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Developing RES & Attracting FDI
Energy Week Black Sea
The event brings together authorities and energy companies from Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia and Turkey as well as international financial institutions and major multinational investors, EPC and consultancy firms for a dialogue aimed at fostering the deployment of renewable energy in the region and attracting foreign direct investment.
Favourable Regulation
The electricity sector of the region has gone through a significant transformation in the past decade. Many attractive incentives have been introduced to support the deployment of renewables. In 2020, long-term PPAs were re-introduced in Romania, the CfD mechanism will be implemented soon and the first auctions will be run in 2023. The latter will be introduced in Georgia too with the aim of intensifying renewable investments.
Demand Growth
The war in Ukraine has further disrupted an already volatile market, in which energy prices were rising due to post-lockdown energy demand exceeding supply. Today, self-sufficiency and energy independence talks no longer amount to rhetoric. Utilising vast renewable energy potential, increasing interconnection and facilitating system flexibility and market liberalisation is of paramount importance.
Untapped Potential
The Black Sea countries have vast untapped renewable energy potential, and the region is now emerging as a potential renewables hub. In Romania alone, under the current proposed target, it is estimated that 6.9 GW in wind and solar are needed by 2030. Harnessing the Black Sea offshore wind is becoming an increasingly important topic, and the World Bank estimates it has 453 GW of technical potential.
AMONG SPEAKERS 2023
Dan Dragos Dragan
Secretary of State, Ministry of Energy of Romania
Cristina Prună
Vice-President of the Committee on Industries and Services, Romanian Parliament
Laurențiu Adrian Neculaescu
President,, The Environment Fund Administration (AFM)
Zoltan Nagy-Bege
Vice President, Romanian National Authority for Energy Regulations (ANRE)
Maia Melikidze
Commissioner, Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission (GNERC)
Violina Spac
Director, National Energy Regulatory Agency of Moldova (ANRE)
David Managadze
Regional Head Energy – Turkey & Caucasus, EBRD
Lara Tassan Zanin
Resident Representative in Romania, EIB
Daniel Kockisch
Senior Investment Officer, IFC Infrastructure, Europe & South Caucasus
Franck Neel
Executive Board Member, OMV Petrom
Dr İzzet Alagöz
General manager, Electricity Generation Company/Türkiye
Mats Lundin
Country Manager and Director Romania, Emergy
Lacramioara Diaconu-Pintea
Country Manager, OX2
Favieli Stelian
Managing Partner, Nofar Energy
Andrew Bujtor
Managing Director, Low Carbon
Nicolae Olari
Head of Energy Policy Department, Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development of the Republic of Moldova, President of the Board of Directors, Moldelectrica
Bogdan Toncescu
Member of the Executive Board, Transelectrica
Zviad Gachechiladze
Member of the Board, Georgian State Electrosystem (GSE)
Romeo Lopotencu
Director General, RED-Nord
Yann Guinard
Vice President, EDF International Division
PROGRAMME 2023
08:20
BUSINESS BREAKFAST
By invitation only
1 hour
08:30
REGISTRATION
Registration and morning coffee
Utility-scale Conference pass holders only
1 hour
09:30
OFFICIAL OPENING
Official opening and Welcome addresses
1 hour
10:30
SPECIAL GUEST
Special guest interview on stage
30 minutes
SESSION 1. REGIONAL OUTLOOK: KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON WITH RENEWABLES
- Scaling up renewables investment as a crucial step to strengthen energy security and affordability in the region in light of the energy crisis
- Moving away from fossil fuels has never been as vital for the region. What are the main green transition challenges currently faced by the countries?
- What are Fit-for-55 and REPowerEU implications for the region?
- What reforms are implemented to boost renewables capacity in the region and what support schemes are there? Phasing out of coal and lignite power plants. Introduction of CfD, PPA ban uplift, green certificates, YEKA zones, green auctions, simplification of procedures for investors and more.
SESSION 2. FINANCING RENEWABLE ENERGY
- Importance of a clear regulatory framework for investors and how to achieve this through RE auctions support
- What are the available market-based support mechanisms for renewables in the region?
- How to secure long-term PPA under satisfactory conditions for a sponsor?
- What are new challenges to traditional project financing in the current volatile environment and how to overcome them?
- Does it make sense to expect lenders to revise their expectations from developers, given that traditional conditions are suboptimal for all stakeholders in the current market environment?
- What funding is available to alleviate the social and economic impact of closing coal mines?
SPECIAL FOCUS #STANDWITHUKRAINE THE GREEN DREAM AND POST-WAR CONSTRUCTION OF UKRAINE
- Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and its spillover effect on neighbouring countries are currently undermining renewable energy generation. How can we consolidate efforts towards a rapid energy transition and fostering renewable installations in the region?
- How the renewable potential for the EU changes when Ukraine is included? Ukraine’s renewables development as a giant stride towards Europe’s energy security
- Are developers ready to be on the frontlines of promoting the green (post-war) construction of Ukraine?
19:30
GALA DINNER
All registered participants are welcome!
3 hours
SESSION 3. GRID FIT FOR RENEWABLES, INTERCONNECTION AND STORAGE
- How to maximize RES integration in the national grid
- Regional integration of markets to provide system flexibility
- The Black Sea Submarine Cable Georgia – Romania project updates and implications
- PtX implementation dilemmas and solutions for the region
- Can battery-based energy storage help integrate green power into the system?
SESSION 4. UTILITY-SCALE PROJECTS UPDATE
- How much solar and wind do we need to electrify the energy system in the Black Sea and how can we scale the industry up to meet that demand?
- Which projects are currently under development or planned?
- When will offshore wind reach the Black Sea? Can it deliver the Green Deal for South East Europe? Can it become a long-term solution for moving away from fossils?
- International expertise and the ways regional projects can benefit from it
- Advanced technologies from global manufacturers.
SESSION 5. ACHIEVING ENERGY TRANSITION: GLOBAL AND REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE
- What is the international best practice to stimulate the renewables sector?
- What are developers’ perspectives on the region’s investment climate? How significant is the renewables' growth potential?
- How compromised is the market attractiveness by the war in Ukraine?
- What are the main supply chain challenges and how to overcome them?
- Green hydrogen development opportunities in the Black Sea region. Who are the early movers and what challenges do they face?
WORLD CAFÉ. DEEP DIVE INTO LOCAL MARKETS
Within this structured conversational process groups of participants will discuss each country’s RE developments at 5 country tables, with individuals switching tables periodically and getting introduced to the previous discussion at their new table by a "table host". Focus point: What to expect when entering local markets? Common mistakes made and how to avoid them
- Table 1. Turkey
- Table 2. Romania
- Table 3. Bulgaria
- Table 4. Ukraine
- Table 5. Georgia
1 hour and 45 minutes
08:45
REGISTRATION
Registration and morning coffee. FREE participation for local RTS Developers, Solar Installers & Solar EPC contractors + UTILITY-SCALE CONFERENCE pass holders. Advance booking is mandatory.
45 minutes
SESSION 1. SCALING ROOFTOP SOLAR – OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE BLACK SEA REGION
- How is rooftop solar (RST) gaining ground in the Black Sea region and how the RST opportunities can be harnessed?
- What do the countries of the region do to create conditions for RTS to thrive?
- Romania: changing the rules of the Casa Verde Fotovoltaice (green PV home) scheme and its implications for residential solar
- Unlocking the RTS potential from developers’ perspective
- Ensuring bankable equipment selection in a more sophisticated and complex market.
1.5 hours
CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY TO UNLOCK MORE LOCAL SOLAR
- Who are the top module suppliers likely to occupy rooftop supply in the region?
- What are the trends in bifacial modules, ntype, ptype and other module technologies?
- Cutting-edge technology - inverter and battery storage solutions
- Learn how new state-of-the-art equipment offers higher yields through technology improvements
1.5 hours
BUSINESS MATCHMAKING LUNCH
Join our business lunch to enable rooftop solar project matchmaking and solar product distribution in the Black Sea region.
1 hour
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Rooftop Solar Day
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GALLERY
Energy Week Black Sea 2023 was a fruitful event. It was a great place to connect with all kinds of stakeholders, public and private, involved in the renewable energy sector in the Balkans. As the business development director for the international branch of my company, the event provided a great platform to learn and connect with what is going on in the sector within the region.
The Black Sea Energy Week is a great venue to meet with representatives from all the countries in the region. Since we in Emergy focus primarily on the Southeast European market, we attend this event with great interest. This time again we had several fruitful meetings arising from the event.
The event was instrumental for sharing the knowledge, experience and expertise as well as for the building and expanding the list of our contacts. While the Black Sea area is the region of crossing of various political and geopolitical interests, I consider such events as the solid ground where the representatives of various nations and markets can meet and discuss and try to find a mutual benefiting solutions for their countries, for their projects and for the whole region.
Looking forward being part of the next event.
I want to thank all the team working to make Energy Week Black Sea 2021 so rewarding, please accept my sincere congratulations on such a successful conference! The list of participants was quite impressive! You have just the right mix of speakers, businesses and networking discussions! It was valuable in creating a better understanding of renewable energy projects in the Black Sea Region.
Looking forward to the next year conference.
It was our pleasure to be a part of the Energy Week Black Sea 2021 which was organized very well both online and in physical and was very beneficial for all energy sector players. The conference especially offered a great opportunity and a platform to discuss the green hydrogen potential for the neighbouring countries in the Black Sea region. We would like to thank everyone for their efforts to make it happen. We’re looking forward to similar events in the future.
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