Grid Modernization: Enabling Electrification and the Transition to Renewable Energy

​The success of the clean energy transition will be determined by how decisively governments and power sector stakeholders reshape power systems to meet rising demand while ensuring reliability. As economies electrify modernizing the grid has become a strategic imperative—not only to accelerate renewable integration but also to unlock economic growth, investment, and energy access for all.

​The Iberian Peninsula blackout serves as a wakeup call to accelerate grids modernization. Advanced markets show that, when paired with the right grid and market reforms, renewables can deliver lower costs and greater resilience. Equally, these reforms create the enabling conditions for the orderly phaseout of fossil fuel generation, ensuring that retiring plants do not jeopardize system stability but rather open space for cleaner resources.

​This session brings together international stakeholders to share such lessons and practical insights for building robust, renewable-ready power systems while charting credible pathways to fossil fuel phaseouts.

​Confirmed speakers:

• ​Joojin Kim, CEO, Solutions for Our Climate (SFOC)

• ​Ramón Méndez Galain, President, REN21 (Former Energy Secretary of Uruguay)

• ​Kristina Haverkamp, Managing Director, German Energy Agency (DENA)

• ​Nadia Gullestrup Christensen, Senior External Affairs Advisor, Ørsted

• ​Muhammad Basit Ghauri, Manager Special Initatives & China Program, Renewables First

• ​Rex Amancio, Regional Lead for APAC, Global Renewables Alliance (GRA)