ETIPWind workshop: “Making Europe’s power grid fit for climate neutrality” – Proceedings available!

On 14 July the European Commission (EC) presented the ‘Fit-for-55’ legislative package to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030 and set the course for reaching climate neutrality in 2050.

The technologies needed are already available today. But we need the right market signals to deploy them at scale. The EU needs to rigorously prioritise investments in energy infrastructure. To deliver climate neutrality in 2050 the EU needs to electrify 75% of its energy demand. And wind energy will need to provide 50% of all that electricity.

At this workshop we discussed what technologies and policies will deliver a reliable climate neutral energy system based on wind energy. We looked into how the system will evolve, how we can optimise the use of existing infrastructure, and what the emerging technologies are. We  also heard how governments should support and fund large energy infrastructure works.

Workshop Report
Presentations

Delivering the European Green Deal: The role of infrastructure policy, Joachim Balke, European Commission
Net Zero by 2050: a Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector, Brent Wanner, IEA
Electrifying Europe with wind energy, Daniel Fraile, WindEurope
Enabling technologies to deliver climate neutrality: NOVA NOW, Susanne Nies, CurrENT
Superconductors delivering carbon neutrality, Eoin Hodge, SuperNode
Towards a future wide spread hybrid AC DC system enabling to deliver climate neutrality, Wilhelm Winter, Tennet TSO GmbH
Enabling technologies – wind turbine/plant control, Nicolaos Cutululis, DTU
Making Europe’s power system fit for climate neutrality – a wind OEM view, Frank Martin, Siemens Gamesa

Recordings
Welcome and keynote presentation
Session 1: Fit-for-55 Package: policies and investment
Session 2: Enabling technologies to deliver climate
neutrality
Session 3: How to deploy the grid technologies
Europe needs for a net-zero economy

Full draft programme

10:00-10:05

Welcome

  • Adrian Timbus, ETIPWind Executive Committee Chair/ Head of Portfolio and Strategic Marketing, Hitachi ABB Power Grids
10:05-10:15

Keynote presentation

  • Joachim Balke, Head of Unit, Infrastructure and Regional Cooperation, European Commission
10:15-11:00

Session 1: Fit-for-55 Package: policies and investment

Presentations and Q&A Moderator:

  • Adrian Timbus, ETIPWind Executive Committee Chair/ Head of Portfolio and Strategic Marketing, Hitachi ABB Power Grids

Speakers:

  • Daniel Fraile, Director of Market Intelligence, WindEurope
  • Brent Wanner, Lead Power Generation Analyst for the World Energy Outlook, IEA

Discussion
11:00-11:10

Coffee Break
11:10-12:00

Session 2: Enabling technologies to deliver climate neutrality

Presentations and Q&A Moderator:

  • Vasiliki Klonari, Senior Analyst, Digitalisation and System Integration, WindEurope

Speakers:

  • Susanne Nies, Board Chair, currENT
  • Eoin Hodge, Chief Technology Officer, SuperNode Ltd
  • Wilhelm Winter, Lead Electrical System Design , Tennet TSO GmbH
  • Nicolaos Antonio Cutululis, Professor, DTU Wind Energy
  • Frank Martin, Advisory Engineer, Siemens Gamesa
12:00-12:10

Coffee Break
12:10-12:50

Session 3: How to deploy the grid technologies Europe needs for a net-zero economy

Panel discussion Moderator:

  • Daniel Fraile, Director of Market Intelligence, WindEurope

Speakers:

  • Jochen Kreusel, Global Head of Market Innovation, Hitachi ABB Power Grids
  • Jan Kostevc, Infrastructure Regulation Officer, Team leader at Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulator, ACER
  • Norela Constantinescu, Head of Section, Innovation, ENTSO-E
12:50-13:00

Closing remarks and next steps

  • Adrian Timbus, ETIPWind Executive Committee Chair/ Head of Portfolio and Strategic Marketing, Hitachi ABB Power Grids