WORKSHOP
“Energy efficiency and renewables ‘made in Europe’ - Opportunities and
challenges of the EU Energy Union for Germany”
Monday, 25 April 2016, 16:00 – 18:30
Paul-Löbe-Haus West, Room E.800, Berlin
PROGRAMME
16:00 – 16:45 Opening & Introduction
Chair: Claude Turmes, MEP, EUFORES President
- Welcome and opening speech
Bernd Westphal, Member of the German Bundestag SPD*
- The EU Energy Union – the work ahead
Claude Turmes, Member of the European Parliament, President of EUFORES
- The German energy future
Rainer Baake, State Secretary, German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy*
- Key role of political frameworks - Defining the right incentive scheme for energy efficiency
Marie Donnelly, Director Dir C — Renewables, Research and Innovation, Energy Efficiency, European Commission*
16:45 – 17:25: Driving the energy transition through efficiency
Chair: Claude Turmes, MEP, EUFORES President
- Energy efficiency as business model in Germany
Martin Bornholdt, Managing Director, Deutsche Unternehmensinitiative Energieeffizienz
- Germany’s progress in energy efficiency
Daniel Becker, Managing Director, Ecofys, Partner Energy-Efficiency-Watch project
- Energy performance contracting in Germany
Stephan von Hundelshausen, ESCO Forum*
- Consumers’ perspective on energy efficiency: rewarding investment or unpleasant expense factor?
Peter Kafke, Policy Officer and Deputy Project Manager Energy Projects, Bundesverband Verbraucherzentrale
17:25 – 17:50 RES in Europe and Germany: Roadmap for a sustainable energy future
Chair: Claude Turmes, MEP, EUFORES President
- Making Europe No 1 in renewables – a joint European project
Jo Leinen, Member of the European Parliament
- Renewable energy sources in Germany – policy framework for 2030
Dr. Anne Held, Senior Researcher and Project Manager, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research*
- Perspectives of further deployment of renewable energy technologies in Germany
Dr. Hermann Falk, Managing director of the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE)*
17:50 – 18:30 Panel Debate: How should enabling policies for a successful energy transition in Germany and Europe look like?
Chair: Claude Turmes, MEP, EUFORES President
- Josef Göppel, MdB, CDU/CSU
- Bernd Westphal, MdB, SPD*
- Julia Verlinden, MdB, Bündnis 90/Grüne*
- Eva Bulling-Schröter, MdB, Die Linke*
- Marie Donnelly, Director Dir C — Renewables, Research and Innovation, Energy Efficiency, European Commission*
- Jo Leinen, MEP*
* Confirmation pending
Interpretation in English and German will be provided
