Workshop for Energy Cooperatives and Stakeholders The Role of

Workshop for Energy Cooperatives and Stakeholders
The Role of Energy Cooperatives in Future Energy Markets
23 March 2015, Brussels
BBH Brussels, Avenue Marnix 28, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
02.00 – 03.00 pm
Reception
03.00 – 06.00 pm
Introductory remarks, Christian Held, BBH
Keynote speech “The role of energy cooperatives in a changing
global energy market”
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Klaus Niederländer, International Cooperatives Alliance, Director
of Cooperatives Europe
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Dirk Vansintjan, President of the European Federation of
Renewable Energy Cooperatives
Key challenges for energy cooperatives
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European perspectives, Christian Held, BBH
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U.S. American perspectives, James Guy, LeClair Ryan
Overview and Development of energy cooperatives in Germany
– Energy Cooperatives in times of the “Energiewende” (energy
transition)
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Dr. Andreas Wieg, German Cooperative and Raiffeisen
Confederation, reg. assoc.(DGRV)
Round table with statements from European and U.S. energy
cooperatives on challenges and opportunities for cooperatives
feat. participants:
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Choptank Electric Cooperative
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Claverack Electric Cooperative
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Delaware Electric Cooperative
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Golden Spread Electric Cooperative
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Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative
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North Carolina Electric Membership Cooperative
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Nothwestern Rural Electric Cooperative
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ODEC (Wholesale power supply cooperative)
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Rapahannock Electric Cooperative
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Seminole Electric Cooperative
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Tri-County Electric Cooperative
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South Tyrol Energy Association
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Teutoburger Energie Netzwerk eG (TEN eG, tbc)
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Deutscher Genossenschafts- und Raiffeisenverband
Bundesgeschäftsstelle Energiegenossenschaften (tbc)
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Netzkauf EWS eG Schönau (tbc)
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EnergieNetzGenossenschaft Hamburg eG (tbc)
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Department of Energy and Climate Change (UK government
energy department)
07.00 pm
Dinner at “Aux Armes de Bruxelles”
13 rue des Bouchers, 1000 Bruxelles
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