Billionaire Elon Musk is coming to the ONS convention in Stavanger later this 12 months.

The House X and Tesla founder and CEO will set the stage for a “distinctive and extremely actualised vitality convention”.

The enterprise magnate final visited the Offshore Northern Seas (ONS) convention in 2014, a mainstay of the oil and fuel sector’s occasions calendar.

He lately made headlines within the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, tweeting: “Hate to say it, however we have to improve oil & fuel output instantly.”

That evoked a response from Iman Hill, govt director of the Worldwide Affiliation of Oil and Gasoline Producers (IOGP), who stated “all arms are to the pump” to ship oil and fuel produced with a small carbon footprint.

Musk additionally known as for Europe to restart dormant nuclear reactors to ease its vitality woes.

Currently, the entrepreneur’s efforts with the Starlink satellite tv for pc system in Ukraine have helped convey communication, vitality safety and know-how to the highest of the worldwide agenda.

Visiting the convention in 2014, he stated: “The world might be powered many instances over when you had sufficient battery capability to pair with it. Many instances over.

“The quantity of vitality reaching the earth from the solar is large.”

Batteries, photo voltaic vitality and different low carbon and renewable vitality sources will likely be offered at ONS 2022, in addition to broader efforts to scale back dependence on Russian fuel.

Round 70,000 guests and 1,200 exhibitors are anticipated for the convention, which takes place August 29 – September 1 in Stavanger.