This Newsletter lists key information added to the website during July and August, helping you to ensure that you haven't missed important announcements during the Summer Break.
The ManagEnergy Annual Conference on Local Energy Action is free of charge for organisations within Europe, with priority given to Energy Agencies. Details on hotel booking were added in early July and, at the same time, the programme was updated. If you have not yet registered, we recommend that you complete the online form for the event in Brussels or the Internet Broadcast soon.
The annual conference is the place to be to meet Local and Regional Energy actors from throughout Europe and form partnerships for projects, including those under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) and Intelligent Energy - Europe (IEE).
Day 1 will offer an excellent opportunity for you to find out about:
Parallel sessions will discuss:
and online participants will join the delegates in Brussels, via an interactive chat, in questioning a panel of speakers and Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in the Round Table Session.
Day 2 will start with a presentation on the Intelligent Energy - Europe Programme and the ManagEnergy Intiative. This will be followed by parallel sessions on Energy Agencies and Good Practices in:
In the afternoon, the ManagEnergy Reflection Group will moderate a discussion and brainstorming session on The Challenge for Energy Agencies: state of play
Finally, Mr Patrick Lambert, the new Head of Unit D3 for Promotion and Dissemination of Programme Results, Energy & Transport DG (see June 2004 Newsletter) will conclude with a summary of the Conference presentations and findings.
It is anticipated that further information on this conference will be added in early September.
Draft programme, registration and hotel booking information
The Intelligent Energy Executive Agency was set up by Decision No 2004/20/EC. Under the Community programme Intelligent Energy — Europe, established by Decision No 1230/2003/EC, the Agency will be responsible for implementing the tasks concerning Community aid under the programme, except for programme evaluation, monitoring of legislation and strategic studies, or any other action which comes under the exclusive competence of the Commission.
The Agency is expected to start operations in Autumn 2004 and will be located in Brussels. It is currently looking for contract agents.
Open and future calls for proposals for FP6 include Third Call for Proposals [FP6-2004-TREN-3] as well as two joint calls on Hydrogen [FP6-2004-Hydrogen-1] and [FP6-2004-Hydrogen-2] have been published
Further information can be found in the presentations from the European Commission Energy & Transport DG Information Day on 22 June 2004.
Download Work Programme for FP6-2004-TREN-3 (212 KB PDF)
In the first Concerto call, 42 projects were received, of which 17 were above the threshold of minimum quality level. There are expected to be sufficient funds within the budget to fund the 9 best Concerto projects selected from the first Concerto Call:
Further information can be seen in the video recordings of a presentation by Karl Kellner, Head of Unit, European Commission, Energy and Transport DG on Day 1 of the European Conference of Municipal Energy Managers held in Stuttgart in July 2004.
As indicated in the June Newsletter, an introduction to ManagEnergy is in the process of being translated into all 20 European Languages. At the time this newsletter was produced, the introduction was available in the following languages (click on an image to view the introduction):
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These can also be accessed from the About ManagEnergy page and by clicking on the flags on the homepage of this site.
Video Recording: Security of electricity and gas supply: Europe spins its energy web
This video (5 languages: DE EN ES FR IT ; length: 11'48") was produced by the European Commission in July 2004. The Italian blackout of September 2003 clearly demonstrated the need to further develop interconnections between national grids and reinforce cooperation between transmission system operators. Ensuring that electricity production capacity is sufficient to cover times of peak consumption is imperative. As the EU will increasingly depend on natural gas, the key issue here is to diversify its sources of supply. These measures are taken within the framework of the completion of the single market for electricity and gas, security of supply policy and the management of energy demand.
Patrick Lambert & Alfonso Gonzáles Finat on the restructuring of the Energy & Transport DG and Annual Conference
The European Commission's Energy and Transport DG was restructured in May 2004. Mr Alfonso González Finat and Mr Patrick Lambert outline the main implications for renewable energies, demand management and sustainable development. You will also learn about the state of play of the Executive Agency and the Annual Energy & Transport DG, ManagEnergy conference. The interviews can be viewed in the Speakers' Gallery on the ManagEnergy Internet Broadcast Portal.
Alfonso González Finat on Commission report on share of renewables
European companies lead the world in renewable energy technology. However, a recent Commission report shows that the share of renewable energies in the EU is expanding too slowly to achieve the targets set out for Europe. In an interview given for ManagEnergy, Mr Alfonso González Finat, Director for New Energies, Demand Management and Sustainable Development in the European Commission, explains the report's key messages for Europe.
Seminars in Latvia and Lithuania Technical and financial possibilities regarding bioenergy
Make the renewable vision real! -
Riga, Latvia, 21 September 2004 /
Kaunas, Lithuania, 23 September 2004
European Mobility Week - 16-22 September 2004
Green Power Central & Eastern Europe - 27-29 September 2004
CIBARQ4 International Conference of Architecture, Cities and Energy - 7-8 October 2004, Pamplona, Spain
European Conference on Local Energy Action
The 4th Annual Event of Energy Management Agents in Europe:
Optimising local action to drive sustainable energy and transport in the Europe of Twenty-Five -
20-21 October 2004, Brussels, Belgium and Live on the Internet