Events

December 12, 2006:

THEMATIC WORKSHOP - Renewable Electricity Production in the Internal Energy Market

Copenhagen

IDA – Ingeniørforeningen I Danmark
Kalvebod Brygge 31-33, 1780 Copenhagen V, Denmark

At the workshop, the following issues were addressed and discussed:

  • Long term visions – the path to the future

  • Status and progress of renewables in the internal market

  • Costs and potentials of renewable energy sources

  • Interactions between RES-E support instruments and other policies

  • Impacts of wind power on spot market and prices.

 

Workshop presentations :

Status of the internal market, success factors in different markets for RES-E
(Reinhard Haas - TU Vienna)

Interaction between RES-E support instruments and other policies
(Stine Grenaa Jensen - RISØ National Laboratory)

Wind power and prices
(Poul Erik Morthorst -  RISØ National Laboratory)
 

Impact of wind power on the spot market
(Gitte Agersbaek - Energienet.dk)

Progress of renewables, green electricity prices and policy instruments
(Mario Ragwitz - Fraunhofer ISI)

Modelling Least-Cost RES-E Grid Integration based on the Simulation SoftwareGreenNet
(Carlo Obersteiner - TU Vienna)

Synthesis of results on a comparison of different RES-E grid integration case studies in EU Member States
(Lars Henrik Nielsen, RISØ National Laboratory)

Guiding a Least-Cost Grid Integration of RES-Electricity in an extended Europe
(Carlo Obersteiner - TU Vienna)

 

 

December 05, 2006:

Final Conference - OPTRES

Current markets, future scenarios and the role of project developers and investors

Brussels

European Renewable Energy Council (EREC)
Renewable Energy House - 63-65, rue d'Arlon - B-1040 Brussels - Belgium

The following topics were addressed at the conference:

  • Progress of RES development in Europe and present policies

  • Effectiveness and efficiency of present support schemes in the EU

  • Costs and benefits of future RES - policy options

  • Compatibility of RES-E support schemes with the internal electricity market

  • Best practice criteria for renewable electricity support schemes and barrier mitigation

Workshop presentations available:

Conference Agenda

Present policies and market situation in the EU-25 Member States
(Monique Voogt - Ecofys; Inga Konstantinaviciute - LEI)

Effectiveness and efficiency of present policies in EU Member States
(Mario Ragwitz - Fraunhofer ISI)

Success factors and optimised design features of different policies
(Reinhard Haas - TU Vienna)

Scenarios for the EU development of RES until 2020
(Gustav Resch - TU Vienna)

RES-Electricity generation in the Internal Market
(Poul Erik Morthorst - RISØ)

Insights into the Green-X Methodology
(Gustav Resch - TU Vienna)

Best practice design criteria for support schemes - Practical experiences
(Anne Held - Fraunhofer ISI)

Results of the OPTRES stakeholder consultation - Barriers for RES development
(Rogier Coenraads - Ecofys)

 

November 13, 2006:

DISSEMINATION WORKSHOP

OPTRES: "Assessment and optimisation of renewable energy support schemes in the European electricity market"

GreenNet-EU27: "Guiding a Least Cost Grid Integration of RES-Electricity in an extended Europe"

Vilnius

Holiday Inn Vilnius
Seimyniskiu Str. 1, Vilnius, Lithuania

A common dissemination workshop about the European research projects OPTRES and GreenNet-EU27 was organised by the OPTRES-consortium on November 2006 in Vilnius.

The main topics of the workshops were:

  • Clear empirical insights into the present success and failures to support RES-E in Europe on Member State level

  • Quantitative results on the costs and benefits of future policy options based on the techno-economic model Green-X

  • Detailed definition of best practice criteria for renewable electricity support schemes and barriers for mitigation

  • Recommendations and action plan on optimisation of RES-E policy measures to support policy makers on European and national level

  • Comparison of selected case studies on RES-E grid integration and derivation of best practise criteria under different constraints

  • Recommendations for least-cost RES-E grid integration based on results of the simulation software GreenNet
     

Workshop presentations available:

Workshop Agenda

General overview of the OPTRES project
(Anne Held - Fraunhofer ISI)

Present market situation for RES-E in the EU-15
(Rogier Coenraads - Ecofys)

Present market situation for RES-E in the EU-10
(Inga Konstantinaviciute  Lithuanian Energy Institute)

Best practices for the promotion of RES-E in EU-Member States - An evaluation of policy effectiveness and efficiency
(Anne Held - Fraunhofer ISI)

Scenarios for the EU development of renewables until 2020
(Carlo Obersteiner - TU Vienna)

The simulation software GreenNet–user interface
(Carlo Obersteiner - TU VIenna)

Conditions and Costs for RES-E Grid Integration
(Wolfgang Prüggler - TU Vienna)

Recommendations for least-cost RES-E grid integration based on results of the simulation software GreenNet
(Carlo Obersteiner - TU Vienna)

 

 

 

October 12, 2006:

THEMATIC WORKSHOP - Renewable energies in the EU up to 2020

Current markets, future scenarios and the role of project developers and investors

London

European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
175 Bishopsgate; London EC2A 2JN; United Kingdom

A workshop about "Renewable energies in the EU up to 2020 - current markets, future scenarios and the role of project developers and investors" was organised by the OPTRES-consortium on 12 October 2006 in London.

The main objective of the workshop was the identification of crucial issues, chances and risks of renewable energy evolution in the context of current European policy for renewable energy. Key success factors, risks and barriers to renewable energy development were pointed out and presented by investors, project developers, policy makers and scientists.

During a one day workshop the following issues were discussed:

  • Quantitative characterisation of present markets and future developments up to 2020

  • Identification of most promising technologies and countries

  • Current experiences and future options for project developers and investors

  • Identification of key success factors, risks and barriers for renewables development
     

Workshop presentations available:

 

Workshop Agenda

Present policies and market situation in the EU Member States
(Monique Voogt - Ecofys)

Effectiveness and efficiency of present policies in EU Member States
(Anne Held, Mario Ragwitz - Fraunhofer ISI)

Key success factors for renewable energy development and financing
(Ben Warren - Ernst & Young)

Scenarios for the EU development of renewables until 2020 - Consequences for the investment needs for different RES technologies
(Gustav Resch - TU Vienna)

Renewable Energies in the EU up to 2020 - Looking Back to Look Forward
(Shane Woodroffe - Fortis)

The Impact of Regulation on Investments in the Renewable Energy Market - Experiences, Problems and Opportunities
(Vivek Mittal - Millenium Ressource Strategies Limited)

Project Realisation - Drivers for Success and Failure
(Fintan Whelan - Airtricity)

Drivers and main barriers for the development of renewable energies
(Carlos Gascó Travesedo - Iberdrola)

RES-development in Germany – From internal to export market
(Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes - BEE)