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Brussels 26 June 2013
Big Energy : Small Energy ? The role of cooperation for the EU’s energy transition An event organized in the framework of the European Sustainable Energy Week
Venue European Commission, Charlemagne Building (rue de la Loi 170, 1000 Brussels), Room Jenkins
Registration Registration to the event is free of charge. You can register on the EUSEW website. For more information, please email [email protected]
Working languages English, French, German DRAFT Programme 8:30 – 9.00 Welcome coffee and reception of participants
9.00 – 9.05 Welcome words, objectives and key issues for the meeting Andreas Wieg, DGRV-German Cooperative & Raiffeisen Association, Germany
Panel 1 – Overcoming key challenges for introducing renewable energy 9.05 – 09.40 Small steps, giant leaps: the cooperative way of achieving the EU energy
transition Erik Christiansen, Middelgrunden, Denmark Dirk Vansintjan, Ecopower, Belgium Tanja Gaudian, Elektrizitätswerke Schönau, Germany
9.40 – 10.15 Discussion Social acceptance problem for renewable energy sources Link between Renewable energy and energy efficiency gains
Panel 2 – Local and regional renewable energy partnerships
10.15 – 10.45 Building critical mass through local and regional renewable energy initiatives Wilfried Roos, Mayor of Saerbeck City, Germany Claude Lenglet, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Arnaud Pinxteren, MP Brussels Parliament, Belgium
10.45 – 11.15 Coffee break
11.15 – 11.45 Discussion Joint financing of renewable energy projects Cooperation between community-owned energy and local/regional authorities
Panel Session 3 – Challenges of EU Energy Regulation 11.45– 12.15 Energy liberalization and the move towards renewable energy sources -
What is at stake and who is moving? Claude Turmes, MEP, The Greens-EFA, European Parliament Adam Szolyak, Internal market III, DG Energy, European Commission Anna Leidreiter, World Future Council
12.15 – 12.45 Discussion Effect of EU policy on local/regional (renewable) energy initiatives Achieving the energy transition together Learning from the EU’s liberalization approaches
12.45 – 13.00 Conclusion and wrap-up
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
Moderators: Klaus Niederländer, Director, Cooperatives Europe David de Jager, Managing Consultant Renewable Energy, Ecofys
Updated on 25/06/13