Thank You to All Participants, Sponsors, Speakers, Exhibitors & Supporters for 3 Fantastic Days of Sustainable Discussions
The Sustainable Energy Council thanks all participants, sponsors, speakers, exhibitors and supporters of the Sustainable Energy Europe Summit which took place virtually on 18-20 November 2020, held with the support of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Action, Portugal.
With a stellar lineup of Government and industry speakers, keynote addresses, panel discussions, breakout rooms and virtual networking features, the Summit enabled participants to grasp all the latest developments in clean energy projects and generate new business leads for their companies.
We look forward to welcoming you for the 2nd edition on 28 – 30 September 2021 as we discuss the progress of the proposed green recovery strategies and what has been achieved towards European decarbonisation goals.
Highlights of the Sustainable Energy Europe Summit
- The consensus is clear – Hydrogen will play an integral part in a global clean energy recovery
- Solar and Wind markets prove resilient in the face in the pandemic
- Government and intergovernmental support behind renewable energy will continue to grow
- Germany continues to pioneer clean tech R&D and shares technology insights
- Portugal shares news of a record auction and year of Hydrogen success
- Denmark talks about exceeding carbon expectations
- UK announces their pathway to between 30 of 40GW of offshore wind power by 2030
- Chile invites industry to visit and consider tremendous investment opportunities
- The energy market can already achieve a lot in the current regulatory climate according to the financial sector
With Thanks to Our Partners & Supporters
Key Energy Speakers Driving Forward Sustainable Change
H.E. João GalambaDeputy Minister & Secretary of State for Energy Ministry of Environment & Climate Action, Portugal
H.E. João Galamba
Deputy Minister & Secretary of State for Energy
Ministry of Environment & Climate Action, Portugal
H.E. Dan JoergensenMinister Ministry of Climate, Energy & Utilities, Denmark
H.E. Dan Joergensen
Minister
Ministry of Climate, Energy & Utilities, Denmark
Dan Joergensen was appointed Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities on June 27th 2019
Dan Jannik Jørgensen, born June 12th 1975 in Odense.
Member period
Member of the Folketing for The Social Democratic Party in Funen greater constituency from June 18th 2015.
Candidate for The Social Democratic Party in Middelfart nomination district from 2011.
Parliamentary career
Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities from June 27th 2019.
Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries December 12th 2013 ‒ June 28th 2015.
Vice-chairman of the parliamentary group of the Social Democratic Party.
Member of the European Parliament July 20th 2004 - December 11th 2013, president of the Animal Welfare Intergroup.
Vice-chairman of European Parliament Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Head of the Danish delegation of Social Democrats in the European Parliament.
Education
MSc (political science), Aarhus University, 2004.
Employment
External lecturer, Seattle University, 2012-2013.
External lecturer, Sciences Po, Paris, 2012-2013.
External lecturer, Danish Institute for Study Abroad, Copenhagen, 2011-2013.
Adjunct Professor, Aalborg University, 2016.
External lecturer, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, 2013.
External lecturer, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, 2010.
Affiliations
Member of the board of AWE Center Nairobi, Center for Education and Humanity 2007-2010. Member of the advisory board of World Watch institute Europa 2011-2013.
Publications
Author of »Eurovisioner - Essays om fremtidens Europa«, Informations Forlag, 2006, »Grøn Globalisering - miljøpolitik i forandring«, Hovedland, 2007, »Politikere med begge ben på jorden hænger ikke på træerne«, Informations Forlag, 2009, »Mellem Mars og Venus - EU's rolle i fremtidens verdensorden«, Forlaget Sohn, 2009, and »Grønt håb - Klimapolitik 2.0«, Forlaget Sohn, 2010. Co-author of »Beyond deniers and believers: toward a map of the politics of climate change« in Global Environmental Change, 2015.
H.E. Andreas FeichtState SecretaryFederal Ministry for Economic Affairs & Energy, Germany
H.E. Andreas Feicht
State Secretary
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs & Energy, Germany
Born in Bogen, Bavaria, on 20 February 1971
Background
1992 to 1999 Distance study of economics at the Fernuniversität in Hagen
1993 to 1994 Press officer of Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG
1994 to 1996 Assistant to the member of the board responsible for sales at Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG
1996 to 1998 Director of the office of the board of Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG
1998 to 1999 Development of the Technische Werke Dresden GmbH company group
1999 to 2000 Project director for local public transport and utility projects at Berliner Beratungsdienste, Stobbe & Sachs GbR, Berlin
2000 to 2005 Managing partner of BBD Verkehrsconsult GmbH
2005 to 2006 Managing Director of BSL Management Consultants GmbH & Co. KG
2007 to January 2019 CEO of WSW Energie & Wasser AG (previously Wuppertaler Stadtwerke AG), Chairman of the Board of WSW Wuppertaler Stadtwerke GmbH and Chairman of the Board of WSW mobil GmbH
since 1 February 2019 State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and
Energy
The Rt Hon. Kwasi Kwarteng MPMinister of StateDepartment for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, United Kingdom
The Rt Hon. Kwasi Kwarteng MP
Minister of State
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, United Kingdom
Kwasi Kwarteng was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on 24 July 2019.
Kwasi was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Exiting the European Union from 16 November 2018 to 24 July 2019.
Kwasi read classics and history at Trinity College, Cambridge, and then attended Harvard University on a Kennedy Scholarship. He earned a PhD in economic history from the University of Cambridge in 2000.
Before becoming a Member of Parliament, Kwasi worked as an analyst in financial services.
Kwasi was elected the Conservative MP for Spelthorne in 2010. From 2010 until 2013 he was a member of the Transport Select Committee, and in 2013 he joined the Work and Pensions Select Committee where he was a member until 2015.
In October 2016 Kwasi joined the Public Accounts Committee, where he was a member until May 2017.
In 2015 Kwasi was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the House of Lords, and in 2017 he became Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Personal life
Kwasi’s passions include history, music and languages. He has lived in and around London for most of his life. He has authored several books, including Ghosts of Empire, War and Gold and Thatcher’s Trial.
Minister of State (Minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth)
Responsibilities include:
- carbon budgets
- green finance
- energy efficiency and heat, including fuel poverty
- clean heat
- low carbon generation
- energy retail markets
- oil and gas, including shale gas
- security of supply
- electricity and gas wholesale markets and networks
- international energy
- EU energy and climate
- energy security, including resilience and emergency planning
Creating the Pathway towards European Decarbonisation
Designed for the private sector, the event aims to provide intelligence, leadership and high level interaction in order to adapt to a changing world. Technologies, trade deals, policies, financing and roll-out hang in the balance for 2050 carbon neutrality deadlines. In this context, stakeholders will meet to reassess and strategise the European decarbonisation journey.
Meet the Leaders of European Green Deal, Smart Sector Integration &
National Energy Strategies to Discuss:
What are the global and developmental opportunities?
What are the stepping stones?
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