Renewables Grid Initiative

Join us in welcoming Deni Aguilar Bellamy, Coordinator for Offshore Energy and Nature, Renewables Grid Initiative, to our stellar speaker lineup for the sixth annual conference on Offshore Wind Transmission Europe to be held on February 11-12, 2025 at Novotel Amsterdam City, The Netherlands. To know more or to register, visit [ https://cvent.me/EV2wP8 ] or contact kritika.soni@globaltransmission.info (Ph: 315 541 5817)

🎄Our last newsletter in 2024 is out now! 🎁 We are looking back to a year of progress and have already put some gifts under your Christmas tree. Have a sneak peak at what we already prepared for the new year and stay tuned for more. We wish all of you a peaceful and joyful Holiday Season! Our December newsletter includes: 🎉 The newly elected Board members; 📢 The announcement of new webinar series on mitigation measures for #offshorewind and on faster #permitting processes; 🔗 A summary of our second edition of the #ConnectingEnergies training series; 🆕 The publication of two new factsheets on #circularity within electricity grids and offshore energy planning, 🪸 #OCEaN's newest Member, eco-union; and 🌐 #GINGR's accomplishments in 2024. Read our newsletter now 👉 https://lnkd.in/ee6X95x3

The Electrification Action Plan = an Energy Efficiency First Action Plan! ⚡    Recently, the Electrification Alliance, and its 2024 Chair Walburga Hemetsberger, spoke with Christoph Schwaiger for Euractiv, to talk about everything #electrification and energy efficiency.   🗣️ During the interview, Walburga outlined: “Electrification strengthens the energy system by facilitating renewables’ integration, reducing carbon intensity across sectors..."   Adopting an Electrification First approach will optimise Europe's energy use, address resource scarcity, and reduce costs, while accelerating Europe’s sustainable #energytransition. 📈   We must accelerate #electrification to deliver a competitive, net-zero Europe.   That is why we're calling on the European Commission to publish an Electrification Action Plan at the heart of the Clean Industrial Deal!   Read the article 👇 https://lnkd.in/em7NwY2Y   AVERE - The European Association for Electromobility European Heat Pump Association Eurelectric EuropeOn - The European Electrical Contractors Association International Copper Association Europe Renewables Grid Initiative smartEn Smart Energy Europe SolarPower Europe T&E WindEurope

#SaveTheDate to our upcoming webinar on 28 January, which will look into streamlining the permitting process 💡   Organised with Continuum Industries, the webinar will explore the EasyPermits: 💡 An innovative tool developed by WindEurope, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Accenture that is already transforming permitting processes in #RenewableEnergy projects #RegisterNow to join us & learn more 👉 https://lnkd.in/dCysDdMr

Decarbonising Europe's #energy systems will require extensive resources, including critical materials and space on land and at sea 😱 This highlights the importance of both holistic planning and implementing #sustainability across electricity grids' operations! Looking into these challenges, RGI has published two Factsheets, sharing insights from our past workshops👇 ♻️ Wired for #Circularity: shares why and how grid operators can implement circular approaches throughout grids' supply chain 🌊 Shaping our Offshore Path: looks into challenges for spatial planning and possible approaches for #OffshoreEnergy Check out our new Factsheets 👉 https://lnkd.in/d-4HNkVg

🔴 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 🔴 Weren't able to attend #ConnectingEnergies2024? Recordings from the sessions are now online! Experts from EirGrid Group, Technische Universität Berlin, Florence School of Regulation, Amprion GmbH, Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP), and T&D Europe presented the fundamentals of grid technologies, electricity pricing, and flexibility for a general audience. 🔹 Improve your advocacy within the #EnergyTransition with the key fundamentals of grid management and renewables integration. 🔹 Show off your knowledge of contemporary opportunities and challenges in electricity market design and #smartgrid technologies. 🔹 Say things like "demand-side flexibility" and "24/7 Carbon-Free Energy" with the confidence you know what you're talking about. ⚖️ 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: Introduction to flexibility in a renewables-based energy system 👉 https://lnkd.in/eWphe5Ba 🔌 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀: Introduction to electricity metering and pricing 👉 https://lnkd.in/ePmGKgX4 🚀 All speaker presentations 👉 https://lnkd.in/e8jEVDvv

Start off 2025 with RGI and OCEaN! We're proud to kick off a new webinar series highlighting OCEaN – North & Baltic Sea’s work investigating avoidance and minimisation of environmental impacts from offshore wind and grids. Our first webinar will dive into highlights from OCEaN’s recent report on the topic, present the mitigation measures database, and outline knowledge gaps that require further research. Join us on 23 January to hear from the report authors and OCEaN Members who contributed their knowledge! Our speakers will be:   🔷 Ana Miljanović Rusan, Manager – Offshore Energy and Nature, Renewables Grid Initiative 🔷 Pim Somers, Project Lead Nature-Friendly Offshore Energy, Stichting De Noordzee 🔷 Wietske van Erp Taalman Kip, Lead Licensing Engineering & Services - Large Projects Offshore,TenneT 🔷 Marija Nilova, Offshore Environmental Manager, Iberdrola Mark your calendar and get ready for a lively discussion focused on solutions which contribute to a nature-friendly energy transition at sea! 📣 Register for 'Fostering Healthy Seas' 👉 https://lnkd.in/en2f7UPE 📄 Explore the report 'Avoidance and Minimisation of Environmental Impacts from Offshore Wind and Grid Infrastructure‘ 👉 https://lnkd.in/evxpRSzm 👩🏽💻 Browse OCEaN's mitigation measures database 👉 https://lnkd.in/efrJVgZE

🗺 Mapping ambition to implementation roll-out, DSO network E.ON aims for ecological management of all compatible high-voltage ⚡ overhead line corridors by 2029 – that’s 13,000km!   To implement integrated vegetation Management (IVM), E.ON develops locally adapted plans rooted in IVM principles, such as the selective removal of fast-growing trees. Each biotope is carefully mapped using digital shape files, technical line data, & geographic insights from biologists 👨 👩 Maps inform recommendations from E.ON’s standard library of measures 🛠   One clear example of how they #IntegrateNature is that E.ON Sweden uses LiDAR, weather data 🌨 , geology ⛰ , & species observation 🔎 , to build better maps 🗺 , thus identifying risk areas and optimising clearing schedules.   Discover the long-term benefits of IVM in our IVM Best Practice Guide! 👉 https://lnkd.in/er-X3WNy

The Electrification Alliance is #hiring! ⚡    ➡️ We currently have an open vacancy for a Director.   The Alliance is seeking a highly motivated professional who has a passion for the #energytransition, helping the Electrification Alliance to increase its impact on policymaking, and highlight the multiple benefits of #electrification for the European economy and citizens. 👨👩👦 The Director will be responsible for the Alliance's advocacy strategy. 🗣️    Learn more & apply 👇 https://lnkd.in/ewSt2ntC AVERE - The European Association for Electromobility European Heat Pump Association Eurelectric EuropeOn - The European Electrical Contractors Association International Copper Association Europe Renewables Grid Initiative smartEn Smart Energy Europe SolarPower Europe T&E WindEurope   #ElectrifyNow

🧩 Happy to have contributed to this most needed webinar series of Renewables Grid Initiative and OSGP Alliance. 🔌 It was a pleasure to discuss how #electricity metering and consumption data have to be managed under EU legislation and how consumers can access and use them to support the decarbonisation of the energy sector Florence School of Regulation