Following a successful joint ETIP event on P2X, a second P2X webinar has been organised by ETIP PV, ETIP Wind, and ETIP Ocean – this time focusing on energy islands. The webinar’s theme is on deployment, notably “Are energy islands the first place wind, PV, and P2X come together?”.

Several man-made floating “energy islands” are being built or in planning. Belgium is leading with the Princess Elisabeth Island, and Denmark plans two islands, one in Bornholm, the other in the North Sea. Princess Elisabeth and Bornholm mention only the generation of electricity from wind and the use of the island as a hub to send or receive electricity to/from other countries, but the North Sea island may include P2X technology. The Danish Energy Agency writes, “Technologies such as Power-to-X and electricity storage are not yet sufficiently mature to allow us to say with certainty how such technology and equipment can be deployed on the islands…”. This event seeks to take a closer look at energy islands, both those in development or those which are up and coming, and to determine whether P2X can be feasibly deployed on an energy islands. In particular, what are the R&D challenges which come from deploying P2X on energy islands?

The event will be held 20 February 2025, from 2-3:30 pm CET.

You can register for this event here.

AGENDA:

Introduction: Anna Spoden, EUREC (5 minutes) 

• Background of first P2X event, introducing energy islands as sites for P2X close to electricity production 

• Quick overview of agenda of the day 

• Introduction of keynote speaker 

Keynote (10 minutes): European Commission Eloise Couffon (Policy Officer, DG Energy)

Part 1: Up and coming energy islands (30 minutes)  

• Offshore Solar developer: Johnny Meit – Oceans of Energy  (find presentation here)

• ‘The bet on offshore hydrogen production’: Dr. Benjamin Baur – AquaVentus (find presentation here)

Part 2: R&D challenges (30 minutes)  

Panel 

• Prof Nicolaos A. Cutululis – Dept. of Wind and Energy Systems, DTU; Chair Energy Island Forum (download presentation here)

• Prof Dirk Van Hertem – Chair SET Plan IWG on DC technologies; KU Leuven and Etch EnergyVille (download presentation here; link to video highlighting how HVDC technology is key to addressing Europe’s growing energy demands)

• Dr. Shona Pennock – CorPower Ocean (download presentation here)

• Dr. Sara Golroodbari – Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, University of Utrecht; Vice-Chair of ETIP PV ‘Integrated PV’ working group (download presentation here)

Q&A: 15 minutes