International Power Summit 2021

• Reviewing Europe’s commitments to the adoption of renewable energy
• Assessing the strategies and new technologies utilised by conventional power generation companies to work on lower emissions
• Current renewable energy projects in execution in Europe and their impact to the region
• What are the plans to deliver on the renewable energy commitments?

• Europe continues to be the pioneer in the transformation towards a greener energy landscape
• Gas-fired power generation fleets remain important assets in the generation mix to support and bolster intermittent renewable energy sources 
• Gas-fired power plants – with their lower emissions, higher efficiency, high flexibility and back-up capabilities – support renewables as they continue to deploy, and keep the power systems stable

• Obligations and challenges on running plants
• Experience shows us that systems fail and accidents happen
• Staff functional safety awareness – what is that?
• Asset management aspects on safety
• Handling high integrity instrumented safety systems correctly during operation
• Staff education
• Planning and execution of proof testing and system validation
• Management of change requirements

• Energy storage market overview
• Energy storage in Germany
• What need to change to increase the deployment of energy storage in Germany?

• The European Green Deal and its implications for power generation
• Sustainable finance and the stranded assets discussion
• The time-horizon challenge of Europe’s decarbonisation approach: Fast coal phase-out vs carbon-neutrality by 2050
• The importance of being “renewable-gas ready” and the challenges connected
• Consequences for gas power generation in Europe

• Ørsteds transition from black to green power producing company
• Presentation of new commissioned 140 MWTh wood chips fired CHP in Kalundborg Denmark
• Plant design measures to meet a fluctuating power marked
• How to secure sustainable wood chips

• Customer problem: unplanned downtime
• How machine learning combined with human experience can help customers reducing unplanned downtime
• Case studies

• What drivers are influencing solar development in the region?
• Funding: defining the best strategy
• Addressing the risks in solar energy financing
• PV versus Thermal
• Best practices from current PV projects in execution
• New technologies that are being applied to increase PV panels efficiency

• Global trends, opportunities and barriers in Europe
• Consumers as generators and its commercial impacts: future transactions using blockchain
• Understanding how to effectively integrate renewable energy into microgrids
• Resilience and reliability of power in urban settings
• Technical and financial optimisation to address critical needs

• Generation portfolio overview – current status
• Energy strategy directions until 2030
• National and climate plan until 2030
• Renewable energy sources in strategic documents
• Looking on the regional development

• “Big brother is watching you” – culture and concerns
• Artificial Intelligence and machine learning – what does it really mean?
• Accepting advice from a robot
• Data security from an employee’s point of view
• Data security from an enterprise’s point of view

• Challenges and solutions for integrating high shares of wind and solar generation in current power systems
• Electrification, Decentralisation and Digitalisation trends are defining the power systems transformation
• Systemic innovation is key: Innovation in all dimensions in the entire system is needed to increase flexibility.
• What are the emerging innovations that enable higher shares of wind and solar integration?
• How does the role of consumers change? How do utilities change?

• Transformational changes in the way power is being generated today
• Operational Flexibility of gas turbines in a renewable dominated grid
• Challenges of hydrogen as a fuel for gas turbines
• Technology platforms proving safe combustion of hydrogen fuel mixtures
• Solutions established today and in active development

·         An overview of its applicability, financing and potential evolution

·         Tap into the latest developments in energy storage technologies

·         Understanding the costs and ROI of energy storage

·         How can energy storage integrate renewable energy, and how the  different sources impact on its development

New business Models to achieve 100% renewable immediately

• Hydrogen: An alternative fuel for gas turbines?
• How do you transform conventional generation technology to use renewable gas or hydrogen, thus making it carbon-neutral?
• Ancillary services and generation back-up: The future of conventional generation?

• Understanding the challenges of adding renewable into grids, and how to overcome them
• New market model: Regulation (EU) 943/2019 and directive (EU) 944/2019
• Virtual power plants, PPAs and e-mobility, a possible solution?
• Day ahead market, intraday market and balancing market coupling
• How the storage of electricity will help
• Disruptive technologies such as blockchain, digitalisation and IoT

• Energy markets changing substantially
• Decarbonization as major driver, supported by digitalization
• Challenges for Power Utilities to provide affordable, sustainable and reliable power
• Investment focus changing significantly in generation and transmission
• Ideas for Customer-Supplier Collaboration to master energy transition

• Outlook and business opportunities
• Off-grid developments
• Transmission projects