April 1-2, 2025
Go Net Zero Energy Summit: Central and Eastern Europe
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Event Details:
April 1-2, 2025
Budapest, Hungary
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About the event
The Go Net Zero Energy Summit will bring together key stakeholders across the energy industry in a closed, business-focused environment, fostering real collaboration to accelerate the path to net-zero emissions.
For this 5th edition, the focus will be on Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) – addressing the current challenges in decarbonisation and exploring the strategic pathways to achieving the EU’s ambitious 2030 targets.
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Modernising Energy Infrastructure for a Competitive Future
April 2 | 15:15
- Aligning infrastructure modernisation with the “Fit for 55” roadmap: How does the CEE region’s approach to infrastructure modernisation align with the EU’s “Fit for 55” goals? What are the key areas where immediate action is needed to ensure that infrastructure projects support the EU’s climate objectives?
- The urgency of grid modernisation: How can power grid modernisation address the challenges of scarcity in the age of renewable energy?
- Streamlining licensing and grid connection: How can licensing processes and grid connection priorities be streamlined to support new technologies, considering the limitations of the current infrastructure?
- Anticipatory investments: Implementing anticipatory investments for an efficient distribution grid.
- Cross-border collaboration: Enhancing collaboration among neighbouring CEE countries.
- Resilience and adaptation: How infrastructure can be built or upgraded to withstand climate change impacts, such as floods or heatwaves, ensuring long-term reliability.
- Private sector involvement: How private investors, utilities, and technology providers can play a more significant role via public-private partnerships (PPPs).
Speakers
- Tamara Lagurashvili, Director, Central and Eastern Europe, Clean Air Task Force (moderator)
- Istvan Pocs, Country Manager, EDP Renewables
- Zsofi Beck, Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group
