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
Estonia, Martin Kruus, Chairman of Estonian Wind Association · Nordic-Baltic Wind venture, Teijo Karna, ABB · Cleantech prospects, Aarne Luukko, WinWind · Renewables on a big scale, Johan Vetlesen, Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
Break, refreshments
Green transport and smart grid
· Sustainable city transport and renewables, Uku Pihlak, Tallinn University of Technology · ChooseEV, Henrik Isaksen, Denmark · Tallinn Sustainable Development Plan, Peep Pobbul, Tallinn City Environment Department · Clean Vehicles and Fuels: Experiences from Stockholm, Eva Sunnerstedt, City of Stockholm · Electric cars are here, Jarmo Tuisk, Estonian Ministry of Economy and Communications · From Waste to Fuel. Biogas for vehicles, Ülo Kask, Tallinn University of Technology
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13:10 – 14:00 |
Lunch
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14:00 – 14:50
14:50 – 16:20 |
Financing cleantech
· Financing Green Growth, Harro Pitkänen, Nordic Investment Bank · Financing Low Carbon Technologies, Raphael Sauter, European Commission Climate Action · How to make green money, Ash Sharma, Nordic Environment Finance Corporation
Local solutions for local needs
· Rõuge Energy Park, Viivika Nagel · Local solutions for local needs, NN, Vaasa Energy · Renewable and self-sufficient counties, Otto Lægaard, Thisted · Community-owned wind projects, NN, Sweden (TBC) · Wind and solar powering Kõrveküla school, Eero Hanikat, Leini Consult
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16:20 – 16:30
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Seminar summary by the moderator
Networking area with refreshments (tbc) |