Never a dull moment…
From the time of the 1st All Things Energy Forum of July 2021, energy has offered huge excitement, keeping businesses and policy makers continuously on the alert.
As last year, uncertainty is the key characteristic, but with the focus of public attention now being on the energy crisis and geopolitical dangers, with the pandemic still a threat but somewhat retreating.
Technology can, and does, facilitate the energy transition
Economics and Green Finance present a great challenge for energy operators and especially investors:
The 2nd All Things Energy Forum will highlight all the recent concerns following the energy sector. How technology can make the big turn over and how the constant rise in prices affects the policies of energy operators and especially investors as well as how green policies around the world could find common ground in the new economic and geopolitical setup that also emphasizes energy security.
Economics and Green Finance present a great challenge for energy operators and especially investors:
Will energy demand continue its recent growth? How can a system designed for ‘normal times’ cope with today’s simultaneous crises? Is an electrical system aiming at ‘RES-only’ sufficiency feasible without adequate storage, the current delays in the supply chain and the weaning off Russian energy? For how long will natural gas continue to be necessary as a transition fuel? Where will the trillions needed for a Green-Deal overhaul of energy production, storage, transmission and distribution/connectivity come from – and which other uses of funds will they compete against? Are funds branded as green or ethical always legitimate?
In such a setup, the effects of Climate-change policies on businesses are very different between:
–environmentally-pioneering countries, notably the EU and EFTA countries such as Norway, where the Green Deal legislature is, on the one hand, advancing eg with the ETS being extended to shipping and construction, but on the other governments find themselves obliged to impose mitigating measures eg decarbonization deadline delays, energy rebates to businesses [and households] or acceptance of gas and nuclear as ‘financeable’ technologies in the EU Taxonomy, albeit with restrictions; it will come as no surprise if tools such as company-to-company power purchase agreements [PPAs] would face difficulties eg in covering durations as long as 10 years
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–lagging countries such as China, Russia, India, Japan and Turkey which apply Climate-change policies more laxly and with longer deadlines; the result ia is unfair competition with the ‘pioneers’, hence EU businesses such as cement, steel and aluminum are keenly following developments in the CBAM legislature.
All Things Energy Forum is addressed to companies in energy producing* and consuming** industries, their government regulators and all associated businesses such as transport/transmission, distribution, marketing, logistics, terminals, ports, physical trading/importing, energy exchanges & derivatives, raw materials and equipment suppliers, banks incl investment banking and “green banking”, insurance and reinsurance, funds & asset managers, investors; ESCOs, smart cities, smart electric grids, smart infrastructure, energy storage: batteries for electric energy and non-battery storage; construction, EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction), installations management re energy, certifying bodies, cyber security agencies, R&D centers and software apps/AI/IC tech/collaborative intelligence platforms. Also professionals e.g. architects, lawyers, accountants, auditors, consultants/ strategists/ analysts and, of course, NGOs and everybody dealing with CSR.
* Coal, oil, gas, hydro (incl river & tidal), wind, photovoltaic, concentrated solar, biomass, biofuel, biogas, geothermal, nuclear, hydrogen, fuel cells, power-to-gas, waste-to-energy, carbon capture & storage (or utilization).
** End uses: industrial/manufacturing, transportation by land, water, air incl electric transport, agriculture, forests, meat growing, buildings incl residential – insulation, smart, nZEBs; facility management; data centers; also electricity consumers via Power Purchase Agreements (PPA).
The All Things Energy Forum for the second consecutive year will discuss all the key issues concerning the key energy sector while also offering knowledge and food for…thought.
Participants from many countries will hear -and interact with- the speakers: government officials, business leaders and scientific experts in the fields of Technology, Economics and Green Finance as well as Geopolitics, via our systems approach that will show the links between them.
By participating you will also have the opportunity to delve into more specialized topics through panel discussions, one-on-one meetings, off-site events, networking and information sharing.
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