EE & RE Conference

ENERGY EFFICIENCY and RENEWABLE ENERGY
for SOUTH EAST EUROPE

CONFERENCE
 

Date: 7 March 2017
Frequency: Annual
Sequence: 13th edition
Venue: Inter Expo Center, Sofia

Hall Musala

The countries from South-East Europe play an important role the EU "20-20-20" targets. They are utilizing renewables and putting the energy efficiency into the heart of its transition towards low-carbon economy.

The Conference Program will focus on the key priorities for the Region.
 

• An expert from the Union of the Electricity Industry – EURELECTRIC will let the audience know with the Smart and Clean Energy Package and about the opportunities for South East Europe. The long-awaited Clean Energy Package aims at better engaging consumers in the energy transition through a raft of new legislative proposals and initiatives covering retail and wholesale market functioning. Consumers across the EU will in the future have a better choice of supply, access to reliable energy price comparison tools and the possibility to produce and sell their own electricity. Increased transparency and better regulation give more opportunities for civil society to become more involved in the energy system and respond to price signals.

• George Chavdarov, an energy expert at the European Investment Bank will present co-financing sustainable energy projects from EU funds. The EU Cohesion Policy envisages some € 27 billion for investments in energy efficiency, renewable energy, smart distribution grids and low-carbon research and innovation (ERDF and CF). Other EU funds that support sustainable energy are: ESIF, CEF and EFSI. JASPERS provides advice in project preparation, independent project quality review and capacity building to facilitate the absorption of those funds.In 2014-2020 Programming Period JASPERS extends its assistance also to non-major projects. Sustainable energy portfolio includes district heating, renewable energy, smart development, energy efficiency projects.

• Balkanika Energy representative will speak about its project OrbEEt, aimed on the organizational behavior improvement for energy efficient administrative public offices, in which Balkanika operates as a part of a consortium of international partners.  The project aims to develop a system which will help change the consumer behavior towards energy savings and thus increased energy efficiency will be achieved.

• National Biomass Association of Bulgaria will be also participant with its latest projects B4B - Assist the European Business to Use Heat from Biomass and BioRES -Sustainable Regional Supply Chains for Woody Bioenergy.

• At the beginning of January Argentina declares 2017 Renewable Energy Year and under this state highlight the Embassy of Argentina in Bulgaria will participate with a presentation in the SEE Conference.

• The afternoon session will highlight on geothermal energy in cities: good practices and perspectives.
• Renowned speaker as Dr. Juliet Newson from the International Geothermal Association and director of the Iceland School of Energy, Reykjavik University will open the session and will submit a review of sustainability impacts and how geothermal resource contributes to our well-being.

• Robert Gavriliuc, European Geothermal Council will deliver a speech on the geothermal energy use in the Balkan countries. The paper will present some statistical data about the Balkan countries with regard to both shallow and deep geothermal energy use. Several financing possibilities for such projects will be also covered.

• Survey of the Bulgarian market situation will be outline by the chairperson of Bulgarian Thermal Heat Pump Association.

• Being part of Region Session, prof. Sanja Popovska-Vasilevska will speak about the geothermal energy use in Macedonia - present status and perspectives.

The whole Program content of SEE EE & RE Conference can be seen here    Registration

SEE Exhibition’17:

Exhibitors from Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Ukraine will display their technology and solutions.

Visitor Invitation        Brochure

*The SEE EE & RE and SEE Smart Cities Exhibitions will be held together with SEE Waste Management & Recycling Exhibition.
 

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