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The
Sustainable Energy Meeting Place
14th - 16th November 2005, SAS Radisson Hotel, Rome
| 14th November |
Renewable Energy Financing |
| Renewable Energy Financing is a one-day workshop focussing on how project developers can access the necessary private finance and capital to develop renewable energy projects. |
| 08.30 |
Registration & Welcome Coffee |
| 09.00 |
Chairman's Opening Remarks
Michael Liebreich, Director, New Energy Finance, UK
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Keynote Session |
| This session will provide the attendee with an understanding of the inter-relation between policy, regulation and attracting finance. It will seek to answer how markets can be created to attract the necessary finance. |
| 09.15 |
Financial Perspective on Sustainable Energy
- Financing types: different investment mechanisms and their advantages and disadvantages
- Power project finance - current trends and issues
- Example renewable energy deals
- Outlook on renewable energy project finance
Speaker:
Dr Verena Batschkus, Project & Structured Finance, HVB, Spain |
| 09.35 |
EIB Financing for Renewable Energy in the Mediterranean Region
Speaker:
Nigel Hall, Managerial Advisor, Proejects Directorate, European Investment Bank, Luxembourg
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| 09.55 |
Overview of Investment in Public Quoted Clean Energy
Speaker:
Michael Liebreich, Director, New Energy Finance, UK |
10.15
10.25 |
Questions & Discussion
Networking Refreshment Break
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Raising Finance |
| 11.05 |
Raising Project Finance for Sustainable Energy
Speaker:
Manuel Cabrerizo, Director of Project Finance, WestLB, Spain
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| 11.25 |
A Guide to Successfully Raising Equity Finance
Speaker:
Peter Rossbach, Director, Impax Capital, UK
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| Small Scale Project Finance & Case Studies |
| 11.45 |
Funding Small Scale Energy Projects
Speaker:
Gokhan Baykam, Partner, Relight, Italy |
12.05
12.15
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Questions & Discussion
Networking Lunch Break |
| 14.00 |
Case Study: Financing Wind Power Projects
Speaker:
Tiago Simoes de Almeida, Banco BPI, Portugal
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| 14.20 |
Risk Mitigation Strategies
Speaker:
Mark Henderson, Head of Power - Project Finance, Investec, UK
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| 14.40 |
Financing Renewable Projects
Speaker:
Takashi Hongo, General Director & Special Advisor for Kyoto Mechanisms, Japan Bank for International Co-operation, Japan
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15.00
15.10
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Questions & Discussion
Networking Refreshment Break |
| Carbon Financing & Support Mechanisims |
| What is the current state of play in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme? How can emissions trading help finance renewable energy projects in the Mediterranean? |
| 15.50 |
The Italian Carbon Fund and CDM Activities
Preconditions - Influence on Transaction Costs - European Case Studies
Speaker:
Dr Claudia Croce, Environmental Research & Development, Ministry of Environment and Territory, Italy
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| 16.10 |
Bundling Small Scale Projects to Attract Carbon Finance
Speaker:
Thomas Setter, Director, Factor Consulting, Switzerland |
| 16.30 |
Emissions Trading & CDM
- An overview of the current state of play of the EU Emissions Trading scheme
- What makes a CDM/JI host country attractive to investors?
- Drivers and obstacles for CDM/JI projects
- Case Study
Speaker:
Sonia Medina, EcoSecurities, UK
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| 16.50 |
Using Tradable Renewable Energy Certificates to Develop Renewable Projects in the Region
- How can tradable renewable energy certificates be used to support the development of renewable energy in the region?
- Case study: Trading from North Africa to Italy
Speaker:
Samantha Olz, Energy Specialist, IT Power, UK
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17.10
17.20
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Questions & Discussion
Close of Renewable Energy Finance Day |
| 15th November |
Green Power Mediterranean - Day One |
Green Power Mediterranean is a high-level business forum that will give attendees an unprecedented opportunity to fully grasp the opportunities for sustainable energy development in the Mediterranean region. |
| 08.30 |
Registration & Welcome Coffee |
| 09.00 |
Chairman's Opening Remarks
Dr Stefano Indigenti, Relight, Italy
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Keynote Session |
| This session will provide the attendee with an overview of the current state of development of renewable energy in the Mediterranean region and the initiatives that are being undertaken to further development. |
| 09.15 |
Regional Perspective to Renewable Energy Development
Speaker:
Dr Roberto Vigotti, International Relations, Enel, Italy
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| 09.35 |
Utility’s Perspective: Renewable Energy Developments
Speaker:
Roberto Legaz, Director of Renewable Energy, Iberdrola, Spain
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| 09.55 |
Utility's Perspective: Developing Sustainable Energy Projects
Speaker:
Maria Antonia Abad Puertolas, Climate Change Manager, Endesa, Spain |
| 10.15 |
Photovoltaic Developments
Speaker:
Michel Viaud, Secretary General, European Photovoltaic Industry Association, Belgium
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10.35
10.45 |
Questions & Discussion
Networking Refreshment Break |
Progressive Policy and Regulation |
A critical area to focus upon is what governments are doing to create progressive policy and regulatory frameworks that will help drive development. |
| 11.25 |
Policy and Development of RES in Germany
Speaker:
Martin Schoepe, Deputy Division Head, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Germany
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| 11.45 |
Italian Certificate Schemes: Green, Black & White
Speaker:
Stefano Alaimo, Head of Non-Electricity Markets, Gestore Mercato Elettrico, Italy
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| 12.05 |
Policy & Regulatory Panel Discussion – Creating a Market for Private Investment
A discussion will cover the attractiveness of various markets
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| 12.35 |
Networking Lunch Break |
| Regional Co-operation and Interconnection |
This session will address the opportunities for cross-region interconnection and the benefits that this could provide.
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| 14.10 |
Regional Co-operation and Transmission Interconnection Across Mediterranean
Speaker:
Gerhard Knies, Coordinator, TREC (Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Cooperation)
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| 14.30 |
RE Potential Across the Mediterranean
Speaker:
Dr Houda Allal, Scientific Officer RE & Sustianable Development, OME, France
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| Solar Power |
| 14.50 |
Increasing the Use of Solar Thermal Technology in the Mediterranean
Speaker:
Stephane Pouffray, Renewable Energies, Energy Networks and Markets, ADEME, France |
15.10
15.20 |
Questions & Discussion
Networking Refreshment Break |
| 16.00 |
Case Study: AndaSol
Speaker:
Dr Michael Geyer, Project Director, Solar Millenium, Germany |
| 16.20 |
Developing Solar Thermal Proejects in Greece & Cyprus
Speaker:
Niki Komioti, Director, Exergia, Greece
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| 16.40 |
Case Study: Morocco
Speaker:
Juergen Gehr, Managing Director, AfriSol, Morocco |
| 17.00 |
Global Market Initiative for Concentrated Solar Power
Speaker:
Rainer Aringhoff, Management Team, Global Market Initiative for Concentrated Solar Power, Germany |
17.20
17.30
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Questions & Discussion
Close of Day One |
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| 16th November |
Green Power Mediterranean - Day Two |
| 08.45 |
Welcome Coffee |
| 09.00 |
Chairman's Opening Remarks
Dr Stefano Indigenti, Relight, Italy |
| Wind Power |
| 09.10 |
Wind Development Across the Mediterranean
- Energy, renewables and wind industry in the Mediterranean countries
- Vestas experience in the Mediterranean markets: Zafarana wind farm in Egypt and Koudia al Blanco wind farm in Morocco.
- Kyoto Protocol and the application of the flexible mechanisms to the development of wind farms in Mediterranean countries
- Future perspectives and opportunities of the Mediterranean wind markets
Speaker:
Francesco Paolo Liuzzi, Vice President, Vestas Mediteranean East, Italy |
| 09.30 |
MARE NOSTRUM: Developing Offshore Wind Power Across the Mediterranean
Speaker:
Carlo Triccoli, ENEA, Italy |
| 09.50 |
Case Study: Developing Wind Power in Portugal
Speaker:
Miguel Ferreira, Megajoule, Portugal
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| 10.10 |
Case Study: Wind Power Development
Speaker:
David Groves, Commercial Manager, Wind Prospect, UK
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10.30
10.40 |
Questions & Discussion
Networking Refreshment Break |
Small Hydro |
| 11.20 |
Case Study: Mini Hydro Project in Morocco
Speaker:
To be confirmed
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| 11.40 |
Micro-hydro Projects in Isolated and Grid-Connected Systems
- Economics of micro-hydro projects
- Case Studies: Micro-hydro demonstration projects in Nicaragua
- Due dilligence in small hydropower projects in Greece
Speaker:
Enrique Rodriguez-Flores, Project Manager, Small Hydro
Lahmeyer International, Germany |
Renewable Desalination |
| With strong potential for the integration between energy production and water supply, how can renewable energy be used to combat water shortages in the Mediterranean? |
| 12.00 |
Combined Thermal Power Generation and Seawater Desalination
Speaker:
Alex Sorokin, Director, Interenergy Consulting, Italy
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| 12.20 |
Wind Powered Desalination Case Study
Speaker:
To be confirmed |
12.40
12.50 |
Questions & Discussion
Networking Lunch Break |
| Waste Energy & Co-Generation |
| 14.20 |
Case Study: World's Largest Biofuel Power Plant
Speaker:
Niklas Haga, Wartsila Power Plants, Finland |
| 14.40 |
Case Study: Decentralised Waste Energy Plants
Speaker:
Nick Dawber, Executive Manager, Energos, UK
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| 15.00 |
Case Study: Solar Thermal Cogeneration
Speaker:
Andrea Bartolazzi, Studio Rinnovabili, Italy
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| Wave Power |
| 15.20 |
The Last Steps of Wave Energy's Walk
- Present status of wave energy development
- International Energy Agency - agreement for implementing ocean energy systems
- European Ocean Energy Association
- Wave energy centre in Portugal
Speaker:
Veronica La Regina, Wave Train Researcher, Wave Energy Centre, Portugal |
| 15.40
15.50 |
Questions & Discussion
Networking Refreshment Break |
| Sustainable Islands |
| 16.20 |
Case Study: Renewable Energy in the Republic of Malta
- The potential of renewable energies in the Republic of Malta
- Feasibility of widespread applications of each technology and hybrid solutions
- The impact of RES on the electricity grid
- Barriers and mitigation measures
Speaker:
Isabel Boira-Segarra, Policy/Strategy Consultant,
Mott MacDonald, UK
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| 16.40 |
The Integration of Renewable Energy in Island Power Systems
- Island of Rum Hydro-Diesel
- Island of Kythnos PV Battery
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Island of Foula and Fair Isle Wind - Diesel
Speaker:
Dr Philip Taylor, New and Renewable Energy Group, University of Durham, UK
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17.00
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Final Questions & Close of Conference |
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