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

13.00

Break

14.00

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)