09.30

2nd International Parliamentary Forum on Renewable Energies

Chair: Hermann Scheer, MP, Germany

Co-chair:

• Mechtild Rothe, MEP
• Nicias Ribeiro, MP, Brazil
• Amin Mobarak, MP, Egypt

The International Parliamentary Forum will review the best policies for the promotion of Renewable Energies, including the constraints and controversies during the decision-making processes. One of the top issues will be a comparison between feed-in tariff and quota concepts.

This session will allow an exchange of Renewable Energy policy experiences among legislators, parliamentarians and representatives from NGOs, science and industry supporting Renewable Energies. Parliamentarians will have a privileged right to speak.

Speakers:

• Frede Hvelplund, Aalborg University, Denmark: Best legal Framework for Renewable Energy Power Promotion
• Paul Gipe, Tehachapi, USA: Renewable Tariffs: Are they making a comeback in North America?
• Heinz Kopetz, Austrian Biomass Association, Austria: Best Biomass Policy
• Fernando Ferro, MP, Brazil: Best biofuel Promotion
• Hans-Josef Fell, MP, Germany: Best Research, Development and Education Policy

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Break

14.00

2nd International Parliamentary Forum on Renewable Energies

• Mohammad Ismail Khan: Minister of Energy and Water, Afghanistan
• Federico Butera, Politecnico di Milano, Italy: Best Solar Building and Urban Planning Promotion
• Raymond Myles, INSEDA, India: Best Solar Village Promotion
• Rudolf Rechsteiner, MP, Switzerland: Parlamentarians and the Energy Conflict
• Augusto H. Baculio, MP, Philippines: Renewable Energies on the Philippines

19.00

End of the Session

20.00

EUROSOLAR Reception

09.00

Session 2: Overcoming the mobility crisis by replacing fossil by renewable fuels

Chair: Wolfgang Palz, Chairman WCRE, and Michael Eckhart, Chairman WCRE

This session discusses the technological options for a shift from fossil to Renewable Energy fuels for vehicles and the corresponding policies. Top issues are the potential of biofuels, Renewable Energy based hydrogen, electric vehicles and hybrid cars. The different applications and their requirements will be compared.

This session will discuss the two main challenges for a global increase of the biofuel production: The International biomass certification in order to guarantee sustainable biomass production methods and a memorandum on bioenergy promotion between national economic needs and the WTO: how to make them compatible?

Speakers:

• Hermann Scheer, General Chairman WCRE, Germany
• Bodo Wolf, CHOREN Industries, Germany
• Giuliano Grassi, European Biomass Industry Association (EUBIA), Belgium
• Peter Schrum, German Biofuel Association (BBK), Germany
• Dörte Fouquet, lawyer, Belgium
• Jami Hossain, Indian Wind Energy Association, India
• Subrata Bose, ERM India Private Limited, India
  

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Break

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Session 3: The Renewable Energy versus Non-Renewable Energy Options

Chair: Preben Maegaard, Chairman WCRE, and Ibrahim Togola, Chairman WCRE

This session will show the comprehensive advantages of Renewable Energy options vis-à-vis new non-renewable options. It examines the attempts of a nuclear renaissance, nuclear fusion, “clean coal” and non-conventional fossil fuel promotion, and in their economical, ecological and structural consequences.

Speakers:

• David Freeman, USA
• Mycle Schneider, Mycle Schneider Consulting, France
• Harry Lehmann, EUROSOLAR, Germany
• Ulf Bossel, European Fuel Cell Forum, Switzerland
• Claude Turmes, MEP, Luxemburg
• Klaus Traube, DNR, Germany

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End of the session

19.00

Panel: Solar or Atoms?

Public discussion between leading Renewable Energy and nuclear energy protagonists

• Hermann Scheer, General Chairman WCRE, Alternative Nobel Prize
• Mycle Schneider, Alternative Nobel Prize
• Arthouros Zervos, EREC (European Renewable Energy Council)
• Rolf Linkohr, President of the European Energy Foundation
• Detlev Wolter, Vice-Chairman of the First Committee (Disarmament & International Security) of the UN General Assembly

Presentation: Joachim Westhoff, editor in chief, General-Anzeiger Bonn

09.00

Excursions (Supporting Programme of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia)

The Energy State North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) presents itself through an exhibition at the conference location. The NRW State Initiative on Future Energies and the NRW Energy Agency offer free excursions to remarkable projects of the Energy State North Rhine-Westphalia.

Excursions Overview

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Break

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Session 4: Mission Possible: Energy Independence and an Ecologically Sustainable Development through Renewable Energies

Chairs: Angelina Galiteva, Chairwoman WCRE

Energy independence as a general and common concept is only possible through Renewable Energies. This session will present different technological, economic and structural approaches to its achievement, from autonomously working power systems to solar villages, cities, regions and nations: the evolution of a global solar habitat.

Speakers:

• Wolfgang Palz , WCRE Chairman, Former EU-official Renewable Energies, France
• Jürgen Schmid, ISET, Germany
• Michael Stoehr, B.A.U.M Consult, Germany
• Helmut Tributsch, Hahn-Meitner Institute, Germany
• Elmar Altvater, FU Berlin, Germany
• Rupert Neudeck, Green Helmets, Germany
• Franz Alt, Journalist, Germany
• Michael Grupp, Synopsis, France
• Kay Voßhenrich, REGIOprojekt, Germany

Announced oral session statements:

David Otieno, GTZ; Khalid Benhamou, Sahara Wind Inc.; Charly Rainer Ehrenpreis, Tamera; Daniela Schreiber, Europressedienst

20.00

Reception by the City of Bonn and the State of North Rhine-Westphalia at Altes Rathaus (Town Hall)

09.00

3rd World Renewable Energy Forum

Renewable Energy: A new basis for the World Economy

Chair:

Hermann Scheer, General Chairman of the World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE)

The 3rd World Renewable Energy Forum reviews the practical results of the “Renewables 2004”, the outcomes of the “Renewables 2005”, and the policies and RE activities of international institutions. It will focus on the development of new policy concepts for the global Renewable Energy Technology Certification and the establishment of an International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). An "Alternative World Energy Outlook" will be presented.

This session will also discuss and adopt the world appeal “The Human Right for Renewable Energy”.

Speakers:

• Osman Benchikh, UNESCO, France
• Werner Zittel, L-B-Systemtechnik GmbH, Germany
• Dipal C. Barua , Grameen Shakti, Bangladesh
• Nancy Wimmer, Grameen Shakti, USA
• Wolfgang Hein , EUROSOLAR, Austria
• Thomas Johansson, Lund University, Sweden
• Massimo Serafini, Lega Ambiente, Italy
• Holger Krawinkel, Federation of German Consumer Organisations, Germany
• D. Yogi Goswami, President of ISES, USA

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Break

14.30

3rd World Renewable Energy Forum

(Part 2)

17.00

End of the 3rd World Renewable Energy Forum and the World Renewable Energy Assembly