Technological innovation and the digitalisation of industry are indispensable driving forces behind a successful Energy Union in Europe. Key to this objective is the infrastructure of a North–South Corridor between the Baltic, Adriatic and Black Seas. Its realisation requires the establishment of a platform that would bring together all relevant players and develop proper financial and regulatory solutions. These are main findings of the ‘29+1’ Annual Energy Summit, organised by Central Europe Energy Partners (CEEP), which took place on June 15–16, 2015, in Warsaw. CEEP members – who comprise Central Europe’s leading energy and energy-intensive companies – entered into a comprehensive exchange of findings and views with the European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, Mr. Günther Oettinger. They underlined that whilst energy constitutes the backbone of the European economy, unfortunately, integration of the EU-11 in the energy field with the EU-15 is not keeping pace. “Together with Commissioner Oettinger, we agreed that our future economic development depends on the implementation of an affordable energy and digital infrastructure. To firmly and cost-efficiently interlink the whole European Union, we need a North–South Corridor, which includes energy pipelines, power lines, highways, railways, and telecommunication grids. The Corridor is also essential to successful participation of the region in the global economy, whilst also improving the capacity of our countries concerning IT logistics and to deal effectively with cyber-threats,” asserted Paweł Olechnowicz, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Central Europe Energy Partners. The Warsaw Memorandum, which was handed to Commissioner Oettinger at the end of the summit, reflected the general position of participants. They welcomed the establishment of the Connecting Europe Facilities [...]
With the topic “Energy Meets Digital. Digital Economy: A Technology Driver for an Energy Union”, this year’s 29+1 edition focuses on the game-changing interaction between the energy and digital realms. ‘29+1’ Annual Energy Summit takes place on June 15 and 16, in Warsaw. The ‘29+1’ Summit brings together a distinguished and knowledgeable group of decision-makers to allow them to discuss the major challenges and opportunities in the field of energy. As in the past three years, the summit will once again provide the opportunity for representatives of Central European energy and energy-intensive companies to come together and voice their interests. On June 16, the roundtable meeting, with the participation of Mr. Günther Oettinger, the European Commissioner for Digital Economy & Society, and the European Commissioner for Energy in the years 2010-2014, will be held. Issues related to the energy sector and digital economy at local and regional level are expected to feature strongly. The summit will also allow us to present, for the first time, a report drafted by CEEP and Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, which indicates the way forward in proceeding with the key infrastructural projects for the full integration of the EU, complementing the existing and planned infrastructural networks. This event is one of our flagship projects, where ‘29’ stands for 29 CEOs or Board members of the biggest Energy Sector companies from Central Europe and the ‘1’ stands for the EU’s Commissioner. The first such Energy Summit was held in Budapest under the Patronage of the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban, the Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, Waldemar Pawlak, and the Cypriot Presidency to the [...]
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We represent the widely understood Central Europe energy sector (electricity generation, distribution and transmission, renewables, gas, oil, heat generation and distribution, chemical industries, etc.), universities and scientific institutions.
