Workshop WindEurope – ELETAEN: Grid Access For Wind Farms | Curtailments – Flexible Connections – Connection Permitting | 05.03.2025 | 09:00
Monday, 3 March 2025
WindEurope and HWEA ELETAEN are co-organizing a special workshop titled «Grid Access For Wind Farms: Curtailments – Flexible Connections – Connection Permitting», on Wednesday 05 March 2025, 9:00 a.m. at the Auditorium «Onassis Foundation» of the National Gallery in Athens.
Within the workshop, the regulatory and technical challenges arising from large-scale integration of Renewable Energy Sources into Europe’s power grid will be analyzed.
In the morning session (09:30 – 13:20), which is open to the public, the following speakers have confirmed their participation:
- Aristotelis Aivaliotis, General Secretary for Energy, Greece
- Nikos Tsafos, Energy Advisor of Prime Minister, Greece
- Dimitris Fourlaris, Vice President, Regulatory Authority for Energy, Water & Waste, Greece
- Ioannis Margaris, Vice President, IPTO, TSO Greece
- Raphael Sauter, Team Leader Electricity, European Commission
- Stavros Papathanasiou, Head of Committee RES & Grids, Ministry of Environment & Energy, Greece
- Emmanouil Santorinaios, Infrastructure Policy Officer, EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER)
- Jillian Ferris, Head of Networks, Utility Regulator UK
- Alfredo Parres, Vice Chair of WindEurope’s Board, Hitachi Energy
- Carmen Longas Viejo, Head of Grid Access Department, Red Electricica, TSO, Spain
- Neil Copeland, Connections Strategy Manager, NESO, UK
- Susana Fernandez, Head Renewable Regulation CORE Regions & Market Intelligence, Iberdrola Renewables
- Florentien Benedict, Expert Technical Regulation, Stedin DSO Netherlands & Chair for Existing Network Codes, EU DSO Entity
- Stella Zacharia, CEO, Optimus Energy RES Aggregator
- Pierre Tardieu, Chief Policy Officer, WindEurope
- Vasiliki Klonari, Director Energy System Integration, WindEurope
- Panagiotis Ladakakos, President, ELETAEN
The workshop will be held in English.
In the afternoon, a close working workshop for the corporate members of WindEurope and ELETAEN will take place (pre-registration is required).
Attention: During the morning hours until 12:00, entry to the National Gallery (and therefore to our event venues) will be from the side entrance, 237 Vasileos Alexandrou Ave. From 12:00 onwards, entry will be from the main entrance, 50 Vasileos Konstantinou Ave.
You may find the final agenda HERE
You may find the brochure of the event with information for the venue HERE
You may find the access map HERE
