Arnhem/Berlin, 6 July 2020. The EU-funded Horizon2020 project ‘Progress on Meshed HVDC Offshore Transmission Networks’ (PROMOTioN) will present its research & demonstration results and recommendations at a final online event on September 21, 2020. The event, titled “North Sea Grid for the European Green Deal: How to unlock Europe’s Offshore Wind potential – a deployment plan for a meshed HVDC grid”, marks the culmination of over four years of intense practice-oriented research on planning offshore wind projects and meshed transmission grids. The event was originally scheduled for May 2020 in Brussels but, due to the COVID-19 crisis, will now take place as a fully digital conference.
The event will feature high-level key notes and panel discussions with policy-makers and executives from TSOs as well as from the offshore wind sector and research institutions. Speakers from all sectors will also weigh in on the results and deliver their own thoughts on the opportunities and challenges ahead.
Confirmed speakers include e.g.:
- Martin Neubert (CEO, Orsted Wind Power Germany GmbH)
- Vera Silva (CTO, GE Grid Solutions & Vice president of Innovation, T&D Europe)
- Tim Meyerjürgens (COO, TenneT Holding BV)
- Torben Glar Nielsen (CTO, Energinet DK)
- Ditlev Engel (CEO, DNV GL Energy)
- Mark v. Stiphout (Deputy Head of Unit – Research and Innovation at DG Energy)
Requested for Keynotes:
- Ditte Juul Jorgensen, Director-General DG Energy
- Andreas Feicht, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
