International Energy Intelligence Roundtable
On Monday the 5th of February, the ISER team co-hosted at The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, the ‘International Energy Intelligence Roundtable’ with His Excellency Mr Gabriel Safta, Ambassador of Romania to ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, and Dr. Mireille Rădoi, Professor at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Economic Studies in Bucharest.
H.E. Mr Safta indicated that a collaboration between the Universities within ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ and Romania would be advantageous, identifying South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ as being one of the states aligned to working together with Europe. The event was an opportunity to discuss high-level ideas around a potential memorandum of understanding, due to the mutual interest around energy systems, energy (business) intelligence, hydrogen and other future energy sources; as well as food security.
At the roundtable, our university researchers discussed collaborative opportunities for Romanian and South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n stakeholders with expertise in energy systems and energy intelligence. Roundtable members expressed interest in future energy sources and associated waste management, cross collaboration around H2 production from solar, the civilian-to-defence nexus along with the relationship to environmental and legal aspects.
Representatives from industry and government sectors joined the group at the end of the roundtable session for a networking reception, where theyÌýlistened to the presentation by Dr. Rădoi about the Romanian energy system and the EnergIntell Conference 2024.
Dr Rădoi discussed the importance of exploring energy intelligence with a special focus on the social dimension, and its impact on human security.
This successful forum has sparked interest in developing research initiatives to address the techno-socio-economic aspects of energy planning and strategy, and the use of data related to energy for the benefit of consumers and society. ISER will be further strengthening this cross-collaboration aiming at creating energy alliances for current and future energy systems.
