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The National Renewable Energy Summit 2009 24-25
March 2009, Croke Park Convention Centre, Dublin
The 2020 target for renewable energy has been increased to 40 per cent as part of the government’s strategy for a 'green economy'. Taoiseach Brian Cowen said recently that the government's aim was to deliver a 'New Green Deal' that focused on energy efficiency and the investment in clean and renewable technologies. "As one of the most fossil-fuel dependent countries in the world, we must prepare for a future when the prices and volatility we have recently witnessed become the norm" - he added. Improving the environment and energy security is one
of the five 'action areas' in the plan to rejuvenate the
economy and attain sustainable growth. Despite the economic gloom,
we require now - more than ever - government intervention, legislative
support and growing investment from the business sector, in order
to have any hope at all of meeting our targets, Although climate change is a threat, it also provides for much economic opportunity. Globally, the environmental goods sector is growing strongly, with the market estimated to be heading towards $700 billion (€512 billion) by the end of 2009. Despite being late starters, Ireland's abundance of renewable energy options give us a distinct edge in profiting from - rather than being impoverished by - the challenges of climate change. Now in its second year, the National
Renewable Energy Summit will unite Ireland’s renewable
energy professionals, investors, project developers and senior executives
from across the renewable energy and technology sectors. It will
provide attendees with cutting-edge insight, as well as networking
and exchange of ideas and information opportunities,
The event will bring together all stakeholders from the energy value chain, including -
Dr Wolfgang Palz, Chairman, World Council For Renewable Energy (WCRE)
Wolfgang was an official of the EU Commission in Brussels, the executive body of the European Union, in the early 70s. From 1977-1997 he managed the development programme of Renewable Energies - it included policy development and contracting to European industry and academia of the Commission’s budget (almost $1billion over that period). The R&D programme comprised the sectors of Solar Architecture, Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Biomass and Ocean Energy. He edited the results of the EU programmes in more than 50 books for publisher Reidel/Kluwer and others. He initiated the European series of conferences on photovoltaics, biomass and wind power and these have, today, become the biggest events in Europe for these sectors. During that time he also initiated the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA), started a working group with the architects - Lord Norman Foster, Lord Richard Rogers, Renzo Piano and Thomas Herzog - to promote ‘Solar Architecture’ and started the European Solar Council (Le Club de Paris). After 1997, he was an EU Commission Counsellor for renewable energy deployment in Africa. He also advised the EU Commissioner for Energy on the EU White Paper RE issued that year. From 2000 to 2002, he was a member of an energy committee of the German Parliament, to establish an energy strategy for Germany on the time horizon 2050. Wolfgang Palz is bearer of an Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. He has been recognised as a wind energy pioneer in Britain and received the European Prizes for biomass, wind energy and photovoltaics, respectively. Folker Franz, Senior Adviser, Environmental Affairs and Energy
He represented the views of industry in the political discussions leading up to the adoption of the landmark EU Climate and Energy Package in December 2008 - including the Renewable Energy Directive and the Directive reviewing the EU Emission Trading Scheme. He is the author of BUSINESSEUROPE publications - ‘Energy Efficiency - Reconciling Growth and Climate Protection’ (2007) and ‘Combating Climate Change - Four Key Principles for a Successful International Agreement’ (2008). Folker is a trained economist and holds a Master in International Economics from the Université Paris-Dauphine. Prior to BUSINESSEUROPE, he worked as a business consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Berlin. A German national, he now enjoys living in Brussels, despite the low quantities of solar energy the Belgian weather usually has to offer. Katrina Polaski, Head of Renewable Energy, Sustainable Energy Ireland
Katrina has represented SEI on a number of international and interdepartmental policy and advisory groups in the areas of renewable energy, ocean energy and climate change. Gerry Wardell, Director, Codema
Gerry’s interest in the global challenge of climate change dates from his time spent as chair of a global thinking reflection group in Brussels which was set up by the European Commission, for local actions on energy. More recently, he chaired the group at the Institute of International and European Affairs that developed scenarios for the social and economic consequences of climate change, published in the report - ‘Ireland’s Climate Change Challenge’. Lawrence D Staudt
During the 1990s he worked with ESB on power station engineering projects - nationally and internationally - and as a shift engineer in the National Control Centre. During this time he was a vice president of the European Wind Energy Association and chairman of the Irish Renewable Energy Council (IREC). He currently runs the Centre for Renewable Energy in Dundalk IT (www.credit.ie), is a council member of the Irish Wind Energy Association, a chartered engineer and a member of the Engineers Ireland Energy and Environment Committee. He has written chapters in wind energy for two engineering text books. He also lectures Wind Energy 1, Wind Energy 2 and Grid Integration of Renewables as part of the MSc in Renewable Energy Systems programme.
He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. The second most prolific Dutch economist, he has 98 publications in learned and other journals. An economist and statistician, he is interested in climate change, natural disasters, marine resources, tourism, land use and water management. Richard is an editor of Energy Economics. He has played an active role in international bodies - such as the Stanford Energy Modeling Forum, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the European Forum on Integrated Environmental Assessment. Brian Britton, Managing Director, Oriel Windfarm Limited
Brian has managed this €900 million project from its inception - including raising investment capital and managing the regulatory approval process. He is a founder and Secretary of the National Offshore Wind Energy Association of Ireland (NOW Ireland). Brian is Managing Director of Britton Consultants, the Dundalk-based private equity consultancy - and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a former Finance Director of Goodman International.
PROGRAMME
8:00 Coffee & registration 8.45 Chairperson’s opening
remarks 8.50 OPENING MINISTERIAL
ADDRESS
9:10 INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE ADDRESS 10:10 Ireland’s Climate Change Challenge
11:40 Legal challenges in windfarm development
12:10 How the Regulator is Responding
on Renewables
2:00 Managing the transition to a low
carbon economy
2:30 A Financier's Perspective on Renewable
Energy Projects
2:55 Smart Cities
3:30 How to develop a renewable business
There are opportunities to overcome these challenges through innovation and transformation to a sustainable society. The government vision
‘Building the Smart Economy’ provides a basis for investment
in a sustainable economy. Evolving technologies and applications
4:15 PANEL DISCUSSION: The Acceleration of Bioenergy in Ireland
DAY 2 - Wednesday March 25th 2009 8:00 Registration and light breakfast 8:45 Welcome from Morning Chair 8.50 INTERNATIONAL OPENING
ADDRESS
9:20 Ireland’s Grid Development
Strategy
9:45 Global Challenges - Local Solutions
9:50 The Implications of The Greater Dublin
Strategic Drainage Study
10:15 Q&A;
10:50 10:50 The impact of technological
levers on creating sustainability 11:15 The challenges of the renewability
agenda 11:45 Microgeneration: It’s potential
for Ireland
12:15 Solar Potential
2:00 The Nuclear Option 2:45 Wood fuel - a key renewable energy
feedstock
3.55 Offshore Wind Energy - Bringing Capacity
to the Renewable Sector
4:15 PANEL DISCUSSION: Ireland’s Energy Future
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Director on 087 9191 292 or -
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