The 22nd World LNG Summit & Awards will be held in Athens, Greece for the first time on 29 November – 2 December 2022. The Summit is endorsed by the Ministry of Environment & Energy, Greece and hosted by DESFA. The 22nd World LNG Summit & Awards will bring together global LNG leaders from across the value chain to define the critical role of LNG and gas in both energy security and the ongoing drive for decarbonisation.
The great expectations but also the challenges posed by energy storage were highlighted by the IENE one-day workshop entitled "Electricity Storage and Grid Management for Maximum RES Penetration" held in a central hotel in Athens on September 28.
This year’s major annual sustainability event organised by New York based Capital Link attracted record participation with more than 300 delegates present at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Athens where the event was held last Tuesday, September 27. (see www.capitallink.com) As usual all the key aspects of sustainability were discussed at length by well selected experts and senior executives from Greece and abroad.
In order to examine in depth the new electricity environment which is fast developing thanks to greater renewables use, the introduction of large-scale electricity storage and the need for advanced energy management systems, IENE is convening a one-day intensive Workshop in Athens on Wednesday, September 28, 2022. The event will be conducted in person with only limited online participation.
Once again, the Institute, through its Chairman and Executive Director Mr. Costis Stambolis, actively participated in the annual Hydra Shipping Conference, which took place in the historic island of Hydra on September 17.
Today, Europe is facing a perfect storm: energy prices are up, economic growth is down and winter is coming. The Kremlin is using energy as a political weapon and Europe must prepare itself for a complete gas cut-off from Russian energy supplies, principally through savings, diversification and solidarity. Within this environment, the issue of energy security emerges as a top priority.
Improving energy security, reducing European energy dependence and controlling gas and electricity prices will be at the center of the 26th Annual National Energy and Development Conference organized by IENE on November 22-23 at the Divani Caravel Hotel in Athens.
Once again IENE is convening its annual “ Energy & Development” conference, now in its 26th edition, which will take place on November 22/23 and will be held at the Divani Caravel Hotel in Athens. This is an established major event for energy policy and businesses and is expected to attract hundreds of delegates from Greece and abroad, especially from several SE European countries.
Following a prolonged cyber-attack on the evening of Sunday, August 28, the main site of the Institute, www.iene.eu, went down. The malicious attack occurred on the site's server, which is hosted in the “Interworks” Cloud Data Center which collaborates with Microsoft in Thessaloniki. Consequently, all connections to the network were severed, and this resulted in the Institute’s website not being accessible or updated for more than 48 hours
Last December during IENE’s annual conference, the 25th “Energy & Development 2021” conference the Institute awarded a number of life achievement prizes, known as ‘Prometheus’ awards, to a select number of individuals from Greece who have excelled themselves in their particular area of work.
In its latest News Analysis, the Institute looks into the impact of the war in Ukraine in terms of the economy and politics. This is an attempt to address holistically the issue of sanctions imposed by the EU and USA on Russia, as a result of it invasion in Ukraine, and their backfiring on to the European economy and its political order.
Commenting on the Institute’s Annual Report for 2021, following its approval by the Board of Governors, IENE’s Chairman Mr. Costis Stambolis commented as follows: “The “Annual Report” contains a wealth of information on the Institute’s activities including research and study projects, publications, educational, courses, conferences and related events. Also, as short profile of IENE’s resident staff and external associates is included together with a detailed listing of the Board of Gove
In its latest News Analysis, which is accessible, IENE focuses on the issue of gas crisis and the recession risk it creates for the economy of Eurozone, which has been hit by high inflation. The Analysis also looks further afield and examines IMF’s latest pessimistic outlook for the global economy.
In its latest Monthly Analysis of June 2022, which is freely accessible, IENE raises the issue of whether Europe’s electricity system can deliver more competitive prices. In an about-turn, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, acknowledged that the EU’s electricity market “does not work anymore” and needs to be adapted to the “new realities of dominant renewables”.
In order to examine in depth the new electricity environment which is fast developing thanks to greater RES use, the introduction of large-scale electricity storage and the need for advanced energy management systems, IENE is convening a one-day Workshop in Athens on Wednesday, September 28, 2022. The event will be conducted in person with only limited online participation by certain speakers from abroad.
Following an invitation by the Ministry of Environment and Energy and the IEA, IENE participated on July 14 in IEA’s “In Depth Energy Policy Review of Greece” which is taking place all of this week in Athens. An eight person strong team of IEA experts and analysts have positioned themselves in a specially arranged room on the Ministry’s 6th floor and have been receiving representatives from most public and private energy companies and organizations in Greece.
IENE took part in the Public Consultation of the Ministry of Environment and Energy concerning the legal framework for the licensing of offshore wind farms in Greece.
The 10th Conference entitled "Energy Efficiency in Manufacturing" was held on Tuesday, June 29, 2022, in the Peristyle of the Eugenides Foundation, organized by the Boussias Communications company, with the active the participation of IENE, represented by its Secretary General and Chairman of the Energy Efficiency Committee, Mr. Costas Theofylaktos.
Upon the invitation of the organisers the Chairman and Executive Director of IENE, Costis Stambolis, participated as keynote speaker in the 3d Renpower Greece conference organised by Euroconvention Global in Athens on June 30.
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