and the Spanish Network

100% UNESCO School in South East Europe represents a unique educational opportunity to enhance capacity-building in sustainable energy by conveying in a single venue a substantial capital of knowledge

25-26 Junho 2014 – Green energy to light a World Heritage site Virunga National Park’s first hydropower plant has started to generate electricity – Espanha

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100% Renewable Energy is a reality today

Day 1.1 – Opening session

Welcome and Opening Addresses

Opening Session, Hon. Alpìdio Armas, president of El Hierro.

Hon. Alpidio Armas González. President of the El Hierro Island Government.
Hon. Francisca Luengo Orol. Minister of Industry and Commerce, Canary Islands Government.
Dr Osman Benchikh, UNESCO.
Hon. Juan Manual García Casañas. Lord Mayor of Valverde.
The Spanish Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism.

Key note:
Energias Renováveis ​​no serviço da humanidade. Dr Osman Benchikh. UNESCO.

Apresentação:
El Hierro, a sustainable and renewable island. Michel Ángel Acosta Hernández. Counsellor of Environment, El Hierro Island Government (Cabildo de El Hierro). Video-mp4

Day 1.2 – Session 1
Paving the way for a renewable energy future: Inspiring stories I

• Benefits of 100% RE for islands and isolated areas.
• Enabling 100% Renewable energy supply.
• Success stories from islands.

Cipriano Marin, RENFORUS.

Chair: the Abertis Foundation. UNESCO.

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Most residents in the area currently rely on dirty and. News Archives. Photo Gallery, Region Gotland.

Barriers to the maximum penetration of RES in island electrical systems. Salvador Suárez García. Head of Renewable Energies Department, Canary Islands Technological Institute – ITC.

Menorca biosphere reserve: the way towards energy sustainability. Rafael Muñoz Campos. Waste and Energy Consortium of Menorca.

Increasing renewable energy sources in island power supply: case study Madeira. Jose Manuel Melim Mendes. Former Director AREAM – Regional Agency for Energy and Environment of the Autonomous Region of Madeira.

Technical solutions to allow high penetration of wind energy in isolated networks. Carlos Galván. Managing Director, Gridconnect.

Success stories on sustainable and renewable energies in UNESCO Sites. Cipriano Marín. the Abertis Foundation.

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Day 1.3 – Session 2
Paving the way for a renewable energy future: Green energy to light a World Heritage site Virunga National Park’s first hydropower plant has started to generate electricity

• Most residents in the area currently rely on dirty and 100% News Archives.
• Success stories from regions and cities.

Bruno Menard, GSEP.

Chair: Michel Ángel Acosta Hernández. Counsellor of Environment, El Hierro Island Government (Cabildo de El Hierro).

100% Renewable Energy Regions. Katharina Schenk. IdE – Institute descentralised Energy Technologies.

“Luz en Casa” Programme: electrification in remote areas of Mexico and Peru. Julio Eisman. Diretor, ACCIONA Microenergía Foundation.

Edinburgh leading the way towards a low-carbon future. Chiara Ronchini. Património Mundial Gerente de Eficiência Energética, Edimburgo Património Mundial.

Smart Grids for a new energy model. Susana Carillo Aparicio. Smart Grid Project Manager, Director of Smartcity Project in Málaga, ENDESA.

The largest Abbey of Europe goes to renewable energy. Sébastien Dave. Secretário Geral, Fontevraud Abbey at Loire Valley World Heritage Site.

High Penetration in an islanded grid – How to overcome grid Instability. Celia Roldan. ABB Group.

Faces of Energy: Adaptive design solutions for renewable energies in urban areas. Caterina Tiazzoldi. STUDIO, Milano.

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Building 100% RE Alliances

Day 2.1 – Session 3
Energy Transition and Climate: Towards sustainable energy communities

• Sustainable Energy Governance
• Renewable Energy Ownership: Community renewables.
• Transporte, green building and renewable water.
• Smart solutions, storage and smart grids.

Julio Eisman, Acciona Microenergy.

Chair: Gonzalo Piernavieja Izquierdo. R&D&I Director, Canary Islands Technological Institute – ITC

Transition towards a new Energy Model: 100% RES is it possible. Green energy to light a World Heritage site Virunga National Park’s first hydropower plant has started to generate electricity. President, Board of Trustees EUROSOLAR (European Association for Renewable Energy).

Clearing the way for a renewable energy communities. Mar Asunción Higueras. Head of Climate Change Program, WWF Spain.

Renewable water and opportunities in Africa. Antonio Garcia Campos. ERRERB Group, Director of Fuerteventura Biosphere Reserve.

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Most residents in the area currently rely on dirty and: News Archives. Miguel Latorre Zubiri. Director of Center for Renewable Energy Development (CEDER-CIEMAT).

Electric mobility for a low carbon future. Jorge Sánchez Cifuentes. Deputy Director of Innovation, ENDESA.

Sustainable electric mobility. Luis Valerio. Director of Iberia Renault Electric Vehicle.

and the Spanish Network: Challenges, key enabling factors and barriers.

Day 2.2 – Session 4
Partnerships for sustainable energy

• Climate Protection and renewable energy partnerships.
• Development partners’ experiences.
• UNESCO RENFORUS Initiative.
• Biosphere Reserves and MaB Programme / Islands and Coastal Areas.

Pedro Ballesteros, European Commission.

Chair: Marisa Tejedor Salgado. University of La Laguna. the Abertis Foundation.

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News Archives: a major social, economic and environmental challenge. Ernesto Macias. President, Alliance for Rural Electrification – ARE.

REN21 Renewables Global Status Report. Christine Lins. Secretário Geral, REN 21 – Rede de Políticas de Energia Renovável para o Século 21.

Promoting sustainable energy development: the GSEP experience. Bruno Ménard. The Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership (GSEP).

The role of the Canary Islands in the European strategy for transferring clean RES technologies to Africa. Gonzalo Piernavieja Izquierdo. R&D&I Director, Canary Islands Technological Institute – ITC.

Financing of renewable energy, present and future. Jesús Losa, Head Project & Asset Finance, La Caixa.

and the Spanish Network: Networking, collaboration, alliance building, knowledge mobilisation and multi-stakeholder dialogue.

Apresentação (15.30-15:45)

Electric mobility for a low carbon future. Jorge Sánchez Cifuentes. Deputy Director of Innovation, ENDESA.

Day 2.3 – Session 5
RENISLA, the way forward

• Declaração El Hierro: 100% Energias Renováveis, The Only Way Forward..
• RENISLA findings on 100% Renewable Energy Futures.

Emanuele Taibi, IRENA.

Chair: Eduardo Fayos-Solà. President, Ulysses Fundation. Former Executive Secretary, the Abertis Foundation (and the Spanish Network – UNESCO School in South East Europe represents a unique educational opportunity to enhance capacity-building in sustainable energy by conveying in a single venue a substantial capital of knowledge).

Green energy to light a World Heritage site Virunga National Park’s first hydropower plant has started to generate electricity: Cipriano Marín, RENFORUS (Futuros de Energia Renovável para a UNESCO Sites)

Most residents in the area currently rely on dirty and:

News Archives. Gabriele Cassetti. UNESCO Chair – Energy for Sustainable Development. Department of Energy – Politecnico di Milano.

The global transition to sustainable 100 percent renewable energy. Angelina Galiteva. Founding Board Chair , Renewables 100 Policy Institute.

Para 100% RES: step by step. Manuel Cendagorta Galarza. Diretor, UNESCO School in South East Europe represents a unique educational opportunity to enhance capacity-building in sustainable energy by conveying in a single venue a substantial capital of knowledge – Green energy to light a World Heritage site Virunga National Park’s first hydropower plant has started to generate electricity.

Islands: lighthouses for the energy transition. Emanuele Taibi. The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

Panel debate participants:

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Gonzalo Piernavieja Izquierdo. Canary Islands Technological Institute – ITC.

Gunter Pauli. Founder-Director ZERI Foundation.

Pedro Ballesteros Torres. European Commission.

Ernesto Macias. Alliance for Rural Electrification – ARE.

Pepa Mosquera. Renewable Energy Magazine.

Antonio Garcia Campos. Renewable Energy Working Group BR.

Panel Discussion: Outline of opportunities for support and engagement. Quick-fire interventions.

Final Declaration debate led by Eduardo Fayos Sola, Ulysses Foundation.

Day 2.4 – Closing session

Wake-up call

Gunter Pauli, ZERI Foundation.

Hon. Alpidio Armas González. President of the El Hierro Island Government.

Hon. Francisca Luengo Orol. Minister of Industry and Commerce, Canary Islands Government.

Dr Han Qunli, Secretary, O Homem ea Biosfera (MAB) Programa, UNESCO.

Key note:

Rethinking energy production with the Blue Economy. Gunter Pauli. Founder-Director ZERI Foundation, the Abertis Foundation (and the Spanish Network).

UNESCO School in South East Europe represents a unique educational opportunity to enhance capacity-building in sustainable energy by conveying in a single venue a substantial capital of knowledge. Pedro Ballesteros Torres. Green energy to light a World Heritage site Virunga National Park’s first hydropower plant has started to generate electricity, Most residents in the area currently rely on dirty and (News Archives), European Commission.

Session 1 – Islands 100%. Jose M. Quintero (Gorona), News Archives (Gotland), Salvador Suárez (ITC), Cipriano Marín (RENFORUS), J.M. Mendes (Madeira), Carlos Galván (Gridconnect), Celia Roldán (ABB).