Conference Program
Day 1 – Tuesday 26 May

Opening Keynote Session
09:30–11:00
Room: Konrad-Adenauer-Saal

In this session, shared with POWER-GEN Europe and POWER-GRID Europe, power-industry and policy leaders will address the energy challenge facing Europe in this and the coming decades, and their views of the role that renewable energy will play.


Dr. Johannes Lambertz, President & Chief Executive Officier, RWE Energy, Germany

Dr. Joachim Schneider, President of the Management Board, ABB AG, Germany

Wolfgang Dehen, Cheif Executive Officier-Energy Sector, Member of the Managing Board Siemens, Germany

Lunch, 12:30–14:00

Session 1: Renewables in Germany – an example to follow for other EU countries?
14:00–15:30
Room: Rheinsaal 2

Acknowledged as a leader in renewable energy, Germany’s innovative policy has created a dynamic market, and a vibrant industry. This sometimes controversial session will look at how, and whether, Germany’s formula for success can be applied elsewhere.

Chair: Jackie Jones, Conference Director, PennWell, UK

Renewable energy success story Germany: the example of solar energy
David Wortmann, Director of Renewable Energies & Resources, Germany Trade & Invest, Germany

Lessons to be learned from Germany
Martin Berkenkamp, Policy Leader Renewables Europe, GE Energy, Germany

Comparison of power generation from renewable energy sources in Germany, France and United Kingdom
Elisabeth OBE, Project Manager, EIfER, Germany

TGCS and tradable guarantees of origin – preferred instrument of defensive utilities, friendly regulators and ideological believers in neo-classical economics
Volkmar Laubar, Professor of Political Science, University of Salzburg, Austria

Coffee break, 15:30–16:00
Track A
Room: Room A
 
Session 2: Welcome aboard? Getting renewable power onto the grid and making it work
16:00–17:30
 
The power grids were not built for renewable forms of generation. Is it a problem? If so, is it the generating technologies that need to change, or do the grids need to evolve, or be rebuilt? Or will power conditioning provide all the solutions?

Chair: Lise Nielson, SunSil A/S, Denmark
 
Large scale grid integration of wind power into power systems: The Danish Case
Thomas Ackermann, CEO, Energynautics GmbH, Denmark

Structure and dynamics of Germany’s future power supply with a large share of renewable energy sources
Anette Anthrakidis, Researcher, Solar-Institut Juelich, (Aachen University of Applied Sciences), Germany
Co-Author:
Barbara Fricke, Shashikant Warerkar and Marco Lanz, Scientist at the Solar-Institut Jülich, FH Aachen, Germany


Connecting offshore wind farms to the grid
Raphael Görner, Sales Grid Systems, ABB AG, Germany
Co-Author:
Martin Carlen, Head of Department Electrotechnologies, ABB Management Services Ltd, Switzerland

 
 
Track B
Room: Rheinsaal 2

Session 2: Funding renewables in the new reality
16:00–17:30

In this transformed financial world, the ‘rulebook’ is being rewritten. At this session, speakers will look at how – half a year on from the initial crisis and with a fluctuating oil price – renewables are faring in attracting finance.

Chair: Max Ter Linden, Executive Director/Head of New Energy Technologies Group, Royal Bank of Scotland, Netherlands

Market opportunities and financing perspectives on emerging renewable energy technologies, grid integration and energy efficiency
Mark Shorrock, CEO, Low Carbon Investors, UK

Success factors for profitable renewable power projects
Christine Materazzi-Wagner, Principal Consultant, Pöyry Energy, Austria

Funding renewable energy projects
Max Ter Linden, Executive Director/Head of New Energy Technologies Group, Royal Bank of Scotland, Netherlands
Day 2 – Wednesday 27 May

Track A
Room: Room A

Session 3: PV in the distributed power markets
09:00–10:30

A scalable technology, solar PV is finally starting to be viewed as a ‘serious’ provider of electric power. What are the current technical and financial issues and solutions?

Chair: Adel El Gammal, Secretary General, European Photovoltaic Industry Association, Belgium

New opportunities and risks in the Italian market of electricity from solar energy
Dietmar Zischg, Attorney, CMS Law Firm, Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni, Italy
Co-Author:
Alessandro Antonioli, Associate CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni

An optimized high-efficiency automation system for production increases in photovoltaic solar plants: A real-world case
Alejandro Vega, Sales Manager, Asea Brown Boveri, SA, Spain

Methodologies and technologies for the integrations of renewable resources in Portugal
Pedro Moura, Researcher, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Co-Author:
Anibal Almeida, Professor, University of Coimbra, Portugal

ICLEI’s local renewables initiative – local governments focus on sustainable energy policy, action and people
Christine Klas, Project Officer, ICLEI, Local Governments for Sustainability, Germany
Track B
Room: Rheinsaal 2
 
Session 3: Biomass in the distributed power markets
09:00–10:30
 
Biomass comes in many forms, and can be used by means of a variety of technologies. The number of options can make the rollout complex. Agrofuels or waste? Vegetable or animal? Combust or convert? Heat or power? How do you sustain feedstock supply? This session gets to grips with many of these key issues for carbon-neutral energy.
 
Chair: Frank Schillig, Internationalisation Manager Bioenergy, Ecofys International, Germany
 
Advanced biogas upgrading and feed-in in a cooperative model
Gerold Goettlicher, Research Manager, Energie Baden-Wurttemberg EnBW AG, Germany
Co-Author:
Armin Bott, Ergas Südwest GmbH, Ettlingen, Germany

Using pellets as co-fuel in coal power plants – impacts on the global pellets market
Bernd Wollwerth, Manager Bioenergy, Ecofys Germany GmbH, Germany
 
Combining microturbines with organic Rankine cycle waste heat generators for use in bio fueled power plants
Robert Miller, Calnetix Power Systems, USA

Jatropha: challenges as sustainable biofuel
Irenée Songsaré Shevy, CEO, Venture Energy Ltd, Cameroon
 
 
 
Coffee break, 10:30–11:00
 
Track A
Room: Room A
 
Session 4: Technologies to watch
11:00–12:30
 
This session will present a number of new technologies and applications, in and outside the renewables mainstream
 
Chair: Ruggero Bertani, Manager Geothermal Business Development, Enel S.p.A, International Division, Italy
 
Economic assessment of Pelamis wave energy converter: a case study off the Irish Atlantic coast
Gordon Dalton, Research Economics Engineer, Hydraulics and Maritime Research Centre (HMRC), Ireland
Co-Author:
Tony Lewis, Director, and Ray Alcorn, Research Manager, Hydraulics and Maritime Research Centre (HMRC), Ireland
 
Retrospective life-cycle-assessment of geothermal cascade applications based on the LOWBIN and GROUNDHIT 6FP-EU projects
Constantinos Karytsas, Head of Department, Centre for Renewable Energy Sources (CRES), Greece
Co-Author:
Konstantinos Karras, Centre for Renewable Energy Sources (CRES), Greece
 
HTS-technology – generating the future of offshore wind power
Jens Mueller, CEO, Zenergy Power, Germany
Co-Author:
Markus Lesser, Zenergy Power, Germany
 
How oilfield technologies help reduce geothermal risks
Jean-Philippe Gibaud, Business Development Manager, Schlumberger, France
Co-Author:
Sanjaya Sood, Vice President, Schlumberger, USA
 
Optimization of the cold end system at a geothermal power plant with cogeneration of power and heat
Winfried Schulz, Dipl. Ing., Balke-Durr GmbH, Germany
Co-Author:
Jörg Stahlhut, Dipl. Ing., Balke-Durr GmbH, Germany
Track B
Room: Rheinsaal 2
 
Session 4: Renewable mobility
11:00–12:30
 
Fluctuating oil prices and carbon awareness are making renewables-based transport a more interesting option. And the solutions go beyond biofuels.

Chair: Jochen Hauff, Global Sustainability Program Manager & Expert, A.T. Kearney GmbH, Germany
 
What Path are plug-in Hybrid Electric vehicles taking in Europe?
Roberta Bigliani, EMEA Research Director, Energy Insights, Italy

Perspectives of electric vehicles in a supply system with a high share of renewable energy sources
Thomas Pregger, German Aerospace Center, Germany
 
Powertrain Electrification at Volkwagen
Peter Lück, R&D, Volkswagen, Germany
 
Electric mobility as a business field for municipal utility companies. How to integrate electric mobility into the strategy of local renewable power generation
Andreas Pfeiffer, Project Leader Electric Mobility Department of Corporate Development, Stadtwerke Aachen AG (STAWAG), Germany



 

Lunch, 12:30–14:00
 


Plenary Session: Meeting the Energy Challenge in the Face of the Economic Downturn

Room: Konrad-Adenauer-Saal
14:00–15:30

Will Europe stick to its environment commitments in the face of the economic downturn? And what about security of supply following January’s gas scares? This lively discussion session, shared with POWER-GEN Europe and POWER-GRID Europe, will feature a panel of invited experts from a wide range of backgrounds. Not to be missed.

Moderator: Vijay Vaitheeswaran, Global Environment & Energy Correspondent, The Economist

Panelists:

Dr. Jens Baganz - State Secretary, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

Dr. Wolfgang Bischoff - Managing Director of Siemens Project Ventures

Steve Bolze - VP & CEO GE Power & Water

Dr. Hans Bünting - Chief Financial Officer, RWE Innogy

Dr. Werner Götz, Chief Operating Officer, Renewables EnBW AG, Germany

Phillip Joubert - President, Alstom Power Sector

Dr Uddesh Kohli – Former Managing Director of the Power Finance Corporation of India
Colette Lewiner – Global Leader, Energy, CapGemini

Charles (Chuck) W. Newton - President, Newton-Evans Research Company


 
Coffee break, 15:30–16:00
 
Track A
Room: Room A
 
Session 5: Wind power, offshore and on
16:00–17:30
 
Germany is the heartland of wind power, but it’s in Denmark and the UK that the most offshore experience has been gained. This session looks at the reality of wind power offshore and on, with an eye to the future as Germany’s wind industry prepares to move out to sea.

Chair: Andreas Wagner, Managing Director, German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation, Germany
 
Wind farm performance assessment: experience in the real world
David McLaughlin, Senior Consultant, SgurrEnergy, UK
 
Wind industry in Germany
Joannes Schiel, Technical Manager Wind Energy and Fuel Cells, VDMA Power Systems, Germany

Wind Energy in Europe: Achievement and perspectives
Gloria Rodrigues, Policy Officer, EWEA, Belgium

Baltic 1 - the EnBW view: An update on one of the Germany's offshore wind farms
Werner Gotz, Managing Director, EnBW Erneuerbare Energien GmbH
Track B
Room: Rheinsaal 2

Session 5: Virtual power plants
16:00-17:30

The power plant of the future? In a ‘virtual’ power plant, numbers of small power generators, and technologies, come together to function as one.

Chair: Orlando Wagner, Head of Benchmarking, Siemens AG, Energy Sector, Germany

Compressed air energy storage in electric power systems
Omidiora Michael Adebayo Omidiora, Researcher, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Co-Author:
Harri Paloheimo, Researcher, Nokia, Finland


Sustainable power supply by combining renewable energy sources
Reinhard Mackensen, Scientist, ISET e.V., Germany
Day 3 - Thursday 28 May
Track A
Room: Room A

Session 6: Concentrating solar thermal – the solar steam cycle
09:00 - 10:30

Concentrating solar power is in its second phase, and has captured the attention of the power industry around the globe. Expert speakers in this session will look at issues from resource assessment to the special stresses that steam turbines undergo.

Chair: Robert Pitz-Paal, Head of Department Solar Research, German Aerospace Center, Germany

Large-scale solar thermal power plants - an interesting element in the energy mix of the future in Europe and northern Africa
Sven Dernedde, Project Development Manager, MAN Solar Millennium, Germany
Co-Author:
Ruud Dekkers and Holger Fuchs, Project Development Managers, MAN Solar Millennium, Germany

Assessment of solar resources for CSP project development
Benedikt Pape, Dipl.-Ing, Solar Millennium AG, Germany
Design and selection of turbo-machinery for renewable power plants
Justin Zachary, Technology Manager, Bechtel Power Corporation, USA

Solar tower power plant Jülich
First experience with an open volumetric receiver plant and presentation of future enhancements
S. Alexopoulos, FH Aachen, Solar-Institut Jülich (SIJ), Germany
Co-Authors:
J. Göttsche, FH Aachen, Solar-Institut Jülich (SIJ), Germany
B. Hoffschmidt, FH Aachen, Solar-Institut Jülich (SIJ), Germany
C. Rau, FH Aachen, Solar-Institut Jülich (SIJ), Germany
M. Schmitz, FH Aachen, Solar-Institut Jülich (SIJ), Germany
Sh. Warerkar, FH Aachen, Solar-Institut Jülich (SIJ), Germany
K. Hennecke, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Technical Thermodynamics
P. Schwarzbözl, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Technical Thermodynamics
M. Beuter, München GmbH (KAM), Germany
G. Koll, München GmbH (KAM), Germany
Th. Hartz, Stadtwerke Jülich GmbH, Germany

Thermal storage sizing and management effects on parabolic trough plants economics: Italian market case study
Augusto Maccari, Senior Engineer, Techint, Italy
Co-Author:
Andrea Amato, Project Engineer, Techint E&C, Italy
 
Track B
Room: Rheinsaal 2
 
Session 6: Renewables within Kyoto Mechanisms
09:00–10:30
 
A timely look at what the Kyoto mechanisms have offered, and can offer, to stimulate implementation of renewables and reduce carbon emissions.
 
Chair: Sven Teske, Director Renewable Energy Campaign, Greenpeace International, Netherlands
 
Regulatory strategy to encourage investment in renewable energies in Colombia
Elga Saravia, Professional in Regulation, EMGESA–ENDESA, Colombia
 
CDM and energy efficiency issues and opportunities
Subramanyam Ganumukkala, Director, Siri Exergy and Carbon Advisory Services, India
 
Bio Energy for Rural Electrification & Energy Security in India
Krishan Kolluru, Chairman, MPPL Renewable Energy Pvt. Ltd, India
 
 
Coffee break, 10:30–11:00
 
Session 7: Long-term scenarios and business strategies
11:00–12:30
Room: Rheinsaal 2
 
Speakers in this session take the long-term view on technology, policy and business – and at the Next Big Thing that may lie around the corner.

Chair: Roberta Bigliani, EMEA Research Director, Energy Insights, Italy
 
 
Contribution of geothermal energy to the mitigation of climate change
Ruggero Bertani, Physicist, ENEL Green Power, Geothermal Business Development and International Geothermal Association, Italy
 
Energy [R]evolution: A sustainable World Energy Outlook
Sven Teske, Director Renewable Energy Campaign, Greenpeace International, Netherlands

The Next Big Thing in Renewable Energy
Jochen Hauff, Manager, A.T. Kearney, Germany & Orlando Wagner, Independent Consultant, Germany
 
 
* = Invited