REKK Regional Energy Policy Forum 2024 – Electrification’s Impact on DSO Grid Development
In our future economies, the role of electrification in achieving net-zero targets is unquestionable, but the challenges are immense. Eurelectric’s Grid for Speed study suggests that distribution grid investments need to double to cope with the massive electrification of transport, heating and industry, and to integrate renewables.
Date: 12 November 2024, 9:00 – 13:30 CET
Location: Budapest Music Center (1093 Budapest, Mátyás u. 8.)
Language of the event: English
The Regional Energy Policy Forum aims to bring together energy experts from the CEE region and beyond to discuss where we stand in electrification. Where has electrification made good progress, where do bottlenecks lie, and where does regulation need to step in? We also discuss how it can be encouraged that EVs and heat pumps use green electricity instead of gird electricity and how they can help to use our grids efficiently.
AGENDA
8:30 – 9:00
Registration
9:00 – 9:10
Welcome
László Szabó, Director of REKK
9:10 – 9:30
Has electrification already started? – Where do we stand in 2024?
András Mezősi, Senior Research Associate, REKK
9:30 – 9:50
Double investments needed in the power distribution – findings of the grid for speed study
Zsuzsanna Csekő, Senior Advisor, Eurelectric
9:50 – 10:10
Drivers of electrification in the heating sector
Jan Rosenow, Director of European programmes, RAP (online)
10:10 – 10:30
Challenges of electrification in the transport sector
Zoltán Vígh, Executive Director at Ányos Jedlik Hungarian E-Mobility Cluster
10:30 – 10:45
Questions and Answers
10:45 – 11:15
Coffee break
11:15 – 12:15
Panel discussion on the main regulatory challenges of electrification
- Stefania Ciraolo, Head of the EIB Group Office in Hungary
- Frigyes Endresz, Director of Asset and Resource Management, E.ON Hungária
- Zoltán Vígh, Executive Director at Ányos Jedlik Hungarian E-Mobility Cluster
- Jan Rosenow, Director of European programmes, RAP (online)
- Jakub Koczorowski, Vice President of the Management Board of the Polish Heat Pump Association (PORT PC) (online)
Moderator: László Szabó, director of REKK
12:15 – 12:25
Questions and Answers
12:25 – 12:30
Closing remarks
12:30 – 13:30
Buffet lunch
Participation fee: HUF 30.000
(The REKK Event Card ensures discounted entry to REKK events)
Participation is free for students and teachers of the Corvinus University of Budapest.
Please register here.
