Themes and topics

We welcome proposals for single presentations or for panel sessions. Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to, the following:

Technologies
Wind
CSP
PV
CPV
Solar Thermal
Bioenergies
Hydro, Marine & Tidal Power
District Heating & Cooling
Geothermal & Heat Pumps

Strategic

Distributed Small Scale Renewables

Finance

Siting/Permitting

Impacts of Economic Development

Repowering

Policy

Procurement/Contracting

Smart & Urban Renewables City

Manufacturing

Incentives & Support Mechanisms

Improving Monitoring & Forecasting

Site & Resource Assessment

Integration

Politics, Policy & Regulation

• EU and national energy policy integration
• Climate change drivers
• Green economic policies
• Security of supply
• Grid connection rules

Market Strategies and Future challenges

• Utility renewables strategies
• Meeting customer expectations
• The role for baseload as renewable generation expands
• Strategies for securing fuel supplies

• Workforce of the future
• Supply chain issues
• Global supplier competition
• Replacing aging infrastructure
• Meeting growth in power demand
• Fostering research & development

Balancing Supply and Demand

• Implications of integrating intermittent and distributed generation
• Hybrid power plants
• Flexible power generation
• Smart grid
• Interconnections and supergrids
• Ancillary services remuneration
• Energy efficiency initiatives
• Energy storage
• Pumped storage solutions
• Electric mobility
• Grid inertia – system stability & reliability