Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen

Utvikling av internasjonale rettslige prinsipper og kontrakts klausuler innen hydrogen.

Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen deltar med sin kollega Christian Fredrik Michelet i et globalt nettverk som utvikler internasjonale prinsipper og kontraktsstandarder for hydrogenmarkedet. De kommer direkte fra Barcelona, der de deltar i dette nettverkets globale messe. Her vil også en internasjonal standard for grønt hydrogen bli lansert. Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen vil i Industriuken informere om dette arbeidet.

Birgitte has more than 20 years of experience in the field of national and European energy, environment and climate law. After working as a lawyer for the law firm Arntzen de Besche for three years, she spent 16 years in Brussels working for the EFTA Secretariat, the European Commission and the EFTA Surveillance Authority. In the EFTA Secretariat she negotiated on behalf of Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein with the EU on all EEA relevant energy and state-aid acquis into the EEA Agreement.

As a political advisor to the Deputy Director General in DG Energy she was part of teams setting out energy policy and legislation at the highest European decision-making level. In the EFTA Surveillance Authority she was the sole responsible for energy and environment legislation ensuring the implementation according to the obligations of the EEA Agreement.

The last three years Birgitte has worked for Energy Norway as a lawyer and as a Head of its European Office in Brussels lobbying towards the EU on all energy and climate policies and at the same time coordinating positions with the other Nordic Countries.