Yearly, two day symposium van Wind Meets Gas. Location is the Martinikerk in Groningen. The king of the Netherlands will hold the opening speech.
7 October
Theme of the day: The North Sea Energy Issue
The overall purpose of the first day of the symposium is to reflect on the role of the North Sea area in speeding-up and scaling-up the energy transition and in realising carbon neutrality by 2050.
Can the North Sea region become a world leading energy system integration example for the global energy transition? The main ingredients for such a position seem to be present, but can we create a joint European Strategy to make it happen? Is the region Fit for 55?
Specific offshore challenges will be addressed from various stakeholder perspectives, such as, how to integrate sustainable energy electrons and molecules; how to scale-up and achieve cost-effectiveness of decarbonised energy value chains; how to stimulate (joint) energy system innovations; and what collaboration and policies and measures will be needed for all this?
8 October
Theme of the day: Hydrogen Valleys connected
In the second day of the symposium experts will discuss the various regionally Hydrogen Valley initiatives that are developing through-out European Union and elsewhere. What do the various initiatives have in common and where do they differ? In addition, it will be discussed how duplication of effort and undue competition can be prevented and how instead synergies can be achieved by intensifying collaboration. Many representatives of Hydrogen Valleys and involved stakeholders will share their hands-on experiences, seek for modalities to align mutual interest and to create lasting cross-border alliances.
