LEARN | Ocean Renewables Under Analysis by National and International Experts

The Oceanic Renewables Summit 2024 takes place April 17th at the Champalimaud Foundation, in Lisbon, with the participation of official entities, energy promoters and other relevant actors in the sector.

Around forty national and international experts will meet to discuss the challenges of implementing electricity generation projects based on renewable energy from oceanic sources. The Oceanic Renewables Summit 2024 ( ORS2024 ), the biggest event on oceanic renewables in Portugal, is scheduled for April 17th and will take place at the Champalimaud Foundation, in Lisbon. It is organized by APREN – Portuguese Renewable Energy Association, which is embarking on a second edition of the conference after a successful start in 2023.

Around the same table, in the 2024 edition, there will be promoters, but also members of local authorities, heads of Central Administration bodies and researchers to debate the key points of a decisive area to accelerate decarbonization, independence and energy security in all of Europe.

The event will also feature the following speakers, among others:

• Eduardo Feio (President of the Board of Directors of the Port of Aveiro and Porto da Figueira da Foz);
• Gisela Santos (Director of the Industrial Management and Engineering Unit at INEGI);
• Jerónimo Meira da Cunha (General Director of DGEG – General Directorate of Energy and Geology);
• João Conceição (COO of REN);
• João Peças Lopes (Full Professor at FEUP);
• José Ângelo Guerreiro Silva (President of IPMA – Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere);
• José Carlos Simão (General Director of DGRM – General Directorate of Natural Resources, Security and Maritime Services);
• Juan Virgilio Márquez (CEO of AEE – Asociación Empresarial Eólica);
• Manuel Marques (President of AAPN – Association of Northern Fishing Shipowners);
• Mattia Cecchinato (Senior Advisor Offshore Wind at WindEurope);
• Pedro Amaral Jorge (CEO of APREN);
• Pedro Brinca (Associate Professor at Nova SBE);
• Pedro Ponte (Director of Engineering and Environment of the Port of Setúbal and Port of Sesimbra);
• Ricardo Pedrosa Gomes (Vice-President of AICCOPN – Association of Civil Construction and Public Works Industries);
• Stefania Charisiadou (Nature Conservation Policy Officer at the European Commission).

The conference will also feature the participation of national and international experts from companies such as Smartenergy, Copenhagen Offshore Partners, BlueFloat Energy, Equinor, Ocean Winds, Reventus Power, RWE, among others.

“The creation of a national industrial sector focused on oceanic renewable energy is an opportunity, as evidenced by the interest shown by several complementary sectors of economic activity, at national and international level. The conference aims to highlight the unavoidable strategic potential of this emerging cluster in Portugal, which already has installation targets defined by 2030”highlights the CEO of APREN, Pedro Amaral Jorge.

It is recalled that in 2022 the Portuguese government announced the objective of allocating 10 GW of offshore wind power by 2030, in line with the European objective of reaching a combined wind power offshore of 111 GW by the end of the decade.

APREN has been closely monitoring this sector’s investment. Participated in the working group created for the planning and operationalization of electricity production centers and in the three subgroups responsible for producing recommendations regarding the established objectives.

In November, the first phase of the offshore wind competition was launched. There were fifty companies, from ten countries, that showed interest in moving forward with wind energy projects offshore in Portugal.

To the registrations for the event, which will be concentrated in a single day, can now be made from the event website. Smartenergy is the Host Sponsor of Oceanic Renewables Summit 2024. CIP/COP, Greenvolt/BlueFloat Energy, Equinor, Ocean Winds, Reventus Power and RWE are VIP sponsors.

The organization of the event also has the support of Abreu Advogados, Anywind, Finerge, IberBlue Wind, Iberdrola, Morais Leitão, Oxan Energy and Strix.

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