Conference “Energy transition and the supply chain”

The Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg, in collaboration with the Belgian business association Agoria and the Spanish Embassy in Belgium, held yesterday a conference entitled “Energy Transition and the Supply Chain”.

The event focused on how the strategic decisions of energy companies will affect the functioning of the supply chain and was attended by Spanish companies Naturgy and Iberdrola.

In a first opening block, Eduardo Gutiérrez, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Spanish Embassy in Belgium, welcomed all the participants and underlined the importance of this kind of events to favour the business collaboration between Belgian and Spanish companies. Then, Pieter Jan Provoost, Manager at Agoria’s Energy Technology Group and Pablo López Álvarez, President of the Chamber, gave a brief presentation of the different organisations.

Later, in a second block aimed at learning about the new public policies in relation to energy, as well as the investments planned both in Spain and Belgium, the event included the intervention of María Palanca Reh, Economic and Commercial Counsellor at the Economic and Commercial Office of Spain in Brussels, and Filip De Weerdt, Science and Technology Coordinator at Flanders Investment & Trade.

Strategic decisions

The conference continued with two presentations, given by Nuria Rodríguez, Director of Environment and Sustainability at Naturgy and Pieter Ferdinand Elias Duerinckx, International Head of Renewable Energy Generation Equipment at Iberdrola. Both presented their respective points of view on how the strategic decisions taken by energy companies will directly affect the functioning of the global supply chain.

Pieter Jean Provoost, Manager at Agoria, moderated next a panel discussion between the two speakers, followed by a round of questions related to the implementation of green hydrogen in Spain and the particularities of its taxonomy were highlighted.

The event ended with a cocktail party where guests were able to share their views on the discussions, as well as serve as a meeting point for professional networking.