Competitive energy for EU industry: harnessing renewables, electrification and flexibility will be presented by Mihai Tomescu, Expert on energy and Environment, the European Environment Agency (EEA) at the upcoming CarbonZero Global Conference and Exhibition 2025 (October 15-16, Intercontinental Athenee Palace Hotel, Bucharest, Romania).
The EEA report Renewables, electrification and flexibility – for a competitive EU energy system transformation by 2030 (June, 2025) assesses opportunities and challenges to decarbonise the EU energy system, including complex energy demand from the EU industry. This keynote puts together detailed historic energy and greenhouse gas emission trends for EU economic sectors, including industry and buildings, and outlines strategies to meet key decarbonisation benchmarks for 2030 and beyond.
Mihai will join the ‘Navigating the Path to Carbon Neutrality: Policy, Standards, and Market Dynamics’ panel session.
About the Speaker
Mihai Tomescu is working on energy and climate related aspects in the European Environment Agency (EEA). Formerly, he has been a civil servant with the European Commission, where he worked on diverse topics related to climate mitigation, energy and environmental protection. In his work at the EEA, he focuses on cross-cutting climate change mitigation and energy system transformation matters, especially greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy and energy efficiency. Mihai is trained as an Economist and holds an MSc in Environmental Management and Policy from Lund University.
About EEA
The European Environment Agency (EEA) is an independent EU Agency located in Copenhagen, Denmark. By collecting, quality checking and disseminating data, the EEA works to support policies with evidence-based knowledge and to inform public and policy discussions on sustainability solutions and challenges. Please refer to this webpage for further information about the EEA: https://www.eea.europa.eu/en.
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