REALISE-Forum workshop, Salzburg, 26-27.09.05

A two days REALISE-Forum workshop has taken place within the framework of the annual one week conference of the REFORM-Group on "Green Power Markets, Future Energy Policies, and Emission Trading Schemes in Comparison" on September 26-27, 2005, in Schloss Leopoldskron near Salzburg.

The REALISE-Forum workshop has been carried out with the participation of the members of the project steering group. The members were asked to present their viewpoint on a set of questions concerning national support schemes for RES-E and the feasibility for a strategy of harmonisation of support systems which were debated in a round table. Two members were asked to give key note presentations.

Agenda (Adobe PDF, 141 kB)

Questions to the Steering Group (Adobe PDF, 87 kB)

Monday September 26, 2005 - REALISE FORUM – Steering Group Meeting

Chairman: Hans-Joachim Ziesing

Session: Financing Mechanisms for RES-e

9.00 h

Short presentation of the REALISE Forum project
Lutz Mez & Rosaria Di Nucci,
Environmental Policy Research Centre, Free University of Berlin

Presentation_Mez (Adobe PDF, 109 kB)

Presentation_Di_Nucci (Adobe PDF, 199 kB)

10.00 h

The evolving position of the European Commission on harmonisation of RES-e support, 1997-2005
Volkmar Lauber,
University of Salzburg

Presentation_Lauber (Adobe PDF, 49 kB)

9.30 h

Round of introduction of all REALISE Forum Steering Group Members

10.30 h Coffee Break

Session: Stakeholder’s Perspectives

11.00 h

Challenges and opportunities of financing RES-e
Members of REALISE Forum Steering group

13.00 h Lunch

Session: Policy and Measures to promote RES-e

15.00 h

Importance of national energy policy for the penetration of renewables
Niels I. Meyer,
Denmark Technical University

Presentation_Meyer (Adobe PDF, 114 kB)

15.30 h

Feed-in or certificates: Complementary or competition?
Atle Midttun & Kristian Gautesen,
BI Norwegian School of Management

Presentation_Middtun_&_Gautesen (Adobe PDF, 388 kB)

16.00 h Coffee Break

Session: Feed-in or Certificate Markets?

16.30 h

Feed-in or certificate markets: The stakeholder perspective
Maarten Arentsen,
University of Twente
Claudio Casale,
CESI, Milan
Miha Tomsic,
Slovenski E-Forum Ljubljana

Presentation_Arentsen (Adobe PDF, 159 kB)

Presentation_Casale (Adobe PDF, 171 kB)

Presentation_Tomsic (Adobe PDF, 1365 kB)

17.00 h

Experiences of GREEN-X – lessons for policy
Reinhard Haas,
TU Wien

Presentation_Haas (Adobe PDF, 396 kB)

17.00 h

Final Discussion

Tuesday September 27, 2005 - Green Power Markets

Chairmen: Lutz Mez & Wim Mallon

9.00 h

Comparative economic and social efficiency of instruments of promotion of RES-e
Dominique Finon,
CIRED

Presentation_Finon (Adobe PDF, 182 kB)

9.30 h

Support schemes for green electricity in the enlarged EU
Danyel Reiche & Mischa Bechberger, Environmental Policy Research Centre, Free University of Berlin

Presentation_Reiche_&_Bechberger (Adobe PDF, 125 kB)

10.00 h

The Flanders green certificate system
Aviel Verbruggen,
University of Antwerp

Presentation_Verbruggen (Adobe PDF, 191 kB)

10.30 Coffee Break

11.00 h

Developing Green Markets – The Netherlands, UK and Sweden
Atle Midttun,
BI Norwegian School of Management

Presentation_Middtun (Adobe PDF, 341 kB)

11.30 h

Green Power Markets - Discussion

13.00 h Lunch