RegEnergy Midterm Conference
Learn how to overcome challenges facing European regions in developing renewable energy partnerships.
The 20 May 2021 from 09:45 to 15:40 Brussels time
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Creating Partnerships for Renewable Energy
How to match renewable energy demand and supply within a region? How can urbanised areas meet their energy demand with renewable energy from reliable regional sources?
Participants will have an insight of the challenges faced by European stakeholders involved in the building of renewable energy partnerships, discover inspiring examples, and have the opportunity to network with European actors working for the energy transition.
EN>DE simultaneous translation will be provided.
Agenda
| 09:45 10:00 | Registration and connection tests |
| 10:00 10:45 | Welcome Tarek Al-Wazir | Hessian Minister of Economics, Energy, Transport and Housing Andreas Kress | Climate Alliance RegEnergy – what is it about? Hélène Rizzotti | Climate Alliance Birgit Haupter | INFRASTRUKTUR & UMWELT |
| 10:45 12:00 | Roundtable: Insights into the challenges of renewable energy partnerships Albert Vendrell Roca | Barcelona Provincial Council – Diputació de Barcelona (ES) Olivier Arendt | HAW Hamburg (DE) Stefan Drexlmeier | Energiewende Oberland (DE) |
| 12:00 12:15 | Coffee break |
| 12:15 13:15 | Workshop: Overcoming the barriers preventing cooperation for renewable energy Understanding and supporting regional transformation processes in Germany Jenny-Claire Keilmann | Climate Alliance (DE) Marcus Andreas | Climate Alliance (DE) Innovative contract between city and countryside – Brest métropole and the county of Central West Brittany (France) Sylvie Mingant | Brest Métropole (FR) Energy communities as drivers for regional renewable energy – examples from Belgium and Germany Tom Schaeken | Interreg Project ECCO Energy Community Cooperatives, Innovatiesteunpunt (BE) |
| 13:15 14:15 | Lunch break |
| 14:15 15:40 | Poster Slam & Networking Room 1: A regions network for 100% renewable energies by 2030 Edgar Bazing | Climate Alliance (DE) Room 2: The county of Central West Brittany – Brest Métropole: a win-win partnership for renewable energies Sylvie Mingant | Brest Métropole (FR) Room 3: The role of a neighbourhood battery in a smart district Marc Vermeeren | Flux50 (BE) Room 4: Private wire options for renewable energy projects Dan Turner | Plymouth City Council and Plymouth Energy Community (UK) Room 5: Creating a biogas network Yorick Schigt | Waterstromen (NE) Room 6: Creating and enhancing community partnership – The experience of 3cea Paddy Phelan | 3cea (IE) Room 7: Photovoltaic & electric mobility – Synergies at industrial sites Geoffrey Orlando | PLANAIR (CH) Room 8: Regulatory environment for energy communities in Ireland Sean Lyons | Waterford Institute for Technology (UK) Room 9: Ormonde Upgrading Limited (IE) |
| 15:40 | Closing |
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