Agenda
Day 3
Day 3 Friday 29.09.23
Plenary 13: “Europe in energy transition: a common challenge”
On the EUROPE IN ENERGY TRANSITION: A COMMON CHALLENGE, Matthew Lodge, British Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic and Susanna Terstal, Dutch Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic explored different cases and paradigms – from the UK and the Netherlands – of moving towards climate neutrality, in view of major Energy goals and challenges. Matthew Lodge pointed out that a water-tight regulatory framework, effective binational communications and citizens’ engagement will contribute to achieving the energy transition. Susanna Terstal mentioned that action in the energy sector needs action outside the sector, continuous cooperation between the nations, and sharing of expertise.
Matthew Lodge
British Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic (Keynote speaker)
Susanna Terstal
Dutch Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic (Keynote speaker)
Spiros Papaefthimiou (Moderator)
President, HAEE, Professor, Technical University of Crete
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Plenary 14: “Climate resilience and sustainable investments”
On the CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENTS, it is underlined that the future development of alternative fuels is the tool for the decarbonization process, followed by the decarbonization of products, with the use of CCUs and energy efficiency technologies. a pilot green hydrogen production is being prepared, using surplus electricity from PV. Redesigning and redefining the business industry is of utmost importance. Energy transition vs adaptation is a fake dilemma, since adaptation should be in parallel to the energy transition and not in favor. There is a need to be proactive and not reactive to natural disasters.
Petros Varelidis
General Secretary for Natural Environment and Water Resources, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Hellenic Republic (Keynote speaker)
Vasilis Tsaitas
Group CFO, HELLENiQ ENERGY
Panagiotis Papastamatiou
Director, ENTEKA; CEO, Hellenic Wind Energy Association
Dusko Krsmanovic
Country Head, UK Export Finance (UKEF) fr the Western Balkans and Central and Eastern Europe
Yanos Michopoulos (Moderator)
Yanos Michopoulos (Moderator)Course Leader, New Energy Business School
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Keynote Address 5: Low-Carbon Economy in The Transportation Sector
In his keynote address on the topic of Low-Carbon Economy In The Transportation Sector Mr. Ioannis Xifaras, General Secretary of Transport in the Hellenic Republic’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, illustrated Greece’s commitment to the green energy transition of the transportation sector. He noted the importance of charging infrastructure in buildings to support the uptake of electric vehicles and the government’s efforts in expanding this network. He also mentioned that Greece has initiated a significant procurement of electric buses and intends to fund electric taxis, encouraging citizens to adopt eco-friendly vehicles. Finally, Mr. Xifaras emphasized the need to create a culture of e-mobility and improve urban transport, while setting ambitious goals for increasing the adoption of electric cars. The government aims to facilitate a smooth and efficient transition to electric mobility.
Ioannis Xifaras
General Secretary of Transport, Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, Hellenic Republic
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Keynote Address 6: Sustainable and Resilient Cities
In his keynote address on Sustainable And Resilient Cities, Prof. Haris Doukas, Professor and Deputy Dean, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), highlighted the importance of transforming our cities to be more sustainable and resilient to the challenges posed by the climate crisis. He analyzed the recent impacts of the climate crisis on Greece, such as the recent wildfires and floods, and how the cities can play an important role in the energy transition. He pointed out new innovative concepts, such as the “15-minute” city, stressing the locality as a central concept for our future cities. Finally, he illustrated the importance of a just transition, and specifically the housing and energy costs that are increasing over the last few years, burdening the citizens.
Haris Doukas
Professor and Deputy Dean, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
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Verify : “A Cutting-edge Software for Real-time Assessment of a Building’s or a District’s Energy Resources, and the Related Impact over the Course of their Lifecycle”
In his presentation of the VerifY tool, Mr. Nikos Nikolopoulos, Director of Research (Researcher A’) at the Chemical Process and Energy Resources Institute, CERTH, presented the capabilities and innovations introduced with this new tool built for the real-time life-cycle assessment of a building’s or a district’s energy resources and the accompanying impact. He highlighted its technical specifications and strengths such as the open access nature of the tool and the real-time analysis that it can provide to the user. Finally, he highlighted the potential applications that this tool can have in the building sector, demonstrating usage examples of VerifY.
Nikos Nikolopoulos
Director of Research (Researcher A’) at the Chemical Process and Energy Resources Institute, CERTH
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Plenary 15: “Reimagining Energy Landscapes: Unlocking The Potential Of Greek And EU Islands In The Energy Transition, Powered By NESOI European Islands Facility”
On the REIMAGINING ENERGY LANDSCAPES: UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF GREEK AND EU ISLANDS IN THE ENERGY TRANSITION, POWERED BY NESOI EUROPEAN ISLANDS FACILITY, NESOI project and its major results have been presented, while it is underlined the necessity to keep up the platform of island initiatives alive. There are several issues related to the islands transition to be examinded, namely the decarbonization of interconnected islands, the islands as energy exporter or importer and the electricity autonomy. Thus, there is a need of combination of various technologies to increase security of supply.
Aristotelis Aivaliotis
General Secretary of Energy and Mineral Resources, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Hellenic Republic (Keynote speaker)
Andrea Martinez
Deputy Managing Director SINLOC – Sistema Iniziative Locali S.p.A.
Kostas Komninos
General Manager, DAFNI Network of Sustainable Greek Islands
Konstantinos Kyparissis
Director of Storage & Islands Energy Transition Unit, Public Power Corporation
Thanos Zarogiannis (Moderator)
Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Energy, Greek Ministry of Environment & Energyn
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