Kadri Simson @KadriSimson@respublicae.eu

R to @KadriSimson: 💠You can find my remarks from the #CESEC press conference here👇
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/SPEECH_24_326

💠And overall conclusions here👇
https://energy.ec.europa.eu/news/central-and-south-eastern-european-energy-ministers-reconfirm-energy-priorities-region-athens-2024-01-19_en

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/KadriSimson/status/1748347633444262021#m

[2024-01-19 14:12 UTC]

👋In the margins of the
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23CESEC
Ministerial, I also met with 🇷🇴 Energy Minister, Sebastian Burduja & 🇷🇸 Minister of Mining & Energy, Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic.
👉The exchanges focused on the overall
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23energysecurity
situation,
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23energytransition
& gas supplies to the region.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/KadriSimson/status/1748354232887996675#m

[2024-01-19 14:38 UTC]

At
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23CESEC
ministerial & meeting with TSOs leading the Vertical Corridor initiative, aiming to enable bi-directional flows of natural gas from North to South & back. This would help ensure energy supplies to
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23Ukraine
&
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23Moldova
& enhance the overall
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23energysecurity
of the region.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/KadriSimson/status/1748274731134947757#m

[2024-01-19 09:22 UTC]

📣Launching commercial operations of the 2nd interconnecting power line between
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23Greece
&
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23Bulgaria
!
⚡️Completing the electricity interconnection is an important milestone for the diversification, market integration & decarbonisation of the two countries & the region as a whole.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/KadriSimson/status/1748311008521703471#m

[2024-01-19 11:46 UTC]

Happy to be in Athens for the
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23CESEC
Ministerial, unique forum that brings together 🇪🇺, Western Balkans,
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23Moldova
🇲🇩&
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23Ukraine
🇺🇦
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23CESEC
played an essential role in the development of the response to Russian aggression & we have emerged from this crisis with enhanced cooperation.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/KadriSimson/status/1748246884416618498#m

[2024-01-19 07:31 UTC]

👋
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23WorldEconomicForum
in Davos is also a good place to run into old friends & colleagues.
👉For instance, I had a chance to catch-up with former Commissioner
https://nitter.cz/GabrielMariya
, now Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Foreign Affairs of
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23Bulgaria
🇧🇬
Good to see you again!

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/KadriSimson/status/1747906203965858054#m

[2024-01-18 08:58 UTC]

At
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23COP28
, over 130 countries agreed to triple
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23renewableenergy
capacity by 2030 in the path towards
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23netzero
. A massive challenge that needs immediate actions.
Happy to share 🇪🇺 outlook & very interesting to hear the 🇺🇸 plans from Special Envoy on
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23climate
https://nitter.cz/JohnKerry
.
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23WEF24
.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/KadriSimson/status/1747698102688006293#m

[2024-01-17 19:11 UTC]

👋Good meeting with Christian Bruch, President & CEO of
https://nitter.cz/Siemens_Energy
.
We exchanged views on the recent EU
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23WindPowerActionPlan
⚡️& discussed what needs to be done to fulfil the plan, so Europe 🇪🇺 would stay a global powerhouse in
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23windenergy
.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/KadriSimson/status/1747639884255232199#m

[2024-01-17 15:19 UTC]

⚡️Europe will only ensure its
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23energysecurity
& deliver on
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23climate
ambitions if our power infrastructure expands & evolves.
👉Grids need to be an enabler, not a bottleneck in the
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23cleanenergytransition
. I met w/
https://nitter.cz/EnelGroup
, to discuss importance of networks in the transition.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/KadriSimson/status/1747642473227112761#m

[2024-01-17 15:30 UTC]

Thank you,
https://nitter.cz/TimchenkoMaxim
, CEO of
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23DTEK
, the leading private energy company in
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23Ukraine
, for an insightful meeting.
👉Good to hear of your plans to further develop & strengthen the
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23renewables
sector in 🇺🇦, further boosting
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23energysecurity
⚡️ in the country.
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23SlavaUkraine

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/KadriSimson/status/1747547501039583373#m

[2024-01-17 09:12 UTC]

Just transition means supporting regions & communities that are impacted by the
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23energytransition
.
➡️For example, coal & carbon intensive regions, who are impacted from the economic & social, as well as cultural perspective & require support. Discussing best practices at
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23WEF24
.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/KadriSimson/status/1747572569891291631#m

[2024-01-17 10:52 UTC]

Honoured to take part of the
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23IBC
meeting at
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23WEF24
, together w/
https://nitter.cz/JohnKerry
, 🇺🇸Special Envoy on
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23climate
.
Sharing our views on the recent Global Pledge on
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23renewables
&
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23energyefficiency
.
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23COP28
brought a significant change of perspective & emphasized the need to work together.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/KadriSimson/status/1747516985779376401#m

[2024-01-17 07:11 UTC]

Discussing the recent developments in the global 🌍 & European 🇪🇺
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23energy
markets with
https://nitter.cz/SaugataSaha
, President of
https://nitter.cz/SPGCI
.
📈Very interesting to get your take on the situation & to exchange on the impact of EU policies for the future.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/KadriSimson/status/1747339179107995962#m

[2024-01-16 19:24 UTC]

We are well into the heating season & have already seen some serious cold spells in Europe.
I met
https://nitter.cz/UAChernyshov
, CEO
https://nitter.cz/NaftogazUkraine
, to learn of the situation in
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23Ukraine
& outlook for months ahead. We must do all we can to help keep lights on & houses warm in 🇺🇦 during Winter.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/KadriSimson/status/1747301724304404649#m

[2024-01-16 16:56 UTC]

👋Glad to meet my good friend
https://nitter.cz/JasonBordoff
at
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23WEF24
today.
Fascinating to hear the plans of
https://nitter.cz/ColumbiaUEnergy
for this year & to also share our plans. We need more Transatlantic co-operation in
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23energy
during these difficult times🌍⚡️

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/KadriSimson/status/1747302859245224445#m

[2024-01-16 17:00 UTC]

Very happy to take part of the
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23GlobalRisksConsortium
meeting at
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23WEF24
& much to discuss on EU energy⚡️
➡️We have tackled the
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23energycrisis
head-on, diversified away from Russian energy supplies & despite everything, maintained the course of the
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23EUGreenDeal
.
We can be proud!

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/KadriSimson/status/1747234439233462428#m

[2024-01-16 12:28 UTC]

The
https://nitter.cz/EU_Commission
presented the
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23WindPowerActionPlan
last October, to support & accelerate the EU wind industry🌬️⚡️
✅I met today with Henrik Anderson, CEO of
https://nitter.cz/Vestas
, to get his feedback on the package & to discuss the way forward.
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23WEF24

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/KadriSimson/status/1747237891061793090#m

[2024-01-16 12:42 UTC]

Recent times show how interlinked energy & geopolitics have become.
Now, it is important to learn from the last
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23enerycrisis
& enhance our
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23energysecurity
& the resilience of our energy supply chains. Strong partnerships remain of key importance, as does diversification.
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23WEF24

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/KadriSimson/status/1747178909731356802#m

[2024-01-16 08:48 UTC]

Discussing accelerating the
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23energytransition
& the role
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23EU
electricity grids play within the transition at
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23WEF24
.
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23Electricity
consumption is expected to increase by around 60% between now & 2030. This means rapidly expanding & upgrading our power grids.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/KadriSimson/status/1746973761075548321#m

[2024-01-15 19:12 UTC]

I have arrived in Davos for the
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23WorldEconomicForum
, with very busy days ahead.
First up, a good meeting with
https://nitter.cz/hubacek
, the Managing Director of
https://nitter.cz/wef
, to discuss the main themes of the upcoming forum & what to expect on the
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23energy
side.
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23WEF24

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/KadriSimson/status/1746916361383686429#m

[2024-01-15 15:24 UTC]