Facing Energy Challenges and Risks in Central and Eastern Europe

As part of the ‘Europe After the War in Ukraine’ project, The Centre de recherche Europes-Eurasie (CREE, Inalco), in collaboration with ESCP Business School and the Sorbonne Nouvelle University, invites you to Workshop 5, entitled : ‘Facing Energy Challenges and Risks in Central and Eastern Europe’.
Alignement de plusieurs grandes tiges blanches avec trois hélices
Parc éolien de Botievo, Ukraine © Denamax‎

Abstract

Since the beginning of Russia’s large-scale invasion against Ukraine, new risks have risen regarding Europe’s energy infrastructures and energy procurement.
How are these risks being addressed by Central and Eastern European countries’ energy policies? How can they build robust, integrated energy networks that are coherent with their decarbonisation agenda, while decoupling with Russia? What kind of cooperation is developing between EU member countries and candidate countries such as Ukraine, regarding production, infrastructure investments, and network management, especially in the current times of multiple crises? How can energy policies handle simultaneously short-term imperatives – rebuilding infrastructure after the destruction in Ukraine and facing disruption risks in other countries – with longer-term goals – orienting production and consumption toward a less carbon-intensive energy mix?
This seminar of the Europe and the War in Ukraine project will gather experts from the academic world, think tanks and the financial sector. They will present their analyses on several cases regarding Poland's and Baltic States energy policies, the Central and Eastern European North-South gas corridor, and Ukraine’s response to the massive attacks on its energy infrastructure. These discussions will shed light on local and regional challenges and solutions, sharing experiences regarding that can be relevant for other European countries.

Le Project Europe After the War in Ukraine

This project is a collaborative research initiative between ESCP Business School, INALCO, and University Sorbonne Nouvelle, under the Sorbonne Alliance network.
The project aims to assess the consequences of the war in Ukraine since 2022 for Europe in terms of foreign policy, politics, defence, economy and business. It focuses on the following main areas: the future relations of the European Union with Eastern European countries, Russia’s political interference and influence strategies in Europe ; the assessment of the sanctions policy towards Russia, the future of European defence and security, and the evolution of energy policies.

Research Team: Laure Delcour (Sorbonne Nouvelle), Maxime Lefebvre (ESCP), Julien Vercueil

Programme

- 9am-9:20am : Welcome coffee

- 9:20am-9:30am : Welcome and introductory remarks

- 9:30am-11am : Energy Policies in Central Europe and the Baltic Sates

Moderator : Maxime Lefebvre (ESCP Business School)

  • Gilles Lepesant (CNRS) : The Vertical Gas Corridor : Colliding with the EU Energy Agenda?
  • Céline Bayou (CAPS) : The Baltic States: an Early and Radical Move Away fro Russian Energy
  • Agata Łoskot-Strachota (OSW (Warsaw Centre for Eastern Studies)) : Poland and Central Europe: Energy security challenges and efforts to balance the energy trilemma

Discussion

- 11:30am-12:45pm : Preparing the future while dealing with crises : Ukraine’s energy challenges

Moderator : Julien Vercueil (Inalco, CREE)

  • Iryna Yaremak (Ivano Frankivsk National Technical University) : Ukraine’s Energy Resilience: Electricity policy, Energy Security and Regional Cooperation
  • Dominique Menu (UkrExImBank) : Squaring the circle: preservation and protection of critical infrastructures  

Discussion

- 12:45pm-2pm : Lunch

 

Organisation

Contact

View e-mail)