Energyforum
Renewable Energy Summit
3-4 October 2007, Stockholm, Sweden
DAY 1: Wednesday, 3 October
9.00 – 9.30 Registration and coffee
9.30-9.40 Chairman Claes Hedenström, Manager Regulatory Affairs, Vattenfall, opens the conference
9.40-10.20 National support systems for renewable electricity
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Feed-in Tariffs
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Quota systems based on tradable green certificates
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Tendering systems
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Tax incentives
Mario Ragwitz , Senior Scientist, Fraunhofer Institute Systems and Innovation Research
10.20-11.00 Internal market for renewable energy: a stepwise approach
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The internal market already exists
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A standardised Guarantee of Origin as backbone of the internal market
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Import of the Guarantee of Origin Accountable for targets 2020
Stefan Zisler, Board member RECS International
11.00-11.30 Coffee, tea and networking
11.30-12.10 The need for standard certificate systems
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Energy source disclosure: requirements
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European legislative framework: challenges
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The European Energy Certificate System: solutions
Phil Moody, Secretary General of the Association of Issuing Bodies
12.10-12.40 Green certificates in Flanders
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The system of GC and guarantees of origin
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The Flemish experience so far
Karolien Verhaegen , Technisch toezichthouder, Flemish Regulation Entity for the Electricity and Gas market (VREG)
12.40-14.10 Lunch
14.10-14.40 Can the Swedish elcert scheme contribute to the internal market development for renewables?
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Experiences of the Swedish elcert scheme
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How could national support schemes for renewables in
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Europe be developed in line with the Internal Market?
Claes Hedenström, Manager Regulatory Affairs, VATTENFALL
14.40-15.10 United Kingdom - the ROC market
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Experiences from the UK
Fiona Santokie, Head of Renewables Markets Europe, Natsource Europe
15.10-15.50 Tracking of renewable energy in the electricity market
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Which certification schemes for renewable electricity exist?
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Requirements for coordination of these schemes
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A proposal for a European Tracking Standard for electricity
Christof Timpe , Coordinator Energy and Climate Division,
Oeko-Institute e.
15.50-16.20 Coffee and afternoon tea
16.20-17.00 Future of the EU regulations
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Progress of the Renewables Directive and pending matters
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The European Research Actions for the Integration of Renewable Energy Sources and Distributed Energy Resources. Integrating Europe’s RES-E (new, old, east-west)
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Future Policy Changes affecting the Commercial Environment – Towards a Harmonisation of the Rules
Karina Veum, EU Commission, DG TREN
17.00-17.40 EU policy framework and market development for renewable energy sources
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EU policy framework
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Market development for wind, hydro, biomass, solar, PV, geothermal EU & worldwide
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Future scenarios & outlook
Oliver Schäfer, Policy Director, European Renewable Energy Council (EREC)
17.40-17.50 Short Break
17.50-18.30 Large-scale RES-E Grid Integration in Europe
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The relevance of unbundling for RES-E grid integration
Grid-related measures and costs for RES-E grid integration -
Extra system operation costs caused by large-scale intermittent wind generation
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Modelling different cost allocation policies of grid-related and system-related costs of large-scale RES-E grid integration based on the simulation software GreenNet-Europe
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Policy recommendations
Hans Auer , EEG, Vienna University of Technology
18.30 Cocktail and conference dinner
DAY 2: Thursday 4 October
8.30-9.00 The changing structure of the wind and renewable industry
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Renewable’s potential in the 2020 horizon
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The role of utilities
Carlos Gascó Travesedo, Head of the Prospective Unit, Iberdrola Renewable Energies
9.00-9.30 Vattenfall's Renewables Strategies
Daniel Johansson, Key Issue Manager Policy Instruments, Vattenfall
9.30-10.00 WPD’s strategies
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Planning wind projects
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The future
Charlotte Berg , Managing Director, WPD Scandinavia AB
10.00-10.30 Renewable and sustainable fuel supply
Karin Törnblom, Manager Energy Supply and Trading, AB Fortum Värme
10.30-11.00 Verena Holzer, E.ON
11.00-11.30 Coffee, tea and networking
11.30-12.10 Strengthening the European Network to support integration of renewable energy
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New technologies for affordable underground transmission
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Building an off shore grid
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A vision for a renewable Europe from a grid perspective
Bo Normark, Senior Vice President, ABB Grid Systems
12.10-12.50 Enabling investments in Renewable Energy for retail and institutional investors
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Creating customized benchmark indices
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Providing easy and transparent access to the benchmark index
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Key products
Niklas Åkerfelt, Director, Head of Nordic Distribution, ABN AMRO Markets
12.50-13.50 Lunch
13.50-14.30 Financing renewables, the Banker's view
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Sources of financing
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Key issues and risk analysis
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Project financing, structures and pre-requisites
Jean-Francois Tapprest , Head of Energy Industry at Nordea Bank and former Global Head of Project Finance
14.30-15.00 Renewable energy market realities – What is actually being traded?
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Overview of the renewable energy markets in Europe
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But which of these markets are actually being actively traded?
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Market barriers
Fiona Santokie , Head of Renewables Markets Europe, Natsource Europe
15.00-15.40 Chairman’s conclusion and closing of conference
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