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Black Sea Synergy 4 Developing RES & Attracting FDI
Energy Week Black Sea 2021
The hybrid 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.
Favourable Regulation
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.
Demand Growth
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.
Untapped Potential
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.
AMONG SPEAKERS
Dan Dragos Dragan
Secretary of State, Ministry of Energy of Romania
Miroslav Damianov
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Bulgaria
Yaroslav Demchenkov
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Energy of Ukraine
David Tvalabeishvili
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia
Corneliu Bodea
President, Romanian Energy Center
Zoltan Nagy-Bege
Vice President, ANRE
Frank Hajdinjak
Vice President, Romanian Energy Center
Adrian Moraru
Executive Board Member, Transelectrica
Mustafa Çelebi
Head of Wind and Solar Group, Republic of Turkey Energy Market Regulatory Authority
Maia Melikidze
Commissioner, GNERC
Gürbüz Gönül
Director of Country Engagement and Partnership, IRENA
İzzet Alagöz
General Manager, EÜAŞ
Mikheil Tavberidze
Deputy General Director, ESCO
Giorgi Vakhtangadze
Transmission System Planning Service Head, Georgian State Electrosystem (GSE)
David Managadze
Senior Banker and Regional Head of Turkey and Caucasus, EBRD
Adrian Paraschiv
Country Manager Romania, Photomate
Radu Dudau
Co-founder and Director, Energy Policy Group
Katherine Knysh
Head of Analytical Department, Ukrainian Wind Energy Association
Dr. Murat Durak
Chairman, Turkish Offshore Wind Energy Association
Magnus Johansen
Vice President, Emergy
Andrew Bujtor
Investment Director, Low Carbon
Tornike Bakhturidze
Managing Director, Infinite Energy
Ton Nijensteen
Senior Investment Officer, Renewable Energy Dept., FMO
Matti Piiparinen
Senior Officer, Green for Growth Fund
Bernard Atlan
Principal Investment Officer, Representative, IFC
Cristina Span
CSEE Project Finance Division, EIB
Roxana Simon-Loeys
Principal Banker, EBRD
Hasan Aksoy
Acting Director/Head of Research, SHURA Energy Transition Center
Oleksandr Diachenko
Vice President, Ukrainian Hydrogen Council
Thorvald Spanggaard
Global Project Director, European Energy
Lorenzo Montemezzo
Sales manager, STE Energy
Stamen Yanev
Executive Director, Invest Bulgaria Agency
Oleksandra Gumeniuk
Director, European-Ukrainian Energy Agency
Giorgi Abramishvili
Executive Director, Georgian Renewable Energy Development Association
Lasha Uplisashvili
Head of Energy, Real Estate & Construction Practice, BLC Law Office
PROGRAMME
08:20
BUSINESS BREAKFAST
By invitation only
1 hour
08:30
REGISTRATION
Registration and welcome coffee
1 hour
09:30
OFFICIAL OPENING
Official opening and Welcome addresses
1 hour
SESSION 1. REGIONAL OUTLOOK: RES POLICIES FOR THE ENERGY TRANSITION
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
SESSION 2. SOLAR & STORAGE: PROGRESS AND OPPORTUNITIES
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?
- Romania plans to add around 3.7 GW of solar by 2030;
- Turkey plans to commission 10 GW of solar by 2027;
- Bulgaria envisages the installation of 1600 MW of solar between 2020 and 2024.
1.5 hours
SESSION 3. ON & OFFSHORE WIND: PROJECT UPDATES AND DEVELOPMENTS
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
GALA DINNER
All registered participants are welcome!
3 hours
SESSION 4. FINANCING RENEWABLE ENERGY
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
SESSION 5. GREEN HYDROGEN: WHAT’S BECOMING A REALITY
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
SESSION 6. BLACK SEA SYNERGY FOR RES DEVELOPMENT
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
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
09:30
TECHNICAL VISIT
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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Technical Visit
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.
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