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Exclusive study launch

Securing and Greening Energy for Europe: The Role of Terminal Operators

Wednesday 26 June  (10:00-14:30 CEST)
The Hotel, Boulevard De Waterloo 38, 1000 Brussels

We are pleased to invite you to a high-level workshop unveiling the new study on the decarbonisation pathways of import terminals in Europe. This exclusive event will welcome CEOs, policymakers, and regulators from all over Europe.

About the study:
Titled ‘The Contribution of Terminal Operators to Securing and Greening Energy for Europe,’ the study was developed following the request made at the conclusions of the European Commission’s 37th Madrid Forum. Frontier Economics and DNV experts conducted the research.

Its findings provide a strategic analysis allow an understanding of the critical role of LNG terminals for the EU’s energy future and their various decarbonisation pathways advancing the European Union’s green energy agenda. It includes bioLNG, e-LNG, ammonia, Liquefied Hydrogen (LH2), and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technologies. It will show case how they can support the creation of more competitive and liquid European markets thanks to maritime imports of low-carbon and renewable molecules, more favourable access to those molecules’ export locations, stronger resilience to geopolitical disruptions, high flexibility for expansion and/or repurposing of terminals quickly and at a lower cost than greenfield infrastructures, the possibility for different carrier and end-use pathways and non-import activities, potential for local and regional emissions reduction.

Need for targeted policy intervention

Together with EU-wide terminal regulation ensuring sustainable and costs effective transition, maritime imports of renewable and low-carbon molecules must be supported by a high degree of international coordination, as they usually involve non-EU value chain elements.

Mixing points of view:

The morning of discussion will enable multiple high-level representatives to exchange via interactive sessions on the decarbonisation pathways of the import terminals. As we strongly believe in the power of holistic discussion, this high-level event expects one hundred registered in-person participants, including gas, electricity, academia and energy consumers as well as EU institutions, regulators, policymakers and EU Member States representatives.

Meet high-level institutional and industry stakeholders

Join us for an exclusive presentation featuring experts from DNV and Frontier Economics. High-level representatives from the European Commission, ACER and industry players will address the key findings and the policy recommendations identified in the study to enable terminal operators to contribute to the energy transition.

Interactive sessions

Industry players operating terminal infrastructures will also provide an overview of concrete projects currently being planned or underway to enhance the terminals’ role in decarbonising the energy system.

Who is GIE:
GIE is the voice of the gas infrastructure operators of Europe. We represent 70 industry members working and innovating with natural, renewable, low-carbon gases. Our association is organised into three columns: LNG terminals (GLE), underground storage (GSE), and transmission pipelines (GTE). Supporting the development of Hydrogen, Biomethane, CCS, and sector coupling technologies is part of our priorities. Our main mission is to enable an integrated, climate-neutral and secure energy system to arise by 2050 while supporting energy consumers with future-proofed and competitive solutions.

Exclusive study launch

Securing and Greening Energy for Europe: The Role of Terminal Operators

Wednesday 26 June  (10:30-14:30 CEST)

The Hotel, Boulevard De Waterloo 38, 1000 Brussels

——————– (10:00-10:30 CEST) Welcome coffee & registration ——————–

10:30 – 12:00 | Zooming on the Study and the Decarbonisation Pathways

10:30 – 10:35 | 5 min | Opening of the workshop

• Setting the scene | Anne-Sophie Corbeau, Global Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia SIPA
• Welcoming remarks | Luis Parada, President, Gas LNG Europe (GLE)

10:35 – 11:05 | 30 min | Presentation of the Study

• Matthias Janssen | Associate Director at Frontier Economics
• Rogier Roobeek | Senior Consultant Energy Markets & Strategy, DNV expert

Q&A with the audience (10 min)

11:05 – 11:45 | 40 min | Decarbonising Europe via different Pathways: Project Presentations

1. Dunkerque LNG | Olivier Heurtin, President – CEO (5-7 min keynote)
2. Elengy | Laurent Hamou, Head of European and Institutional Affairs (5-7 min keynote)
3. Enagás | Claudio Rodriguez Suarez, Gas Assets General Manager (5-7 min keynote)
4. Gate Terminal | Stefaan Adriaens, Commercial Manager (5-7 min keynote)

Q&A with the audience (20 min)

11:45 – 12:00 | 15 min | European Commission’s perspective towards the evolutive role of the LNG terminals

• Tatiana Marquez Uriarte | Member of Cabinet of the Commissioner for Energy

——————– (12:00-12:20 CEST) Coffee break ——————–

12:20 – 13:40 | Terminals Evolution Towards 2050 – Collaboration & Next Steps

12:20 – 13:30 | The Role of Terminals in Decarbonising the EU      

Moderated by Anne-Sophie Corbeau, Global Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia SIPA

50 min | Panel discussion

1. Csilla Bartók | Acting Head of Department – Gas, Hydrogen & Retail, Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER)
2. Harmen Dekker | CEO, European Biogas Association (EBA)
3. Joop Hazenberg | EU Director, Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA)
4. Emile Herben | Director Product Management Clean Ammonia, Ammonia Energy Association
5. Huibert van Rossum | External Affairs Programme Manager Energy Transition, Port of Rotterdam, on behalf of the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO)

20 min | Q&A with the audience

10 min | Concluding remarks & recommendations

• Luis Parada | President, Gas LNG Europe (GLE)

——————– (13:40 – 14:30 CEST) Networking lunch ——————–

The Hotel Brussels

Boulevard De Waterloo 38, 1000 Brussel