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Greater than 2,200 delegates attended the EU Sustainable Power Week (EUSEW) in Brussels this week, with an additional 8,000 members following occasions on-line – making it some of the profitable EUSEW periods ever. These figures reconfirm its place because the greatest annual occasion devoted to renewables and environment friendly vitality use in Europe.
Based mostly on this yr’s theme of ‘net-zero vitality options for a aggressive Europe’, the 3-day occasion had a spread of visitor audio system and totally different periods on Europe’s clear vitality transition and competitiveness, showcasing climate-neutral options. This dialogue was supported by a good of stands and shows simply outdoors the assembly rooms.
As ever, one of many highlights of the week have been the EUSEW awards, which have been divided into 3 classes this yr, with 3 spectacular finalists beneath every heading. Within the ‘Innovation’ class, the winner was PHOTORAMA with its proposal for round options to photo voltaic panel recycling in Austria. Centrales Villageoises received the award within the ‘Native Power Motion’ class for making a community of native communities to develop renewable vitality and vitality effectivity tasks in France. For the award within the class ‘Ladies in Power’, the winner was Rita Gomes, chief government of Seenergy in Portugal, an award-winning start-up that pioneers using renewable vitality options built-in into family objects.
An additional spotlight was the involvement of the Younger Power Ambassadors, following the profitable launch of the idea final yr. This entails a gaggle of 30 younger professionals working within the vitality sector, chosen in April for a 12-month interval from Might 2024, who’re included in outreach actions throughout and after EUSEW. The Younger Ambassadors had a closed-door session to co-create suggestions on the way forward for clear vitality for the following Commissioner answerable for vitality.
Listed below are a few of the spotlight quotes from this week’s EUSEW 2024 periods:
‘The European grids must be an enabler quite than a bottleneck for the vitality transition.’
Tinne Van der Straeten, Belgian Minister /present President of the Power Council
‘Reducing vitality costs have to be a precedence for all coverage makers and determination makers and all enterprise leaders throughout Europe. That is necessary for shoppers from a social perspective, but in addition from a competitiveness standpoint.’
Maroš Šefčovič, Government Vice-President, European Fee
‘We’ll proceed to rely on this EUSEW group within the quest to construct a greener, higher, and extra aggressive vitality system.’
Kadri Simson, European Commissioner for Power
