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Online Conference: Adaptation & Resilience - Ensuring the energy transition is built on resilient infrastructure

On the 14th of March 2023, RGI and the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) jointly hosted an online conference entitled "Adaptation & Resilience - Ensuring the energy transition is built on resilient infrastructure". The conference aimed to kick-start a discussion on what is required to adjust to the realities of climate change when building the infrastructure for the energy transition.

“Climate change directly affects every segment of the electricity system altering generation potential and efficiency, testing physical resilience of transmission and distribution networks, and changing demand patterns”. (IEA on climate resilience)

The conference ‘Adaptation & Resilience’ – jointly hosted by RGI and the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) – explored the effects climate change is having on our physical electricity infrastructure, as well as the additional impacts it is likely to have in the future. Is it resilient enough to withstand extreme weather events? How can we adapt it to the impacts of climate change? How will this affect energy infrastructure planning in the future?

Our conference helped answer these questions and kick-start a discussion on next steps by bringing the involved actors into one room to talk about the changes required to adjust to the realities of climate change when building the infrastructure for the energy transition.

Attendees were also able to contribute to our exchanges with experts in energy infrastructure modelling, operation and policy, throughout the below agenda.

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Agenda


11:00 | Welcome and Setting the Scene


Antonella Battaglini

CEO
Renewables Grid Initiative

Sonya Twohig

Secretary General
ENTSO-E

11:15 | Keynote Session


Expected impacts of climate change on energy infrastructure and its operation

Swenja Surminski

Managing Director Climate and Sustainability at Marsh McLennan and Professor in Practice, Grantham Research Institute /LSE

Adaptation and resilience – Concepts and Definitions in the context of energy infrastructure

Malin Göteman

Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Uppsala University

11:45 | Looking at the big picture

Key elements of an adaptive and resilient energy system


Panel Discussion: What are the key elements we need to consider when planning a robust and resilient renewable energy system?

Moderator: Noemi Szabo

Policy Manager, ENTSO-E

Craig Hart

Energy Analyst – Renewable Integration and Secure Electricity Unit, IEA

Louise Rullaud

Head of Distribution & Market Facilitation, Eurelectric

Marcel Lenzin

Head of Grid Delivery, Swissgrid

13:00 | Lunch Break


14:00 | Embedding adaptation needs of energy

infrastructure into modelling and planning processes


Resilience measures: Discussing existing best practices

David Radu

System Development, ENTSO-E

Silverio Casulli

Head of Grid Resilience and Security Planning, Terna

Michael Wilch

Project Lead iNetz (Smartification), E.ON

Panel Discussion: What is needed to successfully embed adaptation needs of energy infrastructure into modelling and planning processes?

Moderator: Antonella Battaglini

CEO, Renewables Grid Initiative

Gerald Kaendler

System Development Committee Chair, ENTSO-E

Alessia de Vita

Director, E3M

Michael Wilch

Project Lead iNetz (Smartification), E.ON

Oana Langa

Policy Officer Infrastructure and Regional Cooperation, Directorate General for Energy, European Commission

Cosimo Tansini

Policy Officer for Renewable Energy, European Environmental Bureau (EEB)

15:30 | Wrap-up & Outlook


Antonella Battaglini

CEO
Renewables Grid Initiative

 

Sonya Twohig

Secretary General
ENTSO-E

Recording

 

Presentations

Welcome & Setting the Scene

Antonella Battaglini, CEO | RGI & Sonya Twohig, Secretary General | ENTSO-E

Keynote Session

Swenja Surminski | Marsh McLennan and Grantham Research Institute/LSE

Keynote Session

Malin Göteman, Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor | Uppsala University

Best Practice Showcase

Pan-European climate database: David Radu, System Development | ENTSO-E

Best Practice Showcase

Resilience Strategy: Silverio Casulli, Head of Grid Resilience and Security Planning | Terna

Best Practice Showcase

Response to extreme weather events: Dr. Michael Wilch, Project Lead iNetz | E.ON

Pictures

  View all the photos from the event on our Flickr gallery here

Contact

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