European Union (European Regional Development Fund)

The Baltic InteGrid | Kick-off Conference Integrated Baltic offshore wind electricity grid development

March 22 | 14:00 - 17:30

Magazinstraße 15-16 10179 Berlin | Germany hosted by: Kick-off Conference | 22 March 2016 European Union Integrated Baltic offshore wind electricity grid development (European Regional Development Fund)

Program Baltic InteGrid | Context 14:00 Introduction to the Baltic InteGrid Simon Schäfer-Stradowsky The Baltic Sea region holds great deve- grid, allows for significant savings. Today, Managing Director | IKEM lopment potential for offshore wind ener- no comprehensive cross-sector study on gy, but is currently home to only 15% of offshore grid planning and integration Grid Infrastructure in : Outlook on Offshore and Renewables offshore wind parks in the EU. The other in the Baltic Sea region exists, although Vaida Tamašauskaitė 85% are located mainly in the North Sea, the need for increased international co- Litgrid AB where studies indicated that the interna- ordination and interconnectors between The Challenges of Offshore Wind: A Grid Operator‘s Perspective tional coordination and integration of off- national energy markets is prioritized Nadja Ballauf shore grid infrastructure between coun- by the EU and national governments. 50Hertz tries, also known as an offshore meshed

15:30 Coffee break Baltic InteGrid | Strategy Renewable Energy and Offshore Wind Development in : The Baltic InteGrid will apply the mes- all eight EU MSs in the BSR will work The Potential of Regional Cooperation hed grid approach in the Baltic Sea in close cooperation with key stakehol- Dr. Maciej M. Sokołowski region to evaluate the optimization and ders towards the following outputs: Foundation for Sustainable Energy, Poland efficiency potential of offshore wind energy, with a view to increase the rene- Baltic Offshore Grid Forum Sweden‘s Renewable Energy Plans and the Future for Offshore wable electricity generation, further the Baltic Offshore Grid Concept Pierre Ståhl integration of regional electricity mar- Feasibility studies Energikontor Sydost AB (Energy Agency for Southeast Sweden) kets and boosting security of supply. Recommendations and propositions To this end, the project partners from Finnish Framework for Wind and Offshore Energy: State and Outlook Prof. Ari Ekroos University of Aalto, Finland

Public Participation in Wind Energy and Infrastructure Projects: The Danish experience Prof. Birgitte Egelund Olsen University of Aarhus, Denmark

18:00 End of the conference The Consortium

1. IKEM | DE 9. Latvian Association of Local and Re- 2. Foundation for Sustainable Energy | PL gional Governments 3. Rostock Business and Technology 10. Aalto University | FI Development | DE 11. University of Tartu | EE 4. Technical University of Denmark 12. Klaipeda University Coastal Research 5. Energy Agency for Southeast Sweden and Planning Institute | LI 6. Deutsche WindGuard | DE 13. Lund University | SE 7. Maritime Institute in Gdansk | PL 14. Aarhus University | DK 8. Stiftung OFFSHORE-WINDENERGIE

Associated partners

Germany Finland

• Siemens AG • Finnish Wind Power Association

• BMUB (Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building Estonia

and Nuclear Safety of Germany) • -generating opportunities

• Ministry of Energy, Infrastructure and State Development of Mecklenburg- Lithuania

Vorpommern • The Ministry of Energy

• 50Hertz Transmission GmbH • Litgrid AB

• Ecologic Institute

• Kisters AG Poland

• Becker Büttner Held • Inwestycje Infrastrukturalne Sp. Z O.O

• Maritime Office in Gdynia

Denmark • PGE Energia Odnawialna S.A.

• Danish Energy Association • Polish Offshore Industry Association

• .dk • PSE S.A. Polskie Sieci Elektroenerge-

• Danish Wind Industry Association tyczne

• Baltex Energia i Górnictwo Morskie SA Latvia SKA

• Ministry of Economics of the Republic of Latvia