Renewable Energy Policy Workshop

30 January 2008, Brussels - Charlemagne Building S3

Co-organised by the European Commission, Directorate-General Energy & Transport, Regulatory policy & Promotion of renewable energy unit D.1 (DG-TREN) and the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC)

The workshop was the first occasion to discuss the draft Renewable Energy Framework Directive and gathered more than 600 policy makers at the local, national and European level, i.e. decision makers from the different EU institutions, national governments and local administrations; Renewable Energy market players and other relevant stakeholders (environmental NGOs, consumers groups etc.).

Video Recordings

Click here for the video recordings of the Workshop.

Power Point Presentations

Opening Session:

Presentation by Amb. William C. Ramsay

Roundtable 1: Renewable Energies in the Heating & Cooling Sector

Mr. Heinz Kopetz, President European Biomass Association
Mr. Raffaele Piria, European Solar Thermal Industry Federation
Ms. Fiona Riddoch, Managing Director COGEN
Mr. Burkhard Sanner, European Geothermal Energy Council
Ms. Frauke Thies, EU Renewable Energy Policy Manager Greenpeace

Roundtable 2: Renewable Energies in the Electricity Sector

Mr. Hartmuth Fenn, Head of Logistics, Vattenfall Trading
Mr. Carlos Gasco Travesedo, Iberdrola Renewable Energies
Mr. Winfried Hoffmann, President European Photovoltaic Industry Association
Mr. Christian Kjaer, CEO European Wind Energy Association
Mr. José Alfonso Nebrera, European Solar Thermal Electricity Association
Prof. Bernhard Pelikan, President European Small Hydropower Association
Mr. Hans Christian Sørensen, European Ocean Energy Association

Roundtable 3: Renewable Energies in the Biofuels Sector

Mr. Anders Röj, Manager Fuels and Lubricants, Volvo Technology Corporation
Mr. Robert Vierhout, Secretary General European Bioethanol Fuel Association