, 14:00 - 15:30
Where: Auditorium 2 - Level 4
Session description
This session will discuss the challenges that Europe needs to be overcome to enable an accelerated deployment of offshore wind. What cross-border infrastructure financing, regulation, and cooperation is needed? What are today’s roadblocks to build offshore grids in coordination with offshore wind farms? What lessons we can take from the current approach to offshore grid development? How can Europe take up offshore hybrid solutions?
Session chair
Iván Pineda
Director of Public Affairs, WindEurope
Keynote
Chris Peeters
CEO, Elia Group
Market arrangements/policy
Marco Kuijpers
Director Large Projects Offshore, TenneT
Lukasz Kolinski
Head of Unit Renewables and Energy System Integration, European Commission
Martin Finucane
Principal Officer, International and Offshore Energy, Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, Ireland
Projects/concepts/cooperation
Sven Utermöhlen
CEO Offshore Wind, RWE Renewables
Nicola Medalova
Managing Director , National Grid Interconnector
Niklas Persson
Executive Vice President at Hitachi Energy, Managing Director Business Unit Grid Integration, Hitachi Energy
Chris Fox
Deputy Director, Europe & Offshore Electricity Networks at Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, BEIS
Markus Laukamp
CEO, WindGrid
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