IN THE MORNING
Introduction
Dirk VANSINTJAN – President of the European federation for renewable energy cooperatives, REScoop.eu
(English)
Importance for society and opportunities for local actors
Gérard MAGNIN – Founder Energy Cities, former member of the Board of Directors of EDF, President of the cooperative JURASCIC
(French)
Technological & economic status: a scenario of 100% renewable energy
Henrik LUND – Professor, M.Sc.Eng., Ph.D., Dr.Techn. Department of Development and Planning
(English)
Spatial planning and German examples of local added value
Dr. Peter HECK – Professor and responsible for the environmental department of IFAS, the Institute for Applied Research on Renewable Energy, Trier
(German)
Renewable energy as an answer to climate change and its impact on biodiversity
Thierry HANCE– Professor at the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) and Director of the biodiversity department of the LIFE AND EARTH INSTITUTE of KUL
(French)
WORKSHOP 1
Wind turbins and their impact on avifauna
State of the population and distribution of the Red Kite in Belgium
Jean-Yves PAQUET – Director of the Aves – Natagora studies department, Belgium
(French)
The impact of Wind turbines on raptors
Oliver KOHLE – CEO of Kohle Nusbaumer SA, specialized in the renewables and environmental protection sector, Switzerland
(French)
WORKSHOP 2
100 % renewable energy in Belgium by 2050
100 % renewable energy in Belgium by 2050
Yves MARENNE – Scientific director at ICEDD, the advisory institute for studies on sustainable development.
Jan DUERINCK – Researcher at VITO, the Flemish Institute for Research and Technology and the programme “Energyville” in collaboration with the Catholic University of Leuven, KUL
(English)
WORKSHOP 3
The energy transition in Germany : a starting point for energy democracy
The energy transition in Germany : a starting point for energy democracy
Craig MORRIS – Independent journalist and responsible for the website energytransition.de, Co-author of the book « Energy Democracy » (Sept. 2016).
(English)
WORKSHOP 4
Collaborations between cooperatives and municipalities : Best practices and outline of REScoop MECISE
Together for a sustainable Asse
Yoeri VASTERAVENDTS – Elderman of the municipality of Asse (Belgium)
(English)
Collaboration between Municipalities and Ecopower
Karel DERVEAUX – Project Manager at Ecopower and coordinator of the Horizon 2020 project REScoop MECISE.
(English)
Collaboration between Municipalities and Courant d’Air
Mario HEUKEMES – President of the cooperative COURANT d’AIR – Presentation of local projects in collaboration with municipilaties in East-Belgium.
(French)
Municipalities and Cooperatives UK
Mark Luntley
(English)
Edinburgh Community – Solar Co-operative Energy
Paul Phare – Energy4All
(English)
Generation kwH by Somenergia
Nuri Palmada
(Spanish)
Enercoop France
Maelle Guillou
(French)