May 27th, 2024 – The Lisbon Energy Summit & Exhibition opened today with a Ministerial Address by H.E. Maria da Graça Carvalho, Minister of Environment and Energy, speaking for the first time about the Portuguese Government’s strategy for renewables and upcoming initiatives, which was followed by an official tour of the exhibition.
Discussing energy policy, Her Excellency made the following important announcements:
"The Government is expected to announce news on offshore wind energy in mid-July. The Executive is working hard, considering there is place to a place for a country like Portugal to develop eolic energy offshore"
"We are launching today the renewable gases auction that aims to inject 140 million euros over 10 years, financed by the Environmental Fund, to compensate for price fluctuations, in green hydrogen and biomethane projects in important decarbonization projects to improve the circular economy."
"We are still dependent of fossil fuel in the Transports sector. The Portuguese Government has a strong ambition to work on this issue".
Other speakers at this year’s event include Willie L. Phillips, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Stefan Wenzel, Parliamentary State Secretary, German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Giulia Chierchia, Executive Vice President, Strategy, Sustainability and Ventures, bp, Anna Beranek, SVP, Global Head of Corporate Affairs, Siemens Gamesa, Robert McGuinness, Director, Offshore Wind Delivery Taskforce, Department for Environment & Climate Action (Ireland), Joseph McMonigle, Secretary General, International Energy Forum, Teresa Ponce de Leão, President, LNEG, Javier Cavada, EMEA President and Chief Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Power, Jens Rasmussen, Chief Executive Officer, Eurowind Energy, Luís Delgado, Chief Operating Officer, Bondalti, Diogo Almeida, Head of Hydrogen Business Development, Galp, Ana Quelhas , H2BU Managing Director, EDP, Mona Bhagat, Director of Technology – Energy Transition, KBR, Duarte Sousa, Chief Executive Officer, Engie Hemera, Teresa Guzzo, Head of Offshore Wind Business Development, Saipem, Aaron Smith, Chief Commercial Officer, Principle Power, David Carrascosa, Chief Operating Officer, Saitec Offshore Technologies, Rogaciano Rebelo, Chief Executive Officer, Madoqua Renewables, Gabriel Sousa, Chief Executive Officer, Floene, Elizabeth Eklund, Ambassador to Portugal, Swedish Ambassador, William Cleverly, Chief Executive Officer, OWC, Robert Nisbet, Former BBC & Sky News Correspondent and Partner, 5654 & Company, António Comprido, Secretary General, APETRO, Patrik Moller, Chief Executive Officer, CorPower Ocean, Giles Dickson, Chief Executive Officer, Wind Europe, Biraj Borkhataria, Global Head of Energy Transition Research, RBC Capital Markets, Eva Hennig, Head of Department for EU Energy Policy, Thuga AG, Gotzon Gomez Sarasola, Head of Spain & Portugal, H2 Green Steel, Rodolfo Saboia, Director General, ANP – Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis, Thalia Valkouma, President & Chief Executive Officer, Faria Renewables, Rui Falé, Head of Business Development & Commercial for Green Hydrogen, ACCIONAPLUG, and Dominik Thumfart, Global Credit Trading and Financing, Global Co-Head of Origination – Infrastructure & Energy, Deutsche Bank.
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New event features include the Climatetech Conference, an expanded Hydrogen & Decarbonisation Zone, which includes the Hydrogen & Decarbonisation Conference hosted by Galp, the Innovation Zone and the Solar Zone, offering a unique platform for new technologies to showcase, debate, give interviews, and hear panel discussions designed to tackle the biggest questions facing the industry, built on a tried and tested audience participation tool and app allowing participants to interact with the speakers, and ask the questions that matter most to them.
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