In a specially convened meeting held at the International Energy Agency (IEA),IENE' Executive Director Mr.Costis Stambolis and the Institute' Head of Research Mr. Nicholas Sofianos presented the findings of the just published "SEE Energy Outlook", the Institute's major study on the energy situation in SE Europe. The meeting took place at IEA's headquarters in Paris on May 15 and was attended by country representatives accredited to the OECD and senior IEA energy experts
As the Institute of Energy for SE Europe (www.iene.eu) is expanding its work into new areas of interest, it is seeking to appoint a qualified Research Assistant, on a full-time or part-time basis to assist the Institute’s activities in the domain of International Relations and Energy Geopolitics
The one-day conference, on “Energy: Investments, Employment and Exports”, which was held in Athens on April 26, 2017, highlighted the major challenges and prospects for Greece’s energy sector and its overall potential in the context of efforts now in progress for reviving the economy
Greece’s energy and banking sector, as well as the country’s business community, are expected to participate en masse in this one-day conference jointly convened by the Institute of Energy for SE Europe (IENE), the Athens Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ACCI) and the Panhellenic Exporters Association (PEA), on “Energy: Investments, Employment and Exports”, to be held in Athens on April 26, 2017
IENE’s long established event, the “SE Europe Energy Dialogue” this year is to be held in Belgrade, Serbia on June 13-14, 2017. This will be the 10th edition of the Energy Dialogue which was first launched in Thessaloniki in June 2007. This year’s Energy Dialogue comes at a time when momentous global developments are taking place with profound implications for the region’s energy situation
Upon the invitation of the International Energy Agency (IEA), IENE participated in the Agency’s in-depth review of the energy policy of Greece which was held in Athens last week (April 3-7, 2017) under the auspices of Greece’s Ministry of Energy and Environment
More than 100 delegates gathered for a one and a half day highly focused conference in Thessaloniki, convened by the Institute of Energy for SE Europe (IENE) on March 30-31, which dealt with the current issues faced by refineries and oil marketing companies in the region. Twenty speakers and panelists from 12 different countries actively participated in the five sessions which formed this unique event which was fully backed by Hellenic Petroleum S.A., the region’s petroleum market leader
The Institute of Energy for SE Europe (IENE) is convening a major regional conference on “Oil Refining, Storage and Retail in SE Europe”. This is the first time that IENE, within its remit and in the context of the annual "SE Europe Energy Dialogue” is organizing this unique event in Thessaloniki
The "Oil Refining, Storage and Retail in SE Europe” conference is convened by the Institute of Energy for SE Europe (IENE) as part of its regional remit and in the context of its "SE Europe Energy Dialogue” initiative. The conference will take place in Thessaloniki, on March 30-31, 2017, and will be held at the Met Hotel where IENE has organized many similar events
The critical and urgent problems facing the Greek energy system which, last January, nearly lead to a black-out, were highlighted at IENE’s special evening event on March 15, entitled “The Safety of Greece’s Energy System”. The meeting attracted maximum attention with more than 75 IENE members attending this groundbreaking event
In view of the significant problems recently faced by Greece’s energy system, when the country’s electricity network nearly collapsed on two occasions and black-outs were averted only in the last minute, IENE decided to organize a special ad hoc afternoon meeting in order to examine the perilous state that the electricity and gas infrastructures found themselves in when demand soared for many days in subzero temperatures
On February 14th the partners of the Institute of Energy for SE Europe (IENE) held the first of the two annual GMs foreseen by its Articles of Association. The meeting was held in the offices of the KG Law firm, thanks to the kind assistance of IENE’s Secretary General, and KG senior partner, Mr.Gus Papamichalopoulos
On February 9 the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Dr. Fatih Birol, presented the organisation’s flagship publication, World Energy Outlook 2016 to a select audience in Athens
In late January, IENE sent to its members the latest issue of its monthly analysis, under the title “Renewables to play key role in SE Europe’s economic development”. This latest analysis by the IENE assesses the likely options arising from the substantial penetration of renewables in the energy mix of SE European region over the last few years and anticipated further growth by 2020
This year’s European Gas Conference organized as usual in Vienna attracted strong presence from IENE partners and Associate Members. More specifically IENE’s executive director Costis Stambolis and IENE partner and founding member Spyros Paleoyiannis, in his new capacity as Managing Director of MedGas (following his leave from DEPA last year where he was CEO) actively participated in the various open discussions and roundtables
IENE has just announced its planning of events for this year which, as usual, covers a wide spectrum of energy forms and applications. In addition to the events which appear in the events section of this site, IENE is likely to organize on an ad hoc basis special meetings, symposia and workshops as the need arises and in accordance with proposals formulated by its various scientific and technical committees
In an effort to upgrade and revamp IENE’s basic information service, the ‘SEE Energy Brief’, a new version of the ‘Market Insight’ report was released on January 10. The revised ‘Market Insight’ report will from now be published on a monthly basis but in two different versions which will alternate
The last days of the year are proving very challenging for IENE as it is advancing its plans for organizing a series of conferences, roadshows and expert meetings during 2017 in various capitals and major cities of SE Europe. In addition the scientific staff of the Institute is busy putting together a medium term comprehensive plan for research projects and studies on a variety of topics related to energy in different countries of the region
The Institute of Energy for SE Europe (IENE) staged today a special event to present its recently completed major study «South East Europe Energy Outlook 2016 - 2017» (SEEEO 2016-2017). The presentation took place at the Giannos Kranidiotis auditorium in the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Athens, to a selected group of senior business executives, energy experts, foreign diplomats, as well as IENE members and associates and contributors to the SEEEO 2016-2017. Greece’s PPC, DEPA, IGI Poseidon, ADMIE and EnSCo were the event sponsors
A conference to examine "Oil Refining, Storage and Retail” in SE Europe is convened by IENE as part of its regional remit and in the context of its "SE Europe Energy Dialogue” initiative. The conference will take place in Thessaloniki, on March 30-31, 2017, and will be held at the Met Hotel where IENE has organized many similar events
