Conferences and summits: 11th Energy Infrastructure Forum

11th Energy Infrastructure Forum

The annual Energy Infrastructure Forum is organised by the European Commission in cooperation with the Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities. It gathers representatives of the EU institutions, transmission system operators, project promoters, regulators, energy companies, NGOs, and the financing community to discuss the challenges of accelerating the deployment of Europe’s energy infrastructure which will enable the achievement of EU’s decarbonisation targets.

The webstreaming of Day 1 of the Forum will be available at DG ENER's YouTube channel.

For social media follow: #energyIF

Event Schedule

When: Monday 2 June 2025, 10:30 - Tuesday 3 June 2025, 16:00 (CEST)

Where: Moltkes Palace, Dronningens Tværgade 2, 1302, Copenhagen, Denmark

Programme

Day 1 - 2 June 2025

• 09:30 – 10:30: Registration and welcome coffee
• 10:30 – 10:45: Opening speeches:
  • Mr Dan Jorgensen, Commissioner for Energy and Housing
  • Mr Lars Aagaard, Danish Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities
• 10:45 – 12:00: High-Level Session “Energy infrastructure: cornerstone of the EU competitiveness”
• 12:00 – 13:00: Lunch break
• 13:00 – 14:30: Delivery of the EU’s Grid Action Plan and way forward
• 14:30 – 15:00: Coffee break
• 15:00 – 16:15: Ensuring timely energy infrastructure development and competitive supply chains
• 16:15 – 16:30: (tbc) Ceremony marking the signature of the grant agreement under the Union’s Connecting Europe Facility program
• 16:30 – 17:30: Networking cocktail

Day 2 - 3 June 2025

• 08:45 - 09:00: Chair’s opening remarks
• 09:00 - 10:15: Integrated and coordinated planning for electricity & hydrogen infrastructure
• 10:15 - 10:45: Coffee break
• 10:45 - 12:00: Financing and cost-sharing tools for advancing infrastructure implementation
• 12:00 - 13:00: Lunch break
• 13:00 - 14:15: Efficiency in grid development and use: deploying smart technologies and managing grid connections
• 14:15 - 14:45: Coffee break
• 14:45 - 15:45: Conclusions

Languages

English