Despite possibly the most turbulent year in recent history for the European energy markets, the number and volume of PPAs remained impressively stable. 2022 saw disclosed contracted volumes of 8.4 GW – a 21% decrease with respect to 10.7 GW in 2021, based on data provided by Pexapark, a Swiss-based advisory company, specialised in renewable energy. Deal count increased 4.5% year-on-year, with a total of at least 161 deals in lieu of 154 the year before
Since 1972, when the UN first started the World Environment Day, - at a time when the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) was established based in Nairobi, Kenya-, to raise awareness of the problems and challenges faced by the natural environment from anthropogenic activities, the global community has been rather ineffective in adopting the best policies and actions that would prevent the observed climate change
The 14th SEE Energy Dialogue which IENE convened in Thessaloniki last week, on May 25/26, attracted record participants with 63 speakers present or online and some 125 delegates attending, many of them online. This one-and-a-half-day intensive event was made possible thanks to a number of sponsors and supporters which IENE wishes to publicly thank for their generous support
The special features of this year's “SE Europe Energy Dialogue” and a group of distinguished keynote speakers, covering core energy areas, attracted wide attention at IENE's top annual event.
The two-day IENE conference, 14th SE Europe Energy Dialogue (14th SEEED), held in a hybrid format in Thessaloniki, concludes today, Friday, May 26. The conference brought together speakers from 14 countries in SE Europe and the wider region, as well as influential international organizations and institutes like the IEA and the Oxford Institute of Energy Studies
As the 14th SEE Energy Dialogue kikcks off today in Thessaloniki, Greece’s northern commercial capital, interest from major energy players and participants is growing by the minute. Some 64 speakers, moderators and panelists will be taking the floor while more than 200 attendees with physical presence and online have already registered to follow the proceedings. The conference, which is backed by a group of 16 sponsors, supporters and media partners will focus on the region’s energy security, energy supply and decarbonisation issues. Also central to the themes of this two day event is the functioning of the electricity and gas markets, including power exchanges andgas trading hubs but also electricity and gas infrastructure. Considerable emphasis is also placed on Renewable energy Sources (RES), energy efficiency and hydrogen.
The Background Paper of the 14th “SEE Energy Dialogue” (14th SEEED), which will be held on 25 & 26 May 2023, in Thessaloniki, is now available on IENE’s website
It is with profound regret that the Institute of Energy for SE Europe announces the passing away of one of its most trusted friends and collaborators, Dr. Hans Hutta, who was also a Distinguished Fellow of IENE
As we are nearing the date of IENE’s major regional conference, the 14th “SEE Energy Dialogue” (14th SEEED), which will be held on 25 & 26 May, 2023, in Thessaloniki, the number of companies and organizations supporting this unique event is growing daily
The detailed programme for this year’s SEE Energy Dialogue has just been announced and is available through the event’s site here. More than 60 speakers, panelists and moderators which come from the Balkan and East Mediterranean region but also from other European countries will participate in this unique one and a half day event. Although the focus of the event is the broader SE European region the global and wider European perspective will be discussed by a number of speakers
Even before the Russia-Ukraine war started in February 2022, most countries in SE Europe were transforming their gas supply arrangements, moving from being relatively isolated markets to becoming more interconnected, from being largely supplied by Russian imports to having a diverse supply portfolio
In fulfilment of its educational mission, the Institute of Energy for South-East Europe in co-operation with the Institute of Global Affairs (IGA) of Deree College in Athens, organized, from March 29 to May 6, 2023, an introductory course on “Energy and Geopolitics”. This is the third time that IENE organized such a course, which, this year, took place under the scientific supervision of Dr. Constantinos Filis, ΙGA’s Director of Research Programs
Speaking in this year’s “Flame” conference in Amsterdam the Chairman and Executive Director of IENE said that the key issue today for the SEE region is the widest possible diversification of supplies and minimisation of gas flows from Russia
IENE’s major regional event, the 14th “SEE Energy Dialogue” (SEEED), which will take place in Thessaloniki, Greece, on 25 & 26 May, 2023, will focus on the repercussions of the recent energy crisis still being felt across Europe
On April 28, 2023, IENE released its Briefing Note No. 15 entitled “Sustainable Financing Through Green Bonds” which was sent to its Members on the same day. Green bonds play an increasingly important role in raising green debt and in the financing of assets needed for the low-carbon transition.
As the Greek renewable energy market is expected to continue growing at a CAGR greater than 4.2% during the forecast period of 2022-2027 motivated by the government ambitions to reach the target of 28 GW of renewables by 2030, Euroconvention Global is pleased to host for the fourth consecutive year: RENPOWER Greece, Powering ahead with big RES & Storage plans.
Following an invitation by the IEA Academy the Executive Director of IENE, Mr.Costis Stambolis, visited the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris on April 25 and presented the Institute’s latest findings on energy trends and forecasts in SE Europe
As reported in the March 2023 Energy Analysis Bulletin, prepared by IENE’s Research Unit, and send to members earlier this month Greece’s electricity and gas market is showing of late clear signs of differentiation
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