Opening of the workshop
Presentation of the Study – download presentation (pdf – 4,2 mb)
Matthias Janssen | Associate Director at Frontier Economics
Rogier Roobeek | Senior Consultant Energy Markets & Strategy, DNV expert
Decarbonising Europe via different Pathways: Project Presentations
Moderated by Anne-Sophie Corbeau, Global Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia SIPA
Commission’s perspective towards the evolutive role of the LNG terminals
Tatiana Marquez Uriarte | Member of Cabinet of the Commissioner for Energy
The Role of Terminals in Decarbonising the EU
Moderated by Anne-Sophie Corbeau, Global Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia SIPA
Concluding remarks & recommendations
Luis Parada | President, Gas LNG Europe (GLE)
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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.
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
10:35 – 11:05 | 30 min | Presentation of the Study
Q&A with the audience (10 min)
11:05 – 11:45 | 40 min | Decarbonising Europe via different Pathways: Project Presentations
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
——————– (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
20 min | Q&A with the audience
10 min | Concluding remarks & recommendations
——————– (13:40 – 14:30 CEST) Networking lunch ——————–
President, GLE, Energy Policy & Regulation Director, Enagás
President, GLE, Energy Policy & Regulation Director, Enagás
Luis Ignacio Parada is EU Energy Policy & Regulation Director at Enagás, the main gas transmission, LNG and gas storage operator in Spain. He has 25 years of experience in the energy sector, where he has specialised in energy economics, gas and hydrogen sector regulation and energy policy. Before joining Enagás, Luis started his career in 1998 at Gas Natural, and worked in NERA Economic Consulting from 2001 to 2004. Since May 2023 he has served as Board member in ENTSOG and in GIE (Gas Infrastructure Europe), and since January 2024 he has been serving as President in GLE (Gas LNG Europe). He is also engaged as Board member in EASEE-gas since March 2019, and was a member of the Executive Committee of GTE (Gas Transmission Europe) from December 2020 to May 2023. Luis Ignacio holds an Executive MBA from IESE Business School and a MSc. in Applied Economics. He graduated in Economics at Universidad de Salamanca (Spain).
Global Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University SIPA
Global Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University SIPA
Anne-Sophie Corbeau is a Global Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. Her research focuses on hydrogen and natural gas. Anne-Sophie has over 20 years of experience in the energy industry and is a recognized expert on natural gas. She is the author of many publications focusing on gas, LNG markets, Asia, China, India and Africa, including the book “LNG markets in transition: the great reconfiguration” (Oxford, 2016). She is also a member of the Gastech governing body.
Prior to joining the Center, Mrs. Corbeau was a senior Leader and head of gas analysis at BP, where she was responsible for advising the Leadership Team on gas market developments and long term pricing assumptions. As part of the Economic and Energy Insights team, she was leading the Energy Outlook’s analysis on gas, industry, nuclear and hydrogen. She also served as a member of BP France’s Comex (board). Before joining BP, she was a Research Fellow at KAPSARC (King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center) in Riyadh where she set up and expanded the natural gas program. She also worked for the International Energy Agency (IEA) where she was responsible for managing the research on global gas markets, and for IHS CERA.
She began her career as an engineer working on fuel cells and hydrogen at Peugeot and Debis Systemhaus. Anne-Sophie holds an MSc from the Ecole Centrale Paris and an MSc from the University of Stuttgart.
EU Director, Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA)
EU Director, Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA)
Joop Hazenberg has been leading the European office of the CCSA since 2023. He has a long track record in EU energy and climate policies. Amongst others, he was EU correspondent for a range of international media, campaign manager for European NGOs on the phase-out of coal power plants, and Director External Affairs at the GSMA, representing the mobile telecommunications industry in Europe. He also worked for the European Heat Pump Association and represented SolarPower Europe and WindEurope on the topic of corporate renewable energy sourcing.
Before moving to Brussels in 2013, Joop worked in political circles in his home country The Netherlands. He held several functions in the Dutch Parliament, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a national newspaper. He also founded a think-tank for young professionals and wrote six books and many op-eds and essays. His latest book deals with climate action.
CEO, European Biogas Association
CEO, European Biogas Association
Harmen Dekker has worked for almost 15 years within the sustainability sector and is devoted to the mitigation of climate change. With both a technical as well as a business administration background he has built his career in the water and gas sector, where he has held various management positions.
He joins the EBA after being involved in the biogas sector for over 5 years.
During those years, he not only focused expansion of biogas and in particular biomethane but also on the implementation of techniques such as bio-LNG, bio-Methanol, bio-Hydrogen and bioplastics.
Head of Department Gas, Hydrogen and Retail at ACER
Head of Department Gas, Hydrogen and Retail at ACER
Csilla BARTÓK joined ACER as senior officer for Framework Guidelines and Network Codes for Gas in 2011. Since 2021, she is Gas Markets & Energy Retail Team Leader. In 2023, she became Acting Head of Infrastructure, Gas and Retail Department.
Csilla is responsible for the energy infrastructure regulation (TEN-E), gas markets (market monitoring and network codes regulation) and energy retail market monitoring activities. Before joining ACER, Csilla worked at the European Commission’s DG Energy as policy officer, at the OECD as competition and trade analyst and at DG Competition as merger case handler.
Csilla holds master’s degrees in economics, international economics and political sciences, as well as an executive MBA.
Director Product Management, Yara Clean Ammonia
Director Product Management, Yara Clean Ammonia
Emile is the Director of Product Management for Clean Ammonia at Yara, one of the world’s largest ammonia producers and transporters. Since joining Yara in 2018, he has worked on the company's transition to clean ammonia, currently overseeing product development for new markets. He is also actively involved in the Ammonia Energy Association. Prior to Yara, Emile held various roles in manufacturing, engineering, and project management at Procter & Gamble. He holds a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Delft University of Technology.
Head of European and Institutional Affairs, Elengy
Head of European and Institutional Affairs, Elengy
After 25 years in the energy business, working for EDF, Cap Gemini Consulting, ENGIE, Laurent HAMOU is now head of European and Institutional Affairs at Elengy since 1st January 2020.
He is particularly involved in the setting up of an appropriate regulatory framework for new gases, taking into account terminals and small scale LNG logistic chain constraints.
He is also an active member of Gas Infrastructure Europe, chairing or co-chairing several work groups, and of Association Française du Gaz.
External Affairs Programme Manager Energy Transition, Port of Rotterdam
External Affairs Programme Manager Energy Transition, Port of Rotterdam
Huibert van Rossum will speak on behalf of the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO)
Associate Director, Frontier Economics
Associate Director, Frontier Economics
Dr Matthias Janssen is an Associate Director in Frontier Economics’ German offices in Cologne and Berlin. He regularly advises leading market players and public institutions on a wide range of questions around market design, regulation, climate policy, private-sector disputes (litigation) and due diligence in commoditised energy markets, with a focus on electricity, gas and hydrogen markets.
Matthias has comprehensive experience with analysing the European gas market. For example, he has been conducting studies to assess the European Commission’s Joint Gas Purchasing Mechanism (AggregateEU) or to inform the European Commission’s impact assessment on hydrogen network regulation. Equally, he has been supporting multiple energy utilities in disputes in long-term gas supply contracts. During the energy crisis he has been providing expert reports to support the application of various LNG terminal operators in Europe to apply for an exemption from energy regulation.
Before joining Frontier in 2011, Matthias worked as a researcher at the Department of Economic Theory at the University of Muenster, Germany. During his PhD he focussed on analysing electricity and gas pricing in liberalized energy markets.
Mechanical Engineer specialising in Machinery from the University of Oviedo and PDG from the IESE Business School of the University of Navarra.
He has spent his entire professional career at Enagás, in management positions related to the production, maintenance, development, engineering, operation and marketing of natural gas infrastructures.
In January 2012, he was appointed General Manager of Infrastructures and member of the Enagás Management Committee, and since June of that year he has been a member of its Executive Committee, where, in addition to his responsibilities linked to the guarantee of energy supply, he is also responsible for promoting the development of the hydrogen infrastructures necessary to meet EU objectives.
He combines this position with sectorial responsibilities as Vice President of Gasnam (sectorial for the promotion of natural gas and renewable gases in mobility), Vice President of the Spanish Renewable Ammonia Association (AEAR), as well as of the Spanish Maintenance Association, of which he is President.
Senior Consultant Energy Markets & Strategy, DNV
Senior Consultant Energy Markets & Strategy, DNV
Member of Cabinet of the Commissioner for Energy, European Commission
Member of Cabinet of the Commissioner for Energy, European Commission
Tatiana Marquez Uriarte is Member of the Cabinet of Commissioner Simson, where she is in charge of hydrogen and gas issues. Before joining the Cabinet, Tatiana worked as Deputy Head of Unit in the State aid – Energy Unit in DG Competition. She has also held several positions in DG Environment and DG Energy. In DG Energy she worked in the Energy Efficiency Unit and as Assistant to the Director General for Energy.
Tatiana is a graduate in law, having specialised in European Law at the Katholieke University of Leuven and Kings College (London), and in EU Politics at the College of Europe.
Commercial Manager, Gate Terminal | Flame Speaker
Commercial Manager, Gate Terminal | Flame Speaker
Stefaan joined the Gate LNG terminal in Rotterdam (NL) as commercial manager in 2008 shortly after FID. With a small team he works on the long term relationship with the 7 terminal users to further enhance the functionality of the terminal. His prior function was at Fluxys (B) where he was a.o. involved in the expansion of the Zeebrugge LNG terminal. Stefaan has spent his entire career in energy related matters (refining, petrochemicals, natural gas, banking) in a variety of functions (commercial, planning, financial, engineering, IT, analysis, …).
