Developing Renewable Energy in Europe – growing opportunities

Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes

EU GCC Clean Energy Network – Clean Energy Research & Innovation 2016-12-05 @ WREC 2016, Bahrain

About me: An Experienced Expert …cooperating with

• the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE)as a Board Member

• the European Renewable Energies Federation (EREF)as a Vice-President

• the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st

Century (REN21) as a Steering Committee Member

• the World Renewable Energy Network (WREN)as the Head of the Policy Committee, as a Council Member and Advisor

• and with GO100%RE, with IRENA, with the IEA and many other national, regional, European and international organisations and institutions

• And being a Member of

the German Wind Energy Association (BWE) the International Solar Energy Society (ISES) and some others

We are the voice of the renewable energy industry in Germany. We

are 42 industry associations and companies of the hydropower, windenergy, solar energy, biomass and geothermal energy industry. We represent

the interests of more than 30,000 single members, among which 5,000

companies. German renewable energy industry stands for 355.000 jobs

and 3 million power plant operators. Our aim: 100% Renewable Energyfor electricity, heating & cooling and transport.

German Renewable Energy Federation

E R E FEuropean Renewable Energies Federation

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Federation of associations from EU Member States, working in the sector of energy produced from renewable sources

Voice of Independent Producers of Energy from Renewables

Advocating level playing field and non-discriminatory access to energy markets

Cooperating with national and European RE-associations for a stable and reliable policy framework in Europe and beyond

Reaching out to international organisations and networks (e.g. IRENA, REN21, IEA, go100%re ...)

About EREF

EU Energy Union StrategyA Framework Strategy for a Resilient Energy Union with a Forward-Looking Climate Change Policypublished on 25th of February 2015

Five Pillars1. Energy security, solidarity and trust2. A fully integrated European energy market3. Energy efficiency contributing to moderation of

demand4. Decarbonising the economy, and5. Research, Innovation and Competitiveness

R&I Cooperation Priorities in the Energy Union Strategy

• next generation of renewable technologies as well as to storage solutions

• putting the EU at the forefront of smart grid and smart home technology, clean transport, as well as clean fossil fuel and the world's safest nuclear generation

• the new European energy R&I approach should accelerate energy system transformation

Four core priorities• Being the world leader in developing the next

generation of renewable energy technologies, including environment-friendly production and use of biomass and biofuels, together with energy storage;

• Facilitating the participation of consumers in the energy transition through smart grids, smart home appliances, smart cities, and home automation systems;

• Efficient energy systems, and harnessing technology to make the building stock energy neutral, and

• More sustainable transport systems that develop and deploy at large scale innovative technologies and services to increase energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Potential Facilitator (Germany)

• FVEE Renewable Energy Research Association

• http://www.fvee.de/en/

FVEE – Members

FVEE – Research areas

Potential Facilitator (EU)

• EURECThe Association of Renewable Energy Research Centers

• http://www.eurec.be/en/

Renewable Energy R&D Communityin Europe

EUREC

EUREC’S ACTIVITIES

EUREC

Networking

Facilitating exchange of information to improve scientific knowledge and

expertise on the latest technology as well as policy developments in the area of

renewable energy technologies

Project development

Fostering joint project development amongst its members, as well as widely

promoting and disseminating research results

Policy inputs

Definition of common positions related to policy dossiers of interest to the

renewable energy research community (e.g. Framework Programmes, SET-Plan,

HORIZON2020, financing instruments…)

Education and Training

Coordination of the European Master in Renewable Energy, taught in nine

universities across Europe

Thank you! شكرا

e-mail: rainer.hinrichs@gmx.de

Twitter: @HinrichsRahlwes

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