ETIP Photovoltaics

Feb. 20, 2025 at 14:00 – Feb. 20, 2025 at 15:30

Webinar: 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?

 

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) 

  • Eloise Couffon (DG Energy, European Commission) 

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

  • The bet on offshore hydrogen production: Aquaventus 
  • OceanSun 

Part 2: R&D challenges (30 minutes)  

Panel 

  • Nicolaos A. Cutululis – Energy Island Forum  
  • Dirk Van Hertem – KU Leuven 
  • Dr. Shona Pennock, Energy Systems Engineer, CorPower Ocean  
  • Sara Golroodbari, University of Utrecht; Vice-Chair of the ETIP PV Integrated PV Working Group

Q&A: 15 minutes