Uroš Salobir has been working at the Slovenian transmission system operator ELES for over 20 years. He has worked on management and coordination in power system operations, electricity markets, infrastructure projects, and technical information systems during this period. He pioneered ELES’s strategic innovation activities and was responsible for implementing some of the most challenging innovation projects in ELES’s history. In 2017, he helped establish the Strategic Innovation Department he is currently leading. In addition, he and his team recently launched the first cross-sector partnerships and projects with the mobility, clean gases, and heating and cooling sectors. He holds prominent positions in CIGRE, EGVIAfor2ZERO and ETIP SNET.

Current opportunities for the power industry in the transition to a carbon-free society

Uroš Salobir (ENTSO-E RDIC, 2zero, ELES) and Frederic Simon (EURACTIV) discuss the current opportunities for the power industry in the transition to a carbon-free society.
Join us for a debate with Uroš Salobir, the Director of the Strategic Innovation Department at ELES, Research, Development & Innovation Committee Chair at ENTSO-E and EGVIAfor2zero Vice-chairman. Frédéric Simon and Uroš Salobir will discuss the opportunities and the most pressing challenges of the power industry in transitioning to a carbon-free society. Among others, they will discuss enormous investment challenges, renewable energy integration, flexibility, curtailment, and cross-sector integration.