The European Commission’s Innovation Fund is one of the world’s largest funding programmes for low-carbon energy technologies. On top of the Innovation Fund’s current grants programme, we are developing a new way to raise funds for innovation in the hydrogen sector: competitive bidding (also known as auctioning). In order to develop this scheme, we consulted academics, think tanks and Member States on various aspects of auction design.
The hybrid event on 28 October 2022 attracted more than 120 participants with a wide range of experience on researching, designing and implementing auctions in the energy sector.
- innovation
- Friday 28 October 2022, 09:30 - 13:00 (CEST)
Practical information
- When
- Friday 28 October 2022, 09:30 - 13:00 (CEST)
- Languages
- English
- Organisers
- Directorate-General for Climate Action
Description
The European Commission’s Innovation Fund is one of the world’s largest funding programmes for low-carbon energy technologies. On top of the Innovation Fund’s current grants programme, we are developing a new way to raise funds for innovation in the hydrogen sector: competitive bidding (also known as auctioning). In order to develop this scheme, we consulted academics, think tanks and Member States on various aspects of auction design.
The hybrid event on 28 October 2022 attracted more than 120 participants with a wide range of experience on researching, designing and implementing auctions in the energy sector.
Programme:
09.30 – 09.45 : Welcome by DG CLIMA, Alexandre Paquot
09.45 – 10.30 : Rationale for (C)CfDs, fit with the existing public funding landscape, carbon markets and regulatory framework
- 1st Impulse presentation by Dr. Tobias Lechtenfeld, Tech for Net Zero Allianz
- 2nd Impulse presentation by Dr. Oliver Sartor, Agora Energiewende
- 3rd Impulse presentation by Dr. Michael Pahle, Potsdam Insitute for Climate Impact Research
- Discussion
10.30 – 11.20 Which technology baskets to target in first half of 2020s? Key design parameters for possible technology baskets
- 1st Impulse presentation by Jules Besnainou, Cleantech for Europe
- 2nd Impulse presentation by Sulaiman Ilyas-Jarret, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
- 3rd Impulse presentation Keijen van Eijk, Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy and Jan Bouke Agterhuis, Netherlands Enterprise Agency
- Discussion
11.20 – 11.40 : Coffee break
11.40 – 12.30 : Reference price design and how to deal with price uncertainty in the context of the current energy prices crisis?
- 1st Impulse presentation Julie Finkler, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and Adam Whitmore, Bellona UK
- 2nd Impulse presentation Per Klaevnas, Material Economics
- 3rd Impulse presentation by Dr. Joern Richstein, German Insitute for Economic Research
- Discussion
12.30 – 13.00 : Ensuring a level playing field: prequalification, cumulation with State Aid, existing vs. new assets
- Impulse presentation by Dr. Jenny Winkler, Fraunhofer ISI
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