PANTERA Workshop “Pan European Research and Innovation activities for Smart Grids, Energy Storage and Local Energy Systems” Sofia (BG), 2 July 2019
On 2 July 2019, the PANTERA project held the first PANTERA workshop titled “Pan European Research and Innovation activities for Smart Grids, Energy Storage and Local Energy Systems” in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Background:
15 European countries account for less than 5% of the EU research and innovation funds. PANTERA (PAN European Technology Energy Research Approach) is an EU H2020 project aimed at setting up a European Forum composed of Research & Innovation (R&I) stakeholders active in the fields of smart grids, storage and local energy systems, including policy makers, standardisation bodies and experts in both research and academia representing the EU-28 energy system to collectively work for raising interest and bridging current gaps in R&I activities in EU.
Topics:
- Concepts and future trends in Smart grids, Storage and Local Energy Systems;
- European Commission (EC) R&I policy and trends;
- EU and national R&I funding opportunities;
- Local and Pan-European R&I challenges and gaps;
- Good R&I practices from different countries with both high and low activities in this field.
Scope & Objectives:
- Identify and establish communication links with local R&I stakeholders active in the fields of smart grids, storage and local energy systems including policy makers, standardisation bodies and experts in both research and academia in the region.
- Identify the key challenges in accelerating R&I activities in the region.
- Engage and bring under the same activity umbrella facilitated by PANTERA all active entities / stakeholders in the field of smart grids / storage and local energy systems to leverage synergies and maximize benefits.
- Exchange experience and knowledge between members of R&I community in collaboration with already on-going activities aiming to wider participation, strengthen objectives and extent replicability, scalability and impact of achieved results.
Workshop Agenda & Summary
Workshop summary [Download │1 MB]
| 8:30 | Registration |
| 9:00 | Welcome words Rad Stanev (TU Sofia), Venizelos Efthymiou (FOSS) [Slides│1 MB] |
| 9:05 | Setting the scene: Why PANTERA? Main objectives and building the PANTERA process Venizelos Efthymiou (FOSS) [Slides│1.5 MB] |
| 9:20 | Energy policies and vision on energy transition of Bulgaria Veneta Tsvetkova (Ministry of Energy of Bulgaria), Evgenia Haritonova (Energy and water regulatory commission BG) [Slides│1 MB] |
| 9:45 | EC R&I policy and trends; Pan-European challenges on R&I in Energy; Clean Energy Package and PCI; H2020 – HEU – SF Mario Dionisio (Project Officer EC) [Slides│2.5 MB] Sebastian Gras (Project Officer EC) [Slides│1 MB] |
| 10:30 | Status of smart grid evolution in the region that generate open R&I needs – (Bulgaria/Romania/ Greece) Rad Stanev (TU Sofia) [Slides│1.5 MB] |
| 10:50 | Gaps/challenges and shortcomings related to energy transition in the Balkan Region Dimitar Zarchev (ESO EAD) [Slides│2 MB] |
| 11:10 | Greek approach on investing in smart grids and good practices if any as means to achieve it Tasos Tsitsanis (Suite5) [Slides│1 MB] |
| 11:30 | Coffee break |
| 12:00 | Romanian approach on investing in smart grids and good practices if any as means to achieve it Mihai Mladin (CRE) [Slides│2.5 MB] |
| 12:20 | Pan-EU R&I community: stakeholders’ involvement and enhanced collaboration opportunities Luciano Martini (RSE) [Slides│3 MB] |
| 12:35 | The PANTERA initiative for enriching R&I in support of the energy transition: Promises and expectations Christina Papadimitriou (FOSS) [Slides│1 MB] Andrei Morch (SINTEF) [Slides│1 MB] |
| 13:00 | “ERA-Net Smart Energy Systems: building a European wide Knowledge Community for RDI on member state level” Ludwig Karg (ERA-Net Smart Energy Systems) [Slides│2.5 MB] |
| 13:15 | Lunch break |
| 14:15 | Roundtable 1: SWOT analysis with open discussion aimed at identifying areas of actions and next steps Ludwig Karg (ERA-Net Smart Energy Systems) |
| 15:30 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 | Roundtable 2: The PANTERA initiative in focus: Regional stakeholders discussing their expectations from PANTERA on how PANTERA can facilitate the active collaboration of participating MS Ludwig Karg (ERA-Net Smart Energy Systems) Venizelos Efthymiou (FOSS) |
| 17:30 | Conclusions |
| 18:00 | End of the workshops |
Become a PANTERA stakeholder
Are you active in the fields of smart grids, storage or local energy systems?
Do you want to contribute to the establishment of a true Pan European energy community?
Your benefits in joining PANTERA
- Networking with the consortium and stakeholders from all points of Europe.
- Identifying new business and research opportunities and new project partners.
- Participation in project events, workshops, webinars, etc.
- Sharing your projects outcomes on a Pan European level
- Access to a Pan European level database