During this meeting, ISGAN’s cooperation with several other initiatives, IEA TCPs, and key organizations acting in the field of smart grids was discussed. ISGAN aims to enhance the cooperation with the most relevant initiatives and organizations and to bring them to the Working Group level in order to facilitate effective collaboration and knowledge sharing activities such that it is mutually beneficial and relevant for all stakeholders.
The second day was fully dedicated to the ISGAN Working groups. ISGAN took the opportunity of the request for extension for the next five-year period to perform a strategy process. As a result of this, a new Working Group dedicated to the dissemination and communication of ISGAN results was created. The first Programme of Work of this working group was discussed. The other 5 Working groups of ISGAN presented their Programmes of Work for the year 2022.
On the third day, ISGAN welcomed Irmgard Herold from Mission Innovation and Dr. Reiji Kumar Pilai from the Global Smart Energy Federation. Both presented recent developments and plans in their organizations and possible interactions as well as the Letters of Intent with both organizations were discussed.
Finally, the meeting participants acknowledged the high level of commitment and excellent work that Maarten Noeninckx has done for ISGAN. Maarten is leaving his roles in ISGAN as Vice-Chair and delegate for Belgium. The work he has done over the years as head of the Budget Review Group was also recognized.
The ExCo Meeting was followed by a side event organized by the Working Group on Flexibility Markets where Energy Systems Catapult presented their findings from the Energy Digitalisation Taskforce.
