Context
The recent REPowerEU Plan of the European Commission considers Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) a key driver to achieve the new 2030 target of 45% share of renewable energy. According to the European Commission, such target is essential to ensure the timely and effective achievement of carbon neutrality in 2050. However, the diffusion of PPAs is facing several challenges across EU Member States due to both market and legislative barriers which are intrinsic to the long-term nature of PPAs. The project intends investigating the legislative and market framework for PPAs in different EU Member States (a preliminary and not conclusive list of countries might include Italy, Hungary, Germany, Spain, Portugal) to identify best practices for the diffusion of PPAs and to contribute to the EU debate on climate policies.
The theme of PPAs communities addresses issues common to the liberal political and ideological area many issues dear to the liberal area, from combating legislative and market barriers through a transnational and supra-national perspective to ecological challenges and economic savings.
Topics: Climate policies, Energy security, Climate neutrality, Net-zero future, FF55, REPowerEU, New Green Deal
VECTOR- Techno-Sustainability
About the event
The event consists in a workshop conceived as a follow up to discuss Power Purchase on a comparative frame and agree on a final publication. Simona Benedetttini (LEF project leader) will animate the workshop to explain to them how she conceived the project and to assist them in the realisation of a cohesive in-depth chapters on a European perspective. Benedettini will help authors reflecting on several issues such as:
- Identifying policies and market interventions which proved to be effective in promoting PPAs in EU countries
- Achieving an in-depth understanding on relevant barriers to the diffusion of PPAs
- Promoting the dissemination of best practices for the diffusion of PPAs
- Providing a relevant contribution to the EU debate on climate and energy policies
Programme
Wednesday 15 March 2023
10:00 – 19:00 Participants arrival to the Hotel Castle Garden, 40-41 Lovas utca, 1012 Budapest, Hungary
20:00 Meeting at the lobby for welcome and introduction
20:30 Dinner TBD
Speaker: Renata Gravina, Fondazione Luigi Einaudi
Thursday 16 March 2023
Indítsuk Be Magyarországot Foundation, 2 Rózsahegy utca 1024 Budapest, Hungary
09:30 Introductory Remarks
Speaker: Renata Gravina, Fondazione Luigi Einaudi
Speaker: Fjona Merkaj, European Liberal Forum Project Officer
09:45 Promoting Power Purchase Agreements to achieve the net-zero target purpose, objective, and scope
Speaker: Simona Benedettini, Energy Economist, Italy
11:00 Coffee Break
11:15 Dialogue with the participants of the workshop and follow-up in view of the publication of the volume Promoting Power Purchase Agreements
Speaker: Simona Benedettini, Energy Economist, Italy
Speaker: Ricardo Silvestre, MLS, Portugal
Speaker: William Hongsong Wang, Fundación para el Avance de la Libertad, Spain
Speaker: Gero Scheck, FNF, Germany
Speaker: Tamas Babicz, IBM, Hungary
12:30 Highlights of the event goals and conclusive remarks
Speaker: Renata Gravina, Fondazione Luigi Einaudi
13:00 End of event & lunch with participants
