The management of IENE had the opportunity to inform its partners, its associates and friends about the planned actions for 2023 during the festive event for the cutting of the New Year's cake organized by the Institute on Wednesday, January 25, 2023, at the prestigious Athens Club.
The management of IENE had the opportunity to inform its partners, its associates and friends about the planned actions for 2023 during the festive event for the cutting of the New Year's cake organized by the Institute on Wednesday, January 25, 2023, at the prestigious Athens Club.
This well attended event was opened with a speech by the Chairman and Executive Director of IENE, Costis Stambolis, while greetings were also addressed by Ms. Alexandra Sdoukou, Secretary General of Energy & Mineral Raw Materials at the Ministry of Environment & Energy, Mr. Ioannis Giarentis, Chairman of the Board & CEO of the Renewable Energy Sources Operator & Guarantees of Origin S.A. (DAPEEP), Dr. Spyros Oikonomou, Chairman of the Center for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving (CRES), Professor Yiannis Maniatis, former Energy and Environment Minister and Associate Professor at the University of Piraeus, Mr. Panagiotis Ladakakos, President of the Board of the Hellenic Wind Energy Association (ELETAEN) and Dr. Stelios Loumakis, President of the Association of Photovoltaic Energy Producers (SPEF). Deputy Chairman Mr. Konstantinos Papamichalopoulos, of IENE and Mr. Konstantinos Theofylaktos, Secretary General of IENE & President of the Scientific Committee on Energy Efficiency, also greeted the assembled audience.
In his opening address the Chairman of IENE, emphasized that, "2023 is a year full of serious challenges for IENE, and this is because we have set as our primary goal the upgrading of the services offered to our members and more broadly, the expansion of our membership in Greece and SE Europe, the broadening of our activities in the countries of the region - events are already planned in Tirana, Sofia, Bucharest, Budapest, Istanbul and Nicosia - but also the strengthening of our educational work. The certification of companies and organizations by IENE for the issuance of Green Bonds, in collaboration with the Climate Bond Initiative of London, is one of the most important initiatives to upgrade our Advisory Services – a special event on this topic is about to be scheduled in this room on March 29."
Afterwards, the cutting of the IENE New Year's cake took place, followed by a reception.