Breakthrough Energy Catalyst Foundation

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Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

100,000€ - 199,999€

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100,000€ - 199,999€

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Bilateral meetings with the DGs research, energy, move, industry, and climate staff, and respective cabinets, on issues related to research and innovation, with a particular focus on climate and energy-related innovation support programs, and Green Deal policy files.

Attendance of meetings and conferences (such as European Industry Days, Research and Innovation Days)

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The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.

1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.

• Date	03 Jul 2024	Location	Brussels, Belgium
  Subject	The meeting has been introduced by the Renewable Hydrogen Coalition and focused of the state of play of the current renewable hydrogen market.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
  Attending	Aleksandra Baranska (Cabinet member) Adam Romanowski (Cabinet member) Dino Toljan (Cabinet member) Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President)
  Other Lobbyists	TOPSOE A/S Green Hydrogen Systems Energias de Portugal Nel Hydrogen

• Date	21 Mar 2024	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Exchange on carbon capture and storage solutions and possible impact of ETS directive on these developments
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
  Attending	Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Dioxycle

• Date	22 Feb 2024	Location	Brussels, Belgium
  Subject	Energy market
  DG	Energy
  Attending	Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
  Other Lobbyists	ecop Technologies GmbH

• Date	22 Feb 2024	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Clean Transition Dialogue on Clean Technologies
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
  Attending	Sid-ahmed Kamil Talbi (Cabinet member) Renáta Goldírová (Cabinet member) Juraj Nociar (Cabinet member) Adam Romanowski (Cabinet member) Aleksandra Baranska (Cabinet member) Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President)
  Other Lobbyists	Vestas Wind Systems A/S Atlantic SFDT Fastned BV ENGIE Skeleton Technologies OÜ BUSINESSEUROPE

• Date	07 Nov 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Physical meeting - Green transition and competitiveness
  DG	Taxation and Customs Union
  Attending	Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General)

• Date	25 Oct 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Transition of the Ukrainian energy system
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
  Portfolio	Energy Union
  Attending	Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President) Adam Romanowski (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Becker Büttner Held PartGmbB

• Date	25 Oct 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Transition of the Ukrainian energy system
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
  Portfolio	Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight
  Attending	Adam Romanowski (Cabinet member) Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President)
  Other Lobbyists	Institut für Klimaschutz, Energie und Mobilität

• Date	20 Oct 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Preparation of the upcoming Wind Energy package
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson
  Portfolio	Energy
  Attending	Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member) Barbara GLOWACKA (Cabinet member)

• Date	18 Oct 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Transatlantic, research and innovation
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Iliana Ivanova
  Portfolio	Innovation and Youth
  Attending	Markus Schulte (Cabinet member)

• Date	12 Sep 2023	Location	Brussels, Belgium
  Subject	Exchange of information
  DG	Environment
  Attending	Florika Fink-Hooijer (Director-General)

• Date	08 Sep 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	EU competitiveness
  Cabinet	Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
  Portfolio	President
  Attending	Florentine Hopmeier (Cabinet member)

• Date	05 Sep 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Meeting with the Energy Resilience Leadership Group (ERLG) CEO Council meeting on European wind manufacturing.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson
  Portfolio	Energy
  Attending	Kadri Simson (Commissioner) Ruud Kempener (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Siemens Energy AG

• Date	05 Sep 2023	Location	Brussels, Belgium
  Subject	Energy transition
  DG	Energy
  Attending	Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)

• Date	11 Jul 2023	Location	video-call
  Subject	Hydrogen bank and auction platform as a service
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)

• Date	09 Jun 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Global Gateway
  DG	Directorate-General for International Partnerships
  Attending	Koen Doens (Director-General)

• Date	27 Apr 2023	Location	Brussels, Belgium
  Subject	EU-Catalyst partnership
  DG	Research and Innovation
  Attending	Marc Lemaître (Director-General)

• Date	26 Apr 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	providing updates to the expanded Catalyst program; EU-Catalyst specific discussion
  DG	Climate Action
  Attending	Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General)

• Date	03 Apr 2023	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Discussion on how to strengthen the EU-US cooperation to increase the deployment of renewables.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson
  Portfolio	Energy
  Attending	Kadri Simson (Commissioner) Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member) Barbara GLOWACKA (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Air Products WindEurope smartEn Smart Energy Europe

• Date	15 Mar 2023	Location	Teams meeting
  Subject	Mr Mike Boots, Executive Vice President gave a strategic overview of Catalyst and how it fits into the wider Breakthrough Energy Agenda
  DG	Research and Innovation
  Attending	Marc Lemaître (Director-General)

• Date	13 Mar 2023	Location	Brussels (VC)
  Subject	updates to share
  DG	Climate Action
  Attending	Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General)

• Date	07 Mar 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Net-Zero industry Act + presentation of the company
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager
  Portfolio	Europe Fit for Digital Age
  Attending	Stina Soewarta (Cabinet member) Christiane Canenbley (Cabinet member)

• Date	02 Feb 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Hydrogen bank proposal and the Green Deal Industrial Plan
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
  Other Lobbyists	IBERDROLA

• Date	20 Dec 2022	Location	Brussels
  Subject	EU funding for the energy transition over 2021-27
  DG	Regional and Urban Policy
  Attending	Marc Lemaître (Director-General)

• Date	30 Nov 2022	Location	video-call
  Subject	How to work on green tech cooperation between the EU and the US
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Anthony Agotha (Cabinet member) Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)

• Date	04 Nov 2022	Location	video-call
  Subject	Transatlantic cooperation on clean tech
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Anthony Agotha (Cabinet member) Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)

• Date	25 Oct 2022	Location	Brussels
  Subject	The green transition and the role of technology
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
  Other Lobbyists	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

• Date	25 Oct 2022	Location	BERL
  Subject	EU Catalyst Partnership, Energy transition and cleantech, EU-US Cooperation
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
  Portfolio	An Economy that Works for People
  Attending	Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President)
  Other Lobbyists	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

• Date	04 Jul 2022	Location	videoconference
  Subject	Discussion about REPowerEU in the context of developing the next generation of clean technologies.
  DG	Energy
  Attending	Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)

• Date	22 Jun 2022	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Update on the Catalyst-EU partnership and cover other topics such as the REPowerEU action plan
  Cabinet	Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
  Portfolio	President
  Attending	Kurt Vandenberghe (Cabinet member)

• Date	15 Jun 2022	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Stocktaking on relationships
  DG	Research and Innovation
  Attending	Jean-Eric Paquet (Director-General)

• Date	24 May 2022	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Electricity Market Design and recent studies
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)

• Date	19 May 2022	Location	Virtual
  Subject	Storage technologies, both for R&D and the roll out of more mature technology options
  DG	Research and Innovation
  Attending	Jean-Eric Paquet (Director-General)

• Date	28 Apr 2022	Location	Video-conference
  Subject	EU’s security of energy supply
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member) Sarah Nelen (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	EPIA SolarPower Europe European Association for Storage of Energy

• Date	10 Mar 2022	Location	Brussels
  Subject	State of play Breakthrough Energy Catalyst
  Cabinet	Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
  Portfolio	President
  Attending	Florentine Hopmeier (Cabinet member)

• Date	09 Mar 2022	Location	Brussels
  Subject	EU Breakthrough Energy Catalyst
  DG	Climate Action
  Attending	Mauro Raffaele Petriccione (Director-General)

• Date	16 Dec 2021	Location	virtual
  Subject	Global Arrangement on Sustainable Steel and Aluminium
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
  Portfolio	An Economy that Works for People
  Attending	Elina Melngaile (Cabinet member)

• Date	22 Sep 2021	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Collaboration between Breakthrough Energy and the EC
  DG	Research and Innovation
  Attending	Jean-Eric Paquet (Director-General)

• Date	19 Jul 2021	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Vaccine production, Europe’s industrial agenda and collaboration on the Breakthrough Energy Catalyst
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
  Portfolio	Internal Market
  Attending	Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet member) Thierry Breton (Commissioner) Lucia Caudet (Cabinet member) Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet member)

• Date	19 Jul 2021	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Green transition, renewable energy
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)

• Date	29 Jun 2021	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	"Hydrogen Coffee" discussion on decarbonisation of maritime shipping through hydrogen
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson
  Portfolio	Energy
  Attending	Tatiana Marquez Uriarte (Cabinet member) Kadri Simson (Commissioner) Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Lloyd's Register

• Date	28 May 2021	Location	Online
  Subject	"Hydrogen coffee" meeting on transporting hydrogen by sea, including the role of ports play within the hydrogen ecosystem and the international trade of Europe.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson
  Portfolio	Energy
  Attending	Kadri Simson (Commissioner) Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Havenbedrijf Rotterdam NV

• Date	06 May 2021	Location	Online
  Subject	"Hydrogen Coffee" discussion on the international cooperation angle of the European Hydrogen strategy. More precisely on the EU-US cooperation and US future plans/ambitions regarding hydrogen.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson
  Portfolio	Energy
  Attending	Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member) Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
  Other Lobbyists	Hydrogen Europe

• Date	27 Apr 2021	Location	Brussels (VC)
  Subject	Catalyst programme
  Cabinet	Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
  Portfolio	President
  Attending	Kurt Vandenberghe (Cabinet member)

• Date	16 Apr 2021	Location	Brussels (Webex)
  Subject	Catalyst programme
  Cabinet	Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
  Portfolio	President
  Attending	Kurt Vandenberghe (Cabinet member)

• Date	12 Apr 2021	Location	Brussels - video conference
  Subject	EU-US greentech alliance
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)

• Date	26 Mar 2021	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Discussion about the EP own-initiative report on the EU Hydrogen Strategy
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson
  Portfolio	Energy
  Attending	Kadri Simson (Commissioner) Kitti Nyitrai (Cabinet member) Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Hydrogen Europe

• Date	25 Mar 2021	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Catalyst Programme
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
  Portfolio	Internal Market
  Attending	Joan Canton (Cabinet member) Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet member)

• Date	22 Mar 2021	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Industrial strategy; green transition
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
  Portfolio	Internal Market
  Attending	Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Clean Air Task Force, Inc.

• Date	10 Mar 2021	Location	Brussels (Teams)
  Subject	FU call Bill Gates - President von der Leyen
  Cabinet	Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
  Portfolio	President
  Attending	Kurt Vandenberghe (Cabinet member)

• Date	02 Mar 2021	Location	Brussels (Teams)
  Subject	Prep. call for the call between the President and Bill Gates concerning Catalyst programme
  Cabinet	Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
  Portfolio	President
  Attending	Kurt Vandenberghe (Cabinet member)

• Date	25 Feb 2021	Location	Videconference
  Subject	Discussion about the EU Hydrogen Strategy, its priorities and implementation
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson
  Portfolio	Energy
  Attending	Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member) Kadri Simson (Commissioner) Kitti Nyitrai (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Hydrogen Europe

• Date	18 Jan 2021	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Investment in innovation to support climate neutrality & the energy transition
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson
  Portfolio	Energy
  Attending	Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member) Helena Hinto (Cabinet member)

• Date	06 Nov 2020	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Discussion on the clean tech landscape in the EU, energy transition, green recovery
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson
  Portfolio	Energy
  Attending	Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member) Helena Hinto (Cabinet member)

• Date	20 Oct 2020	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Recent developments at InnoEnergy, in particular in the hydrogen sector & plans to announce European Green Hydrogen Acceleration Center
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson
  Portfolio	Energy
  Attending	Helena Hinto (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	KIC InnoEnergy SE

• Date	05 Jun 2020	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Investment and innovation in technology for clean energy
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson
  Portfolio	Energy
  Attending	Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member)