
DELEGATE PASS
- Participation in all the sessions of the Conference
- Exhibition, networking, coffee breaks/lunches and Gala dinner
- Access to B2B Zone with facilitated meetings
- Access to presentations and photos
Developing RES & Attracting FDI
The event brings together authorities and energy companies from Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, 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.
The electricity sector in the Black Sea region has gone through a significant transformation in the past decade. Many attractive incentives, such as Feed-in tariffs, Renewable Energy Zones, Green Certificates have been introduced to support the deployment of renewables in the region. Last year, long-term PPAs were re-introduced in Romania, a Contracts for Difference scheme is currently assessed. Bulgaria recently amended its Energy Act, boosting support for new renewables.
Local energy demand in the countries of the region is forecast to grow in line with the GDP, with Turkey alone registering 5.1% electricity demand growth since 2002. Moreover, achieving energy security and/or compliance with the EU legislation is at the top of the authorities’ agenda for the countries in the region, thus utilizing vast renewable energy potential, increasing interconnection and facilitating system flexibility and market liberalisation is of great importance.
The Black Sea countries have vast untapped renewable energy potential. Just to give an idea, Turkey’s installed wind energy capacity stood at 9 GW as of January 2021. Meanwhile, there is an onshore wind potential of 37 GW and a completely untapped offshore wind potential of 11 GW. In order to reach its 2030 renewables target of 30.7%, Romania plans to add around 7 GW of new renewables capacity, of which around 3.7 GW is projected to be solar projects.
08:20
By invitation only
1 hour
08:30
Registration and welcome coffee
1 hour
09:30
Official opening and Welcome addresses
1 hour
What are the expectations with regard to the share of renewables in the total electricity generation of each country by 2030-2040? What reforms are being implemented by each country to foster or further scale up renewable energy deployment? What is the position of individual countries in the face of the energy transition and how do they attract investors in global competition? What support schemes are there at the moment? Feed-in tariffs, YEKA zones, green certificates, long-term PPAs, contracts for difference, green auctions: changes of the legislative support. Regional interconnection and market liberalisation to facilitate the transition to a low-carbon economy.
1.5 hours
How much solar do we need to electrify the energy system in the Black Sea and how can we scale the industry up to meet that demand? What are the most promising utility-scale projects in the region?
What do owner-operators need to be able to grow the region’s wind power sector? Which projects are currently under development or planned? Is offshore wind reaching the Black Sea too? Can it deliver the Green Deal for South-East Europe? Can it become a long-term solution for replacing carbon-intensive coal and lignite power plants given its high load factor combined with decreasing costs? International expertise and the ways regional projects can benefit from it. Advanced wind technologies from global manufacturers.
1.5 hours
19:30
All registered participants are welcome!
3 hours
What are the most suitable support schemes for the countries of the region? How to scale up renewable energy investments in the countries? How important are (long term) PPA tariffs for renewables from an economic, regulatory, environmental, social and sustainability (global) perspective? Renewable energy auctions: expectations vs. reality. How can competitive tenders strengthen the case for renewables in the region? What are the risks involved and how much risk is too much? What would a significant drop in energy prices mean for investors?
1.5 hours
What regulations are needed to shape the Black Sea hydrogen economy? Green hydrogen projects pipeline. How to create the framework and bankability criteria for the industry? What are the financing options for early movers? How to make green hydrogen competitive: infrastructural & technological advances. Electrolyser maturity: how will electrolysis develop commercially in the coming years?
1.5 hours
What is the potential of each of the Black Sea countries in achieving a sustainable energy future? How should deployment continue in the future in light of past experiences? Cooperation and interconnectivity as key factors in reaching the RES targets. What are the prospects for regional integration in the energy sector? Exchange of experience and promotion of clean energy technologies in the region.
1.5 hours
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
09:30
Verbund Wind Power Romania
One of the largest onshore wind farms of Europe with a 225 MW capacity near the Black Sea coast. The wind farm was put into operation in 2013 by VERBUND, Austria's leading electricity company.
Followed by a cultural programme.
~7 hours
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One of the largest onshore wind farms of Europe with a 225 MW capacity near the Black Sea coast. The wind farm was put into operation in 2013 by VERBUND, Austria's leading electricity company.
15
COUNTRIES
40
SPEAKERS
3
DAY PROGRAMME
300
ATTENDERS
Radisson Blu Hotel Bucharest
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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