Lecture
Event on: 13.04.2026
Time: 13:00 - 17:30
Speaker: Rechtsanwalt Tobias Ross, Attorney at law Judith Affeldt
Location: NOZ Media Centre, Breiter Gang 10-16, 49074 Osnabrück, Germany
Organiser: HASEWIND
Content of the event
The grid connection of wind, solar and storage systems is increasingly becoming a bottleneck in the energy transition. Non-transparent procedures, long waiting times and legislative changes planned for 2026 that are already the subject of much discussion are causing uncertainty on all sides:
With the leaked „grid package“, the EEG amendment and the Federal Network Agency's AgNes process, important reforms in energy law are on the horizon that will change the rules of the game for project developers, investors and grid operators.
As usual, the Hasewind Expert Forum 2026 in cooperation with DombertRechtsanwälte will shed light on these developments from several perspectives. Starting with a legal and energy industry overview of the current reform plans and their potential impact on grid access and market conditions, the second part will focus on how to deal with the current situation:
Which paths lead to a faster grid connection here and now? Which legal instruments can help to overcome bottlenecks and find suitable solutions for specific local connections? And what exactly are flexible grid connection agreements? Answers can be found in the forum:
The brains behind the event.
Tobias Ross is Rechtsanwalt and partner in charge of Dombert's Düsseldorf office and specialises in energy and infrastructure law. He advises project developers in the field of renewable energies on all regulatory challenges in energy law as well as in environmental and planning law.
Judith Affeldt is a lawyer and advises operators of wind and solar plants as well as battery storage systems on all regulatory issues relating to environmental, planning and energy law from her office at Potsdam, with a particular focus on the grid connection of renewable energy plants.