Transition on a Bumpy Ride: Will Technology or Economics Provide the Solution?
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.
The current situation
- Automation, smart grids and storage are becoming an important complement to renewables and demand management
- CSP with 6-9 hours of storage can now compete with fossil fuels
- nuclear, especially smaller-scale and/or floating, appears promising and the ‘holy grail’ of fusion has had a major breakthrough at the UK-based JET laboratory
- hydrogen and carbon utilization and storage had huge momentum in 2021: project pipelines ballooned, new policies and funding pots were announced and COP26 spurred net-zero targets and hydrogen is being called upon to gradually take up the role of hydrocarbons
Economics and Green Finance present a great challenge for energy operators and especially investors:
- The prices of energy products eg coal, oil, gas, uranium, CO2 emissions and, indirectly, freight rates have been rapidly increasing, some to record levels
- As a result, energy-intensive manufacturing and the transport industry are facing tremendous energy price increases – or even shortages
- Geopolitics, whether in the form of crises are in fact exacerbating the energy crisis. In fact, due to current global demand and recent geopolitical tension [Russia/Ukraine], it is likely for energy prices to increase and stay volatile for the foreseeable future
Key Issues
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
and
–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.
Speakers
Dr Nikolaos Arvanitidis
Dr Florian Anderhuber
Adrian Borotea
Prof. Pantelis Capros
Dr Valentina Dedi
Dr Aleksandar Dedinec
Dr Christos Dimas
Dr Johannes Drielsma
Dr Murat Durak
Charles Ellinas
Antonino Fischetti
Martin Georgiev
Angelos Gkanoutas-Leventis
Dr Lorenc Gordani
Gunnar Holen
Panagiotis Mavroeidis – Kamperis
Leonidas Kanonis
Marios Katsiotis
James Kennedy
George Kremlis
Demetrios Konstantinides
Bruno Lafont
Giannis Lazarou
Dr Jenny Leivadarou
Maja Maćić
Prof. Yannis Maniatis
Trish McGill
Ben McWilliams
John Messaritis
Mark Mistry
Christos Nakos
Vasili Nicoletopoulos
Vasilis Nikitas
Dr Vassilis Nikolopoulos
Alexandra Novikova
Dr Dionyssios Papachristou
Panagiotis Papastamatiou
Dr. Eng. Antonis Peppas
Prof. Yiannis Pontikes
Katerina Poseidon
Mark Rachovides
Brian Ricketts
Kate Scarcella
Entela Shehaj
Dr Markela Stamati
Nikos Stamou
Christos Syngelakis
Thanasis Tsantilas
Dr Costis Toregas
Efrosini Varvitsioti
Konstantinos Yazitzoglou
Moderators
Christos Folias
Konstantinos Gkarakis
Panagiotis Marketos
Constantinos Papaloucas
Anastasios Papazachariou
Costis Stambolis
Pantelis Vetoulas
Who is the Forum for
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).
Why Should You Attend
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.
Associate Partner
DEPA Commercial is a modern and competitive company, with a substantial contribution to the growth of the Greek economy.
Via targeted investments, and the use of smart technologies, the company strives to meet the diverse needs of its customers by providing budget- and environmentally friendly natural gas for households, industrial consumers, generators as well as fuel for gas-powered vehicles through Fisikon, while as the coordinator of the European co-financed projects Poseidon Med II and BLUE HUBS, introduces the maritime transport of the Eastern Mediterranean into the LNG era.
Τhe company participates in the new Alexandroupolis LNG Terminal.
DEPA Commercial is entering the new era of “clean” energy, by investing in RES and other alternative fuel with a neutral environmental footprint, such as hydrogen and biomethane.
Supporting Partner
SYNERGIA TECHNICAL & INVESTMENT CONSULTANT S.A (www.synergia-tc.gr) was established a decade ago and successfully combines world-leading hands-on, field experience and efficiency in areas such as project development and management, technical consulting and operations at the highest international standards.
Synergia’s operations are spread throughout the entire life-cycle of renewable energy systems, from conception, licensing, design, construction and project management all the way to operation and maintenance (O&M) and asset management.
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