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Busy times and sometimes we manage to tick an important milestone on the way ✅ Projects of Common Interest, or the European PCI status, is an signifiant recognition of the importance of realising a meshed grid in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. The meshed grid will allow us to 🧩 utilise offshore wind farms very far from land efficiently, and ♻️ use cables for not only for exporting power to shore but also to share with other countries when there is less wind, 🌿which is needed for the green transition and independence of fossil fuels

ENERGY ISLANDS IN DENMARK BECOME PART OF EUROPEAN COMMISSIONS PROJECTS OF COMMON INTEREST (PCI)   Today, again I am smiling, as I did on the picture, back in November 2021, when we signed our first agreements with Elia Group and 50Hertz Transmission GmbH on the hybrid interconnectors TritonLink and Bornholm Energy Island.   Because these days "the era of EU funding for fossil fuel infrastructure is over", as Kadri Simson, EU Commissioner for Energy, stated yesterday, when the European Commission adopted a list of 166 vital cross-border projects that will connect European countries and green economies of the future.   Among the list of PCI's are TritonLink and Bornholm Energy Island - pioneering hybrid interconnectors in the North Sea and in the Baltic Sea.   I strongly believe that to become independent of fossil fuels we must strengthen our ties. In a way, to become independent of fossil fuels, is to acknowledge and take serious our dependency of each other in Europe.   Because of that I smile.   Because of that I salute every single one of my many hard working colleagues in Energinet, Elia Group and 50Hertz Transmission GmbH working on these large and complex energy infrastructure projects that are so important in order to pave the way for all the green energy we need for a better world! #greentransition #energyislands #offshorewind

https://lnkd.in/gMUc27zJ Listen to Hanne Storm Edlefsen describe Denmark’s visionary wind energy initiative on National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s #gridtalk #podcast #windpower Edison Electric Institute EPRI US DOE IEEE European Commission #greenpower #climateaction Two Danish islands will serve as hubs of massive new offshore wind turbines to serve itself and neighboring countries and spur development of clean hydrogen green fuel for aircraft and factories. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Hanne Storm Edlefsen who is the vice president of Energy Islands, a project of the Energinet transmission system operator in Denmark. One complex will be on Bornholm Island in the Baltic and link up 3,000 megawatts of wind power, simplifying the collection of the power and its transmission to land. The second complex will be on a new island to be built in the North Sea. “Well out in the North Sea, we’re going to build an artificial island so that’s a whole other project. This is supposed to be finished in 2033 as the plans are now. It will be in the beginning three or four gigawatts of offshore wind which is to be decided by Parliament within the next couple of months, but the ambition is actually that later there will be added even more gigawatts so the artificial island in the North Sea will end on 10 gigawatts which is so much electricity,” said Edlefsen. Wind power provides half of Denmark’s electricity, and the goal is to increase it by 80% by 2024.

The transition to renewable energy is depending on a closer collaboration between the European private sector, TSO’s and the EU. It was satisfying to see this recognized by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the EU Commission, at a meeting hosted by DI - Dansk Industri today where NKT participated amongst other major Danish companies, including Ørsted, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, Topsoe, Novozymes, COWI, Novo Nordisk, VELUX, and Siemens. We need to see investments in the power cable sector to ensure the capacity needed for the development of an interconnected power grid in the EU. To succeed, it is essential with a political framework securing fair competition and consistency in EU regulation to enable investments in power grid technologies. The meeting today was a step in the right direction for the green transition of Europe – now, let’s speed it up and enable a stronger collaboration across the EU. #weconnectagreenerworld   Photo credit: Jakob Melgaard

📢 Coreso Activity Report of 2023 is now available! 📖 Our annual report gives you an overview of Coreso SA regional coordination activities and accomplishments in 2023. Following Coreso’s transition from Regional Security Coordinator (RSC) to Regional Coordination Centre (#RCC) in July 2022, the year 2023 was the first calendar year where our company operated as an institutional entity foreseen by the European regulations. 💡 The EU Clean Energy Package introduced this RCC transformation to strengthen the regional #coordination of TSOs in Europe and facilitate the transition of the continent towards #cleanenergy. 1️⃣5️⃣ 🎂 2023 was a significant milestone for Coreso as it celebrated its 15th anniversary. Since the company’s foundation, we have demonstrated a significant level of reliability and expertise in coordinating the operation activities of electricity transmission grids. 👇 Click on the link below to read about Coreso! #electricity #Europe #energytransition

Traxis Group in partnership with Gemserv are delighted to invite you to the inaugural event of the exciting new Local Energy Market Alliance (LEMA). The electrification of heating and transport and the maximization of roof-top solar are all initiatives that rely on action by multiple responsible parties, not least consumers. However, responsibility for delivering these elements of the energy transition is highly fragmented and leadership is sadly lacking with too many parties having bit roles. This is the local energy burden. “Energy-smart places” holds the key. “Energy-smart places” holds the key as shown by Innovate UK’s £107m Prospering from the Energy Revolution (PfER) programme. Europe is also starting to look at District Self-Balancing, and several energy communities are appearing. As a result, organisations are realising that local systems have an important role to play in the current crisis and are looking for ways in which to do this. It is not a technical challenge: it is a business challenge. LEMA will be the alliance through which businesses will take the initiative to create a market that will move consumers to mass adoption and generate major business opportunities. To find out more or sign up visit: https://lnkd.in/g68QgGbV

Happy to be one of the 14 candidates selected from all over Spain by the SOST-CDTI -attached to the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities- to attend the "Specialization Program for Managers in European R&I cooperations". For three weeks I will be in Brussels with prominent stakeholders from the European Commission and other European agencies and organizations seeking to contribute to the improvement of Leitat Technological Center's strategic positioning at the European level and further cooperate with existing networks to facilitate the expansion of resilient Renewable Energy value chains. #EUcooperation #researchandinnovation #renewableenergy #valuechains #resilientleadership

💥 NESOI - The European Island Facility 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓 - 𝑴𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒔! 💥 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐤𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭: He has been active in the energy sector since 2000 and has built a successful track record, with a focus on energy system analysis, innovation management, and business and project development, within Reliant Energy Nuon, Vattenfall Triogen, and SeaQurrent® Within SeaQurrent, Maarten’s focus is to deploy the TidalKite technology to enable successful customers projects contributing to the energy transition with predictable, sustainable, affordable, and reliable electricity production from tidal flows. Maarten Berkhout is also a board member of the Dutch Energy from Water Association. Don't miss out!🔥 🗓️ Feb 28, 2024 🕒 09:00 - 13:30 ( lunch) 📍 Le Bouche à Oreilles, Brussels 📢𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 and receive all the necessary information: https://lnkd.in/d9_-sWun 👉Agenda: https://lnkd.in/eKJ7ftKw 𝐇𝐲𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭! For those who unfortunately can't join us in person, we offer the possibility to participate remotely through the following link: https://lnkd.in/edchhJzM After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. #NESOIFinalEvent #CleanEnergy #Sustainability #EuropeanIslands

Today Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) Customer Conference 2024 will start at 14:00 in European Economic and Social Committee On behalf of European Economic and Social Committee section responsible for Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and Information Society I’m honored to open the conference together with Dr. Annegret Groebel This event follows a very fruitful collaboration between CEER and the EESC spanning on different topics, energy consumers of course, but also the development of the grids, energy poverty and energy affordability. During the conference we will analyse some currently approved legislation (Electricity Market Design reform, Energy Efficiency Directive & Gas Decarbonisation Package) and their optimal implementation by EU energy stakeholders, focusing on consumers’ perspective. We welcome stakeholders joining for the discussions: BEUC - The European Consumer Organisation , the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy (DG ENER), REScoop.eu Eurelectric CEDEC- European Federation of Local & Regional Energy Companies, Ofgem the Norwegian Energy Regulatory Authority and many others.