- Montag, 17. Oktober 2011 12.00 – 13.30 Uhr In meinem Kalender speichern
Renewable Energy Communities
How Rural Development Policy Can Support a Low-Carbon Transition
Welcome:
Thomas Legge, Senior Program Officer, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Discussants:
Jan-Erik Peterson, Head of Group, Major Integrated Assessments, European Environment Agency
Diane Moss, Founder, Renewables 100 Policy Institute
Neil Veilleux, Consultant, Meister Consultants Group
Moderator:
Arne Jungjohann, Director, Environment Program, Heinrich Böll Foundation
Villages across Germany and other countries in Europe are striving to replace fossil fuel use with local wind, solar, and biomass energy resources. With support from projects like Germany’s CLEAN contracts – a feed-in-tariff system that provides incentives to rural clean energy production – more than 75 German towns are already on their way to becoming 100% communities. By pursuing ambitious renewable energy strategies, these rural communities have been able to keep and create additional jobs for farmers, technicians, carpenters and engineers, generate tax revenue and, above all, improve air quality and fight climate change.
Energy farming in the United States, on the other hand, is developing at a much slower pace. States in the Midwest have huge potential for energy production. However, only a fraction of current renewable energy production in this region is owned by small- or medium-sized farmers. To ensure these communities realize the same economic benefits as their German counterparts, U.S. policymakers will need to develop better incentives to drive renewable energy and economic development opportunities in rural communities.
The Heinrich Böll Foundation and German Marshall Fund of the United States are delighted to invite you to a roundtable discussion on the emergence of 100% renewable energy villages in Germany and how this experience can be applied to the development of rural energy policy in the United States.
This is an invitation-only event.
For more information about this event please contact Eva Zschirnt
Thomas Legge, Senior Program Officer, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Discussants:
Jan-Erik Peterson, Head of Group, Major Integrated Assessments, European Environment Agency
Diane Moss, Founder, Renewables 100 Policy Institute
Neil Veilleux, Consultant, Meister Consultants Group
Moderator:
Arne Jungjohann, Director, Environment Program, Heinrich Böll Foundation
Villages across Germany and other countries in Europe are striving to replace fossil fuel use with local wind, solar, and biomass energy resources. With support from projects like Germany’s CLEAN contracts – a feed-in-tariff system that provides incentives to rural clean energy production – more than 75 German towns are already on their way to becoming 100% communities. By pursuing ambitious renewable energy strategies, these rural communities have been able to keep and create additional jobs for farmers, technicians, carpenters and engineers, generate tax revenue and, above all, improve air quality and fight climate change.
Energy farming in the United States, on the other hand, is developing at a much slower pace. States in the Midwest have huge potential for energy production. However, only a fraction of current renewable energy production in this region is owned by small- or medium-sized farmers. To ensure these communities realize the same economic benefits as their German counterparts, U.S. policymakers will need to develop better incentives to drive renewable energy and economic development opportunities in rural communities.
The Heinrich Böll Foundation and German Marshall Fund of the United States are delighted to invite you to a roundtable discussion on the emergence of 100% renewable energy villages in Germany and how this experience can be applied to the development of rural energy policy in the United States.
This is an invitation-only event.
For more information about this event please contact Eva Zschirnt