Pierre Tardieu, EWEA
By Pierre Tardieu, Co-Chair of the Policies and Markets track at EWEA 2013
Some wind energy markets across Europe are experiencing damaging changes to their national support schemes which are counterproductive since they set back the prospect of renewables being able to compete without support in the near future.
Italy is in the process of going from a tradable green certificate mechanism to a combination of Dutch auction for installations over 5 MW and a feed-in tariff under 5 MW. This represents a major challenge for the sector which will have to adapt to the new scheme in a matter of months (the new scheme will be effective as of 2013).
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Taamir Fareed
Many of those at EWEA 2012 in April will have seen – or taken part in – the Free movement of electricity quiz at the EWEA stand. The winner of the Amazon Kindle has now been announced: it is Taamir Fareed, who works for a private equity fund which invests in wind energy, and is also a board member of the Finnish Wind Energy Association.
Other quiz winners got a mini-turbine. Overall, nearly 200 people took the quiz during the four-day event.
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Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark at EWEA 2012
The EWEA Annual Event 2012 in Copenhagen has now drawn to a close. But what were the main messages of the Chairs of the six themed “tracks” – from policy to financing – to the wind energy industry and politicians?
Uncertainty is very high in the market, in particular for the post-2020 years, Jan Serup Hylleberg, Chair of the policies and markets track, said at the final panel session on Thursday. “Long term stability and effective mechanisms are needed from the political side to grow the industry,” he said. continue reading »
Gian Michele Rossi, Elpower, signing up to support free movement of electricity
The EWEA 2012 Annual Event in Copenhagen may have a packed and highly informative conference agenda, but at the same time the exhibition is buzzing to the tune of inter-industry networking and teeming with show-cases of the industry’s latest innovations. We spent the afternoon talking to exhibitors and visitors on the floor…
While thousands of people were attending presentations, panel sessions and debates Tuesday at the EWEA 2012, many others strolled through the adjoining cavernous exhibition halls to learn more about wind power products and services.
With 12,000 square metres of exhibition space and 525 exhibitors at the Bella Center, there was simply something for everyone.
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Danish Energy Minister Martin Lidegaard
Modernising Europe’s energy infrastructure is “vital” for achieving Europe’s climate and energy targets, Danish Minister Lidegaard told Wind Directions magazine recently.
Huge investments of up to €200 billion by 2020 are needed, but they will contribute to a stable energy supply, a competitive internal market for electricity and help fight climate change, as well as creating jobs, the Climate and Energy Minister said.
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