20 & 21 March 2025, in the premises of the European Parliament, Brussels and the House of Representatives of Belgium, Brussels
“A new plan for Europe’s prosperity and competitiveness: The Clean Industrial Deal”
EUFORES has held its annual cross-party Inter-parliamentary Meeting on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in 2025 as a tandem-conference both in the premises of the:
– European Parliament, Brussels on 20 March 2025
– House of Representatives of Belgium, Brussels on 21 March 2025
Top speakers and representatives from the EU27 national parliaments, the European Parliament, the International Energy Agency, the European Commission, industry, science and NGOs gathered to discuss the prospects of renewable energy and energy efficiency for economic growth, social integration and prosperity for the European Union – all in the light of the climate emergency, the energy crisis and the war in Ukraine.
A special focus lied on the implementation of the EU Green Deal and the discussions on the new EU Clean Industrial Deal.
IPM25 was the kick-off IPM event after the European Parliament elections in June 2024 and brought together legislators from all over EU27.
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Speakers
Teresa Ribera | Clean, Just & Competitive Transition, European Commission
Nicolás González Casares | MEP Spain, President of EUFORES
NIels Flemming Hansen | MEP Denmark, Vice-President of EUFORES
Dario Tamburrano | MEP Italy, Vice-President of EUFORES
Ditte Juul Jorgensen | Director General, European Commission
Jutta Paulus | MEP Germany
Bertrand Piccard | Solar Impulse Foundation
Mechthild Wörsdörfer | Deputy Director General, European Commission
Wouter Vermeersch | Vice-President of the House of Representatives of Belgium
Yolanda Garcia Mezquita | Relations with the EU Member States, European Commission
Jeroen Soete | Chair of the Committee on Energy, Environment and Climate, House of Representatives of Belgium
Bruno Tobback | MEP Belgium
Annalisa Corrado | MEP Italy
Ciaran Cuffe | Board Member BPIE, Former MEP
Claude Turmes | Former MEP & Minister, Honorary President EUFORES
Giles Dickson | CEO WindEurope
Walburga Hemetsberger | CEO SolarPower Europe
Christian Zinglersen | Director, ACER
Eva Chamizo Llatas | Director of European Affairs, Iberdrola
Heymi Bahar | International Energy Agency
Photos of the event
Check out all the photos online in our IPM25-Flickr-Album.
Photographie : © Bénédicte Maindiaux – www.benedictemaindiaux.com
Download the Slides of the speakers
Walburga Hemetsberger
“Solar Energy today – big, fast and affordable worldwide and in Europe”
Nina Neumann
“Transposition of EU Building Legislation and EU Housing Policies”,
Mirella Vitale
How to get to big scale renovations?”
Thibault Girardot
“Financing Renovation in the EU via the EU Renovation Loan”,
Eva Chamizo Llatas
“How the Electrification of Industrial Processes improves EU Industrial Competitivity”
Paul Kenny
“Electrical Heat Pumps – how Innovation drives the Heating Revolution”
Christiane Egger
“Narratives for the Competitiveness of Industry”
James Watson
“Raw Materials – The Basis for the Energy Transition and the Competitiveness of Europe’s
Industry”
Yolanda Garcia Mezquita
“Getting Closer: The Key Role of National Parliaments for the energy transition and modernization
of Europe’s industries”
Seda Orhan
“The View of NGOs on the Energy Transition”
Giles Dickson
“The importance of speeding up authorisations of renewables projects”
Janina Habethal
“The Grid Companies View on the Future of North Seas Infrastructure”
Matt Hinde
“The economic benefits of a closer EU-UK cooperation in the North Seas”
Rene Tammist
“Perspective of an offshore wind investor”
Susanne Nies
“Integrating Ukraine and Moldova into the South-East Europe power grid”
Julian Popov
“The South-East Europe power system has all the tools to solve the actual crises”,
Christelle Verstraeten
“Secure grids through a coordinated cyber-protection and reliable long-term financing”
Øyvind Vessia
“Linking RES build-out to industry electrification”
Michael Villa
“Flexible consumers and prosumers: the advantages of a decentralised and digitised electricity
system”
Christian Zinglersen
“How to foster faster market integration and more flexibility in the EU power market”
Heymi Bahar
“IEA study on the potential of Geothermal Energy for the Energy Transition”
Matthieu Ballu
“Decarbonisation and System Integration of Heating and Cooling”
Karin Thelen
“The Geothermal Projects of the City of Munich”
Background
EUFORES aims at gathering the 100 most active parliamentarians in the field of renewable energy and energy efficiency. The event will be the perfect opportunity to exchange knowledge and to engage in discussions with like-minded colleagues from other Member States and the European Parliament, officials of national governments, the European Commission and selected representatives from industry and the scientific sector.
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