Offshore grids and hybrids

When: Thursday, 10 April 2025, 13:45 - 15:00
Where: Auditorium 11
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Session description

Offshore grids and hybrid systems are crucial for the advancement of renewable energy, yet they encounter significant challenges. Financing offshore hybrids, finding the right market design setup to make them commercially viable while solving the technical complexities will be key to harnessing offshore wind energy's full potential. Join the discussion and gain insights from our panelists on how to tackle these challenges.

Session chair

Vasiliki Klonari

Director of Energy System Integration, WindEurope

Frameworks and solutions

Constanze Roos

Co-Convenor Project Team Offshore Cost Sharing, ENTSO-E

Joachim Balke

HoU B1 DG ENER, European Commission

Øyvind Vessia

Dir, Head of strategic regulatory projects, Ørsted

Christophe Durieux

Global Head of Business Development, WindGrid

Finance and investments

Michael Mahon

Chief Infrastructure Officer, EirGrid

Alfredo Parres

Head of Renewables, Hitachi Energy

Fredrik Andrén-Sandberg

Head of Regulatory Affairs Europe & Asia-Pacific, RWE

Sue Harrison

Head of EU energy & climate policy engagement, Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ)