1. Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union
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Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union
Austrian Presidency Team - Energy

2. Energy team Michael LOSCH Benedikt ENNSER Andrea STEINMETZ
Director General for Energy and Mining
Benedikt ENNSER
Chair EMD
Andrea STEINMETZ
Chair ACER
Stefan DOMNANOVITS
Chair Risk-Preparedness
Michael STEURER
Energy Attaché
Chair Gas, International Energy Affairs
Christoph ALTMANN
EMD
Lena GATTRINGER
EMD
Ulrike GIERA
ACER
Klaus JENNY
Risk-Preparedness
Katrin FORGÓ
General Coordination

3. Brigitte LEHNER-EISEN
Energy team
Jürgen STREITNER
Governance
Sarah NEUMANN
Governance
Florian MARKO
Governance
Heidelinde ADENSAM
EED
Brigitte LEHNER-EISEN
EED
Thomas DEUTS
EED
Michael FUCHS
RED
Stefan DÜR
RED

4. Energy team Further contacts: Eva JUNGMEIR Stefan KATZMANN
Council Preparation
Stefan KATZMANN
General Coordination
Maria PFEFFER
General Coordination
Elina SCHUSTER
Permanent Representation
Further contacts:
Barbara POSCH
COREPER Supervision
Jochen PENKER
International Energy Affairs

5. Work Programme of the Austrian Presidency - Energy
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Work Programme of the Austrian Presidency - Energy

6. Priorities Clean Energy Package Innovative Energy Technologies
International Energy
Hub

7. Clean Energy Package
We aim at finalizing the remaining legislative files building on the valuable work of our trio partners Estonia and Bulgaria.
17-18/09/2018: High-Level Energy Conference “Charge for Change”, Linz
Informal Meeting of Energy Ministers, Linz
18-20/09/2018: Energy Working Party Trip, Pamhagen
19/12/2018: TTE Energy Council, Brussels

8. Innovative Energy Technologies (1)
We plan to put a focus on renewable hydrogen, storage technologies and the role of the energy intensive industry – innovation is key to implementing the Energy Union.
17-18/09/2018: High-Level Energy Conference “Charge for Change”, Linz
Informal Meeting of Energy Ministers, Linz
 Launch of the “Linz Hydrogen Initiative”

9. Innovative Energy Technologies (2)
20-21/11/2018: SET Plan Conference, Vienna
Smart and Resilient Cities and Buildings
Sustainable Energy Systems (Renewables and Storage)
Energy Efficiency in Industry
Joint Projects for achieving the EU-2030 targets
 Achievements of the SET Plan and Outlook
The new European financing platform for renewables:
Follow-up to the discussion at our pre-presidency High-Level Workshop “Accelerating European Renewable Energy Financing” on 27/04/2018, Vienna

10. International Energy Hub
We seek to stimulate dialogue across national and institutional borders. Hosting several international organisations such as UNIDO or the Energy Community in Vienna, we want to foster active cooperation in order to strengthen energy relations of the EU and its Member States.
14-15/11/2018: Directors’ General meeting “Energy Security in the Era of Decarbonisation”, Vienna – together with representatives of international energy organisations

11. Thank you for your attention!
Federal Ministry
for Sustainability and Tourism