We will be addressing four key questions, namely why sector coupling, how to do it, how much will it cost and who should be paying for it? We are pleased to announce the following guest speakers: • Augustijn van Haasteren, a Dutch economist working for the European Commission. He currently works for the
SuperGrid promotes Energy Education among people through the understanding of the nature and role of energy in the world. Our goal is to facilitate a timely transition to clean energy future by supporting people to better understand and integrate into the electrified world. SuperGrid in cooperation with other stakeholders is going to develop a large international program to
Friends of the Supergrid is co-organising a special session on the evolutions of offshore and HVDC grids at the IEEE EnergyCon conference. This session is organized in collaboration with the FP7 project Medow (http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/medow/). The objective of this one day session is to debate the current state of the art of and ongoing developments in
The ongoing integration of renewable energy into the national and transnational energy markets as well as the improved use of European energy mixes require continuous upgrading and expansion of the electricity grid infrastructure throughout and beyond Europe. Strengthening the interconnected transmission platform will not only serve the markets as such, but will, in particular, contribute
The generation and supply of renewable energy from large-scale and decentralised sources will allow Europe and its neighbours to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, to enhance security of energy supply and to provide affordable energy to consumers. This transition to a decarbonised energy future cannot be achieved without a European Electricity Supergrid. The Friends of the
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