Doing the right thing: EU policy and consumer perspectives on Europe’s heating crisis and solutions

Europe’s dependence on imported fossil fuels was exposed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Replacing this dependence through energy savings, geothermal and other renewable heating solutions is of paramount importance. We explored the policy challenges for EU policy and also the perspectives from key large heat consuming sectors.

Presentations

10:00 – 11:30 Policy session 

• Claude Turmes, Luxemburg Minister for Energy

• Tadhg O’Briain, Deputy Head of Unit, European Commission, ENER.B.1 – Presentation here
• Andreas Graf, Project Manager European Energy Policy, Agora Energiewende – Presentation here
• Marco Baresi, Institutional Affairs and Marketing Director, Turboden Mitsubishi – Presentation here
• Kamila Piotrowska, Head of EU Policy & Advocacy, Baker Hughes – Presentation here

Moderator: Sanjeev Kumar (EGEC Head of Policy)

Responding to the questions:

• What can be done now, in the medium term and by 2030?
• How does the EU become energy independent ?
• Can a country become gas free ?

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee Break

12:00 – 13:00 Consumer perspective session 

• Vlatko Kovačić, Director of GeotermiKA, City of Grad Karlovac – Presentation here
• Sorcha Edwards, Secretary General, Housing Europe – Presentation here
• Samuel Thomas, Senior advisor, The Regulatory Assistance Project – Presentation here
• Rudiger Grimm, Managing Director, geoENERGIE Konzept ENGIE – Presentation here

Moderator: Philippe Dumas (EGEC Secretary general)

Responding to the questions:

• What are consumers doing to address the crisis?
• What support do they need?
• Why did they look to geothermal?

Conclusions: Miklos Antics, EGEC President

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch [SPARKS Meeting rooms & Events space]