News & Events: EIC Events drive growth, investment and collaboration

A key part of EIC’s work is to represent our members. We help them navigate markets and opportunities while giving them early access to market data.

We then use what we hear from our members to advocate for stronger policy interventions to seed the supply chain and help it take root and grow. This is why the end of 2025 was such a busy time for our events teams across Europe and the UK.

Our series of Connect events – held across the globe, from the Americas to Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific – work best when they stay grounded in real projects and honest discussion, and that is exactly what we deliver.

In November, the UK team was excited to revive the Connect Britain & Ireland event with a one-day programme in Manchester, reintroducing the ‘Meet-the-Buyer’ sessions and providing project insights across hydrogen, wind, carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), nuclear, sustainable aviation fuel and more.

The day did not disappoint with plenty of networking, industry insights through panel sessions and an informative discussion with government colleagues. If you are interested in learning more, please listen to our podcast episode ‘EIC Connect: Why are UK’s Energy Projects Moving to the Right?’, which was recorded at the event.

This was followed by our first EIC Connect Germany event, hosted at the British Embassy in Berlin. With more than 459 tracked projects and an estimated US$313bn of potential spend across hydrogen, renewables, CCUS, gas, grids and nuclear decommissioning, Germany is at the centre of Europe’s energy future.

For two days, attendees heard from operators, developers, system operators, financiers, government officials and trade bodies. Speakers set out where they see growth, what keeps them awake at night, and what is needed for the supply chain to expand into new markets and diversify and grow their businesses.

This was a great event that helped to strengthen our member base in Germany and showed the value of cross-country learnings and how we can drive forward with our 5 Golden Rules.

Bankable Energies

We are looking ahead to our second Bankable Energies event in London in March. Bankable Energies 2026 will once again convene the global investment community, leading project developers and key policymakers to tackle one of the energy sector’s most pressing challenges: unlocking capital to drive clean and low-carbon projects forward.

Despite the urgent need to meet net zero targets, companies and nations continue to face significant hurdles, with project delays, constrained financing and policy uncertainty remaining persistent barriers. As these pressures grow, the industry must work collectively to reshape financing frameworks, strengthen project confidence and accelerate deployment at scale.

Bankable Energies 2026 will explore practical solutions to these challenges, with the agenda including: ‘How to unlock investment for future energy projects’; ‘The policy and regulatory clarity needed to accelerate new initiatives’; and ‘Strategies to manage and mitigate risk across a rapidly evolving market’.

We are also delighted to announce Close Brothers as our Investment Partner for 2026, supporting our mission to bring clarity, confidence and collaboration to project finance.

Upcoming events

Bankable Energies 2026 17 March 2026 London, UK
the-eic.com/Events/BankableEnergies

Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) 2026 4-7 May 2026 Houston, US
the-eic.com/Events/Exhibitions/OffshoreTechnologyConference2026

Energy 360 Summit 6-7 May 2026 London, UK
the-eic.com/Events/Energy360Summit

Oman Petroleum & Energy Show (OPES) 18-20 May 2026 Muscat, Oman
the-eic.com/Events/Exhibitions/OPES2026

Beijing Energy Congress 2027 3-15 January 2027 Beijing, China
the-eic.com/Events/Exhibitions/BeijingEnergyCongress2026%7CEIC

Latest reports

EIC Insight Report: Africa Hydrogen

EIC Insight Report: South America Hydrogen

EIC Insight Report: Bankable Energies

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By Mahmoud Habboush, Communications Adviser and Rebecca Groundwater, Global Head of External Affairs, EIC London