“Energy efficiency and renewables ‘made in Europe’ - Opportunities and challenges of the EU Energy Union for Germany”

EURACTIV's Agenda

25 Apr 2016 16:00 to 18:30

Paul-Löbe-Haus West

Room E.800

Berlin

Germany

S - Workshop, course

Energy

Sustainable Dev.

Germany

Monday, 25 April 2016, 16:00 – 18:30

Paul-Löbe-Haus West, Room E.800, Berlin

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