Conference “Smart Energy & Green Transport”

Date & time: 16 September 2011 at 09:00-16:40
Venue: conference hall of the Riigikogu (the Parliament of Estonia), Tallinn, Estonia
Language: Estonian and English, translation available
Moderator: Indrek Treufeldt, Estonian Public Broadcasting

09:00 – 09:30 Registration

09:30 – 10:00 Welcome notes

• Kaja Kallas, Chairman of the Economic Affairs Committee, Riigikogu (Estonia)
• Ville Niinistö, Minister of the Environment of Finland, the Presiding Country of the Nordic Council of Ministers 2011
• Arvo Sarapuu, Deputy Mayor of Tallinn City (Estonia)

10:00 – 11:10 Future Energy Solutions

• Wind prospects in Estonia
  Martin Kruus, Chairman, Estonian Wind Association (Estonia)
• Nordic-Baltic Wind Venture
  Teijo Kärnä, Business Development Manager, ABB (Finland)
• Cleantech prospects
  Aarne Luukko, Chief Financial Officer, WinWind (Finland)
• Nordic cooperation on renewable energy and energy efficiency in a European perspective
  Johan Vetlesen, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (Norway)

11:10 – 11:25 Break

11:25 – 13:10 Green transport and smart grid

• Sustainable city transport and renewables
  Tõnu Lehtla, Dean, Faculty of Power Engineering, Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia)
• EVs in the real world
  Henrik Isaksen, Chairman of the Board, ChoosEV Ltd (Denmark)
• Tallinn Sustainable Development Plan
  Peep Pobbul, Head of Environment Gear Division, Tallinn City Environment Department (Estonia)
• Clean Vehicles and Fuels: Experiences from Stockholm
  Eva Sunnerstedt, Project Manager, Clean Vehicles and Fuels Programme of City of Stockholm (Sweden)
• Electric cars are here
  Jarmo Tuisk, Head of Innovation and Technology, Estonian Ministry of Economy and Communications (Estonia)
• From Waste to Fuel. Biogas for vehicles
  Ülo Kask, Researcher, Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia)

13:10 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 14:50 Financing Cleantech

• Financing Green Growth
  Harro Pitkänen, Senior Director, Head of Business Development & Control, Acting Head of Lending, Nordic Investment Bank (Finland)
• Financing Low Carbon Technologies
  Raphael Sauter, Policy Officer, Low Carbon Technologies Directorate-General for Climate Action, European Commission Climate Action (Belgium)
• How to make green profits?
  Ash Sharma, Vice-President, Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (Finland)

14:50 – 15:00 Break

15:00 – 16:30 Local solutions for local needs

• Rõuge Energy Park
  Tiit Toots, Rural Municipality Mayor, Rõuge Rural Municipality (Estonia)
• Global solutions for local needs
  Robert Olander, Marketing Director, Merinova Technology Centre (Finland)
• Renewable and self-sufficient municipality
  Otto Lægaard, Project Leader, Business Development, Rural Areas and Sustainable Development of Thisted Municipality (Denmark)
• Community-owned wind projects
  Per Ribbing, Marketing Manager, Swedish Windpower Cooperative (Sweden)
• Wind and solar powering Kõrveküla school
  Eero Hanikat, Leini Consult (Estonia)

16:30-16:45 Conclusions by the Moderator