ETIP SNET UPDATE
date: 01/06/2023
Register for the ETIP SNET & BRIDGE Key results and steps forward networking event!
On 20 June 2023, the ETIP SNET and BRIDGE will host its “Key results and steps forward” networking event in Brussels at the Royal Library of Belgium (KBR) from 18:00 onwards. A ninety-minute presentation and panel discussion will be followed by a networking walking dinner. The event is a Sustainable Energy Day within the framework of the European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW).
Do not miss the opportunity to meet with numerous relevant stakeholders in the energy field and learn about the key results achieved over the past three years and the upcoming steps forward of the two European Commission’s (EC) initiatives.
The Event will be exclusively in person. Registration is required to participate.
Participants will be welcomed with an aperitif at 18.00, and by 18:30, a presentation and panel discussion will be held until 20:00 and followed by a networking walking dinner. Moreover, you will have the unique opportunity to meet the BRIDGE projects responsible in the “EU BRIDGE Projects Corner” to exchange ideas, discover projects’ results and establish new synergies.
This event aims to showcase the progress and achievements made by the ETIP SNET and BRIDGE initiatives in the last three years and to trace the path forward to accelerating the EU’s energy transition while contributing to the general policy setting of the European Commission.
In the panel, speakers will present and discuss the main achievements of the two EC initiatives and their contribution to guiding Research, Development & Innovation (RD&I) to support Europe’s energy transition.
Moreover, you will have the unique opportunity to meet the BRIDGE projects’ responsible in the “EU BRIDGE Projects Corner” to exchange ideas, discover projects’ results and establish new synergies.
The panel session will be followed by a networking walking dinner across the restaurant of KBR.
ETIP SNET-RHC ETIP Sustainable Energy Day Joint webinar – Coupling of Heating/Cooling and electricity sectors in a renewable energy-driven Europe
On 29 June 2023, the ETIP SNET and RHC ETIP will host the joint webinar “Coupling of Heating/Cooling and electricity sectors in a renewable energy-driven Europe”. The event is a Sustainable Energy Day within the framework of the European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW).
Registration is required to attend the webinar.
This online conference focuses on the implications of coupling the electricity, heating and cooling vectors as a vital part of efficiently decarbonising the whole European energy sector. The joint White Paper between ETIP SNET and ETIP RHC, "Coupling of Heating/Cooling and Electricity Sectors in a Renewable Energy-Driven Europe", will lay the ground for the panel and interactive discussion highlighting the actions needed to keep the timeline for decarbonisation that the Green Deal and Fitfor-55 packages prescribe. The study is available on the Publications Office of the EU.
More specifically, the session will discuss the necessity to increase investments in R&I to quickly upscale solutions from pilot to real plant sizes, but also to bring forward innovative technologies with low TRLs already identified in the White Paper. It will also discuss and analyse the necessity of rescaling and upscaling educational programs for the skills needed for sector coupling in order to successfully design, manufacture and install new plants.
The format will consist of an interactive discussion between speakers and the audience, starting with the presentation of the White Paper. Three panels will follow and consist of a short introduction of the topic by panellists followed by Q&A sessions and active discussions with the audience. After the analysis of the technological requirements and barriers - and the need to stimulate investments through regulations and incentives based on, e.g., CO2 emission trading systems - a second panel will dig into the topic of thermal storage as an enabler of system integration and sector coupling. Lastly, a third session will discuss the skills needed for sector coupling.
EUSEW 2023: Policy Sessions and Energy Fair stand
The ETIPs FORUM will participate in a Policy Session at the European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) 2023 titled “Revision of the SET plan: boosting skills for R&I and competitiveness in clean energy technologies”. The session led by DG ENER B.5 will be held on 22 June from 14:00 to 15:30. Maria Laura Trifiletti, the Coordinator of the ETIP SNET and BRIDGE, together with the other speakers will discuss how raising awareness about the need to accelerate R&I in energy and thus inform the audience about the revised SET Plan and its increased focus on cross-cutting topics such as complete supply chains including circularity, citizen empowerment, digitalisation, jobs and skills.
Register your attendance at EUSEW 2023 for this and several sessions, included “Empowering energy communities: building capacity for social innovation” co-organised by BRIDGE.
Moreover, the ETIP SNET and BRIDGE will have an Energy Fair stand onsite together with the ETIPs FORUM titled “bringing the energy transition forward”. Check out our profile and those of the other organisations attending the Energy Fair on the EUSEW 2023 website.
Industry and policy jointly optimizing EU and national RDI Series of online / hybrid NSCG events in 2023
The National Stakeholders Coordination Group (NSCG) – within the framework of the ETIP SNET is organising the following events:
- #3: Technologies and markets for local / regional flexibility l 14 June 2023 l 14:00-18:00 CEST l hybrid (Rome and online) – Register and check out the agenda
- #2: Energy communities’ contribution to local and regional flexibility l 9 May 2023 l 14:00-16:30 CEST l online - Check out the agenda
- #1: Regional and local flexibility needs l 19 April 2023 l 14:00-16:30 CEST l online - Watch the recording and check out the agenda
Register to attend the last event on 14 June.
This series of events aims at establishing a discussion platform among stakeholders from different European initiatives, programs and projects to exchange opinions, knowledge and experience. Acknowledging the fact that flexibility has been a subject of research and debate among researchers and technicians since the increase of RES in the systems, this series of events wants to make an additional step in the discussion, focusing on a dialogue towards policy and regulation. Three meetings are planned, spanning over the months of April to June and focusing the attention on the needs and sources of flexibility from the local perspectives.
ETIP SNET and BRIDGE will attend EM-Power Europe in Munich
The ETIP SNET and BRIDGE will take part to the EM-Power Europe Conference, the International Exhibition for energy management and integrated energy solutions in Munich from 13 to 16 June 2023. The two EC initiatives will have a joint booth and host a panel session together with the nine BRIDGE projects below:
Panel session: The Latest from EU Innovation: BRIDGE Projects, Activities and Outcomes
The world is facing unprecedented challenges in the form of climate change and the urgent need to transition to a sustainable energy future. In order to tackle these challenges, we must harness the power of research and innovation to drive forward the development of new technologies, processes, and solutions. This session, organised by the ETIP SNET and BRIDGE will bring on the stage nine H2020 and Horizon Europe projects. The panel session will be divided into two separate breakdown sessions along the topics of:
- Flexibility and retail market options for DSO - Replicable solutions for a cross sector compliant energy ecosystem;
- Consumer engagement and demand response (including interoperable smart homes and grids) and decarbonising systems in energy and geographical Islands.
In each of the two breakout sessions, panellists will take part in an interactive discussion along the three topics listed below. The panel discussion will be followed by a Q&A session where questions from the audience will be collected. Join us to enhance your understanding of the current state of energy-related areas and to identify where the gaps and needs for future research and innovation priorities lie!
Enlit Europe and the EU Project Zone
For the sixth year in a row, the ETIP SNET and BRIDGE will take part in Enlit Europe, the “constantly growing, inclusive, end-to-end forum that addresses every aspect of the energy agenda”, which this year will take place in Paris from 28 to 30 November.
As for the previous editions, both initiatives are actively contributing to the organisation of the EU Project Zone, the area dedicated to European-funded projects committed to accelerating the energy transition. Consult the brochure describing the packages for the live event and digital ways of dissemination through the EU Project Zone.
The Secretariat is facilitating the attendance of BRIDGE projects (read the BRIDGE section of the newsletter for more information) through different dissemination options tailored to the projects’ needs and progress. Moreover, the Secretariat, together with Enlit organisers and hearing the European Commission, is further developing the programme and the topics that will be addressed through the numerous sessions of the three-day event. Stay tuned for more information to come in the next days!
Working Groups updates
WG1
The White Paper on “E-mobility deployment and impact on grids” is published and can be found here.
The Hydrogen’s Impact on Grids Task Force has finalised and submitted its draft to the Governing Board for comments
The TF on Energy Communities’ Impact on Grids, drafted in cooperation with ISGAN, has faced some unexpected delays as it pertains to key contributors and foresees the drafting to be finalised by Q3 of 2023.
A kick-off meeting for the upcoming white paper for Energy Infrastructure Planning has taken place on the 31st of May.
WG2
The paper for TF KPI on Energy Storage Applications paper has been published and can be found here.
Furthermore, the WG2 has mapped the activities of its next TF; Development of Circular Economy Approach to Energy Storage Value Chains and expects to kick off this TF in the coming months as the Chair Team seeks to establish an architecture of contributors necessary to establish the WG. Talks between the WG2 and Chair Team are taking place to see what specific papers can be put forward by the WG2.
WG3
The editors' team is currently active working on the development of a webinar that will take place during the EU Sustainability Energy Day. The webinar, entitled: Coupling of Heating/Cooling and electricity sectors in a renewable energy-driven Europe will aim to present the White Paper “Coupling of Heat/Cooling and Electricity Sectors in a Renewable Energy Driven Europe”. The webinar will take place on Thursday 29th of June at 9:30am CEST. The agenda and invitation will follow up in the coming days.
The WG3 is currently working on two position papers: "Hydrogen Ramp-up" position paper led by Peter Johnson with a deadline for June 2023. And a second position paper on “Ramp-up of renewable generation and its effects on system level” led by Thai Phuong Do with a deadline for June 2023 as well.
WG4
The structure elaborated by TF1 for the policy paper on Energy Data Space has been circulated among the members of WG4 and the Chairs of the other WGs in order to collect feedbacks and contributions. These will be processed together with the data and inputs collected during the two workshops organised with the Data Space projects, and included in a first draft to be sent to the EC by the end of May.
On the other hand, TF2 organised a bilateral call with DG ENER to present the structure of the Playbook on Consumers’ and Citizens’ engagement, and found approval and interest in the work done so far and future developments. Furthermore, TF2 in the coming month will align with the BRIDGE Consumer WG regarding the content of the Playbook.
Finally, the abstract of the position paper on Digital Skills has been approved by ETIP SNET Chairmanship and it will be developed in conjunction with the organisation of a workshop in cooperation with DG ENER and EDDIE project.
WG5
The work of the setup of TF for the Regulatory Sandboxes policy paper has been intense during this month. A first draft of the policy paper has been sent to the EC the 5th of May. Some feedbacks/reviews are now expected from the commission, from the operators (DSOs, TSOs supported by ENTSOe, EDSO), and the regulator of Italy, ARERA. The experts are still working on the document to implement the identified refinements received from the first feedbacks, and to enrich in selected areas the activities in Member States and internationally. The paper should be approved by the governing board during June 2023.
The Secretariat would like to thank Mahboubeh Hortamani for her valuable time in the ETIP SNET Chair team and will seek to open a co-chair position for the WG5 in early June.