I'm in 🇳🇴 for the ONS Stavanger Summit. First up, catch-up with minister Terje Aasland. Discussion on winter preparedness, assistance to 🇺🇦, EEA legislative backlog & gas deliveries. #Norway is a significant contributor, representing almost half of the pipeline gas imported to #EU.

Addressing dependencies in Clean Tech Supply Chains at #ONSSummit2024. To ensure the supply of #CriticalRawMaterials needed for the #greentransition, the EU Critical Raw Materials Act aims to strengthen our critical raw materials capacities along all stages of the value chain.

Fruitful exchange with Birgitte Vartdal, CEO of Statkraft, at the sidelines of the ONS Stavanger Summit. A good moment to discuss the flexibility of #hydropower & #EU priorities with #renewables going forward. We have the necessary legislation, now we need fast implementation!

Great insights on #EnergySecurity at the ONS Stavanger Summit🇳🇴 Over the past years, Russia has tried to weaponize gas supplies to undermine EU unity & end our support to #Ukraine. But we have emerged from this crisis stronger & with renewed focus on the #cleanenergytransition.

Constructive first meeting with Kerry McCarthy Kerry McCarthy, new 🇬🇧 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State & Minister for International Energy and Climate. We focused on EU-UK relations in energy, including nuclear & North-Seas Energy Cooperation, especially on boosting #renewables.

#DYK that 40% of the energy consumed in the EU is used in buildings? And that 75% of those built before 2000 are not #EnergyEfficient. Acting on buildings' #EnergyEfficiency ⚡️will help save energy & achieve a #decarbonised EU building stock by 2050. 🔗europa.eu/!kkCJfp

#SolarEnergy ☀️ is cheap, clean and flexible. The #EUGreenDeal and #REPowerEU have turned solar power into a building block of the green ⚡️ #EnergyTransition. Our solar generation keeps increasing and reached 260 GW in 2023 👉 europa.eu/!Krhhtk

Financing is key for the success of any venture. Green #hydrogen projects often still require the mobilisation of investment from both private & public sources & financial institutions. I met companies developing GH2 projects in 🇳🇦, to understand their opportunities & challenges.

The 🇪🇺-🇳🇦 partnership is a good example of building mutually beneficial partnerships promoting shared interests & values, with people, jobs & livelihoods at the heart of them. I met today with Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Vice-President of #Namibia, to exchange on our cooperation.

Greetings from the Global African #Hydrogen Summit! Exchanging on the role played by #renewables in Africa’s #energytransition & the support provided by #GlobalGateway. #GreenHydrogen has potential to be a game-changer & it’s our job to turn that potential into reality. #GAH2S

Constructive meeting with Dr Mahmoud Mustafa Kamal Esmat, the new Minister of #Electricity & #RenewableEnergy of #Egypt at the margins of the #GAH2S in #Namibia. A good moment to discuss the minister’s priorities & developments regarding their electricity sector reform.

Important contact w/ Tom Alweendo, Minister of Mines & Energy of #Namibia & our focus was firmly on green #hydrogen. The 1st edition of the joint 🇪🇺-🇳🇦Business Forum was held in 🇧🇪 last October & it confirmed the interest from public & private stakeholders. Now, we follow it up.

Today, we officially launched & signed 3 🇪🇺-funded programmes to support 🇳🇦 on its green industrialisation path, amounting to 36,9 million euros. This is #GlobalGateway in action! My speech from the launch👇 ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

Meeting with Hyphen Energy to exchange on their plans of developing #Namibia's first fully vertically integrated large scale #greenhydrogen project. It is expected to bring significant economic benefits, in addition to creating thousands of jobs during construction & operation.

During my visit to #Namibia, I also took the time to meet with #EU Ambassadors present in the country, as well as some non-resident diplomats that have come to Windhoek for the Africa Green Hydrogen Summit #GAH2S. A good moment to discuss the latest developments in 🇳🇦 & Brussels.

Concluding my participation at #GAH2S with an insightful ministerial panel exchanging on the #hydrogen industry’s next opportunities & challenges. It has been a successful Green Hydrogen Summit, full of meetings & discussions taking the sector forward both in Africa & globally.