Evidence

• E-Mob 5 business cases for e-mobility
  
• The 10 commandments of E-Mob: policy & strategy recommendations
  
• GENERATION policy recommendations
  
• GENERATION - State of Art Audit Methodology
  
• ITACA Handbook
  
• SEECA policy recommendations
  
• SEECA eco calendar - polish version
  
• SEECA - Ecocalendar - English version
  
• SILCS Final Report
  
• SILCS Final Report Appendices
  
• Timber best practice
  
• TIMBER Booklet
  
• Tracit Report
  
• TRISCO Final Report
  
• TRISCO Final Report Annex
  
• WICO Guidelines
  

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The POWER programme that promotes low-carbon economies in Europe faces its final after three and a half years of work supporting innovative projects in the energy field. Its implementation has required the cooperation of energy agencies in seven European regions, investing a total of 5.8 million euros and supporting nine international projects, of which seven have counted on the participation of Andalusia.

For this reason, a working session has recently been held at the headquarters of the Andalusian Energy Agency to analysis the results, counting on a dozen experts among local authorities, enterprises, agencies development, technology centres, universities and non profit organizations, all responsible for the projects which have received European funding through POWER

The event was attended by the Director General of the Andalusian Energy Agency, Francisco Bas, who opened the session with words of thanks to the driving entities of assisted projects. Mr. Bas also expressed his hope that the results continue to give international collaboration in the field of energy innovation through future initiatives.

Projects

The Agency has participated in the POWER project as the regional coordinator, assuming its leadership and management and promoting it among the entities that might be interested in receiving EU funding for their projects. The budget for the Andalusian region rises to 884,000 euros, including the seven financed subprojects.

The selection of these projects was conducted by two international calls, with meetings held in the Netherlands and in Andalusia. The Andalusian projects have been GENERATION, involving simplified energy audits; ITACA, focusing on innovative initiatives in the field of transport; WICO, on the promotion of mini-wind systems in coastal areas with the cooperation of industry sector; TRISCO, on communities in transition through behaviour change; E-MOB, which sets sustainable transport systems in low CO2 emissions in urban areas; SILCS on innovative strategies for application of innovative technologies and eco-innovation in the building sector, and finally, TIMBER, based on integrated management tools for biomass energy resources.

Press release

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POWER empowering the low carbon economy

 21 September 2011, Brussels, Belgium

The POWER final event attracted over 140 european experts in the fields of renewable energy, energy efficiency, sustainable transport, eco-innovation and behaviour change. This event was the perfect platform to discover good practices and new grassroots initiatives to help deliver low carbon economies at regional level.

 

POWER is co-financed by the ERDF and made possible by the INTERREG IVC programme

 

Agenda
Presentation - Introduction Keith Riley
Presentation - Policy and POWER Road maps
Presentation - Evaluation
Presentation - INTERREG IVC

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From 15-17 September 2011 the envrionmental festival ROHEVIK took place in Tallinn and Tartu cities of Estonia, which looked to the kind of future that will be built on economical and environmentally friendly ways of life, with a focus on electric cars.

The ROHEVIK festival was one of the highlights of the calendar of events marking the 20^th anniversary of the activities of the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Office in Estonia, and the final event of the inter-regional POWER programme, which is led in Estonia by Tallinn City Government, Environment Department and funded through INTERREG IVC programme of the European Regional Development Fund.

The organizers of this festival were Nordic Council of Ministers’ Office in Estonia, Tallinn City Government - Environment Department, Embassy of Finland in Tallinn, Tartu City Government, Estonian University of Life Sciences and Tartu Science Park.

September 15: conference ‘Modern Eco-Cities’ in Tartu (about 150 participants). Opening statements from:

· H.E.Aleksi Härkönen - Ambassador of Finland to Estonia

· Berth Sundström – Director of the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Office in Estonia,

September 16: conference ‘Smart Energy and Green Transport’ in Tallinn (around 135 guests). Opening statements from:

· Kaja Kallas – Chairman of the Economic Affairs Committee, the Parlament of Estonia

· Ville Niinistö – Minister of the Environment of Finland

· Arvo Sarapuu – Deputy Mayor of Tallinn City

September 17: family day ‘Our Future – Electric Vehicles’ with 13 electric cars at the Liberty Square in Tallinn (approx. 2000 participants). Opening statements from:

· Keit Pentus – Minister of the Environment of Estonia

· Arvo Sarapuu – Deputy Mayor of Tallinn City

Activities on the Liberty Square on the 17th of September

Biggest electric cars presentation in Estonia– electric cars arrived to the Liberty Square at 12:00. They were driven onto the podium one by one for a presentation, and then lined up on the square for public viewing.

Charging electric cars– how are electric cars charged? Is it dangerous? Difficult? How much time does it take and how much does it cost? Chargers installed by Ensto and ABB were used for the demonstration.

ELMO – electric cars in Estonia– the number of electric cars in Estonia will be increased 100 times in less than two years! KredEx/Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications introduced the electro mobility campaign in Estonia and gave advice on support programme to people who want to buy an electric car.

Renewable energy– Taastuvenergia OÜ demonstrated small and big solar panels; teachers taught how to build a wind generator and how to get thermal energy from wastewater.


Environmental education– the environment tent offered exciting and educational games for the senses of hearing and touch. Try to guess natural items by touching them, recognize the trees that grow in Estonia, etc.

Science theatre of electricity– the Discovery Centre Energy performs tricks with electricity, the Tesla transformer created electric lightning, LED-inspired dynamic sculptures, LED graphic exhibits, kefir batteries, experiments with microwaves and other kitchen physics, a generator that has been turned into a robot.


Cleaner environment– what are the biggest environmental risks and climate problems? What can we do? The Estonian Office of the European Commission talked about the goals and developments of the European Union’s climate and environment policy.

Kids’ area– Juku Game Centre offered all kinds of electric and mobile entertainment for children, youngsters and adults who felt passionate for games. People could test their skills of steering radio controlled electric cars; beginners could try driving cars with batteries. There were also wheelie trainers plus push and pedal cars for the smallest kids.

Electric vehicles: demonstration of electricATV, bicycles, skateboards and SEAGWAYS

Academy of eco-driving– it is also possible to drive a car that uses fossil fuels more economically. Heli Ainjärv, who teaches in Niguliste Driving School and Tallinn University, showed how to drive more sustainably. Everyone could try the new driving style in city traffic under the guidance of the teacher.

Test-driving with an electric car– ELMO offered free test-driving with an electric car to everyone.

Link: http://www.rohevik.ee

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Agenda

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A project to promote the deployment of small wind systems along the European coastlines

Conference presentation of the Guide Lines to promote the deployment of small wind systems along the European coastlines

The aim of the project is to promote, through defined actions, the development of a low carbon economy and the reduction of greenhouse emissions. The WICO partners (Province of Ravenna (lead partner) - IT, Diputacion Huelva - ES and Marine South East -UK), have identified small wind systems as a possible technology which is capable of integration with other types of Renewable Energy Systems, to exploit renewable resources such as offshore and onshore coastal winds and urban airstreams. As part of the project the partners have collected data from strategically placed anemometers and pilot installations, and conducted in depth research of national policies, markets and technological frameworks, to produce Guide Lines for the increased deployment of small wind systems to generate viable renewable energy.

Presentation of WICO project and overview on the Guide Lines by Larry Parker - Energy Agency of the Diputacion de Huelva
The WICO experience in steering policies and simplifying procedures by Mr Marco Bacchini - Province of Ravenna
The barriers preventing the deployment of small wind systems and the economic advantages by Mr Simon Powell - Marine South East
The development, evolution and technical characteristics of small wind systems by Francesco Matteucci - Consultant of the Province of Ravenna

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Strategy for Energy Efficiency through Climate Agreements (or SEECA) is a new strategic approach which aims to motivate key stakeholders at a local and regional level to take positive action to foster a low carbon economy. The overall aim of the SEECA project is to build a sustainable, regional framework through the development of regional specific climate and energy strategies. The implementation of these strategies will be assisted by Climate Agreements which will be signed between public sector bodies and other key stakeholders. The SEECA project will develop clear climate reduction manuals and guidelines for public authorities, businesses and NGO´s that can easily be transferred to other regions in Europe

The SEECA project consists of three different parts:

1. Identification and development of existing Climate and Energy strategies

2. Design and development of Climate Agreements

3. Eco-driving and good planning when using heavy machines.

This information day consists of three events which provide more information on each of the three project components.

 

TO WATCH THIS EVENT, PLEASE CLICK HERE 

 

Agenda - Creating Low Carbon Economies - 12 April 2011
Event 1 - Emision reduction through voluntary Climate Agreements
Event 2 - Inspiring behavioural change to create a lower carbon economy
Event 3 - Ecodriving for Heavy machinery

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Environmentally friendly products, services and technologies are becoming increasingly necessary to stabilize climate change and to mitigate the effects of global warming. Eco Innovation activities, which facilitate the development or adoption of new products and services with lower impact on the environment, are essential on the way to achieving sustainable economic growth through low carbon routes. Policy makers from the POWER partnership and the Project SILCS had the opportunity to discuss eco-innvation with companies from the region during this two days event.

Martin Bakker brabantwoning (Presentation in English)
NOUD TE RIELE POWER (Presentation in English)
Stef Janssen Dromen over de groene dak- en gevellandschappen van de 21e eeuw (Presentation in Dutch)
Marc Maessen Ground energysystems and the “AMvB Bodemenergie” (Presentation in English)
Renz Pijnenborgh Presentatie C2C (Presentation in Dutch)

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TRISCO Presentation - Enno Selirand and Mario Aare, Viimsi Municipality
SEECA Presentation - Aleksandr Popel, Tallinn City Government, Environment Department
TRACIT Presentation - Mari Jussi, SEI Tallinn
TRACIT presentation - Merle Laager, Viimsi Municipality

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The Junta of Andalucia invited the POWER partnership and the projects funded under the theme Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to a two-day event in Almeria, Spain. The first day focused on the European Strategy for 2020 and the Andalucian regional approach on Resource and Energy Efficiency whereas the second day brought together projects and regional experts to discuss and debate renewable energy and energy efficiency as preparation for the policy road maps, which will be delivered at the end of the programme.

Business engagement in Italy and Spain is speeding up the application and planning process for small wind energy systems at national and local level. In addition, Spanish partners presented the draft Guidelines of the WICO project,one of the main project outputs.

If you are interested in finding out more about the project funded under Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, please download the presentations below:

PowerProgramme Presentation, Janet Borgers, Programme manager, POWER Secretariat, SEEDA
Energy Efficiency Presentation, María Luisa BORRA MARCOS, Spanish POWER Regional Correspondent, Agencia Andaluza de la Energía, Spain
Presentation in Spanish - ENERGÍA INTELIGENTE PARA EUROPA Convocatoria de propuestas 2011, Virginia Vivanco Cohn, Dpto. Relaciones Internacionales, IDAE
Plataforma Solar de Almería Javier Forte, Francisco Martín

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SILCS aims to prove and illustrate the effectiveness of low carbon building initiatives within the framework of sustainable development. SILCS incorporates four low carbon innovative building experiments with the purpose of evaluating and generating multi-level low carbon innovative strategies and solutions. These will be utilized as best practice examples to inform existing and new sustainable community proposals. These projects illustrate the potential for social cohesion integrated with innovative low carbon technologies, which can become best practice examples for future settlements. The intention is to draw together economists, architects, planners, city officials, residents and other constituents of civic society, to harness their skills and enthusiasm over a longer time period.

The project will address the following four questions:

This two day workshop looked at how can we deliver new developments and retrofit programmes that are low carbon and affordable going into the future.

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Agenda SEECA: Eco-driving: Gaseous Fuels

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Agenda

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To meet the challenging objectives defined by the European Union in the “EU 20-20-20 Strategy”, Member States need to find a common approach and put together robust tools to develop smart low carbon economies. Climate adaptation, climate justice, green new deal, green economy should not be only press headlines, but real drivers for decoupling economic growth and GHG emissions.

The links between the economy, human behaviour and nature are complex.

New roles for politicians, technological researchers and the business sector should be investigated, thus promoting a culture of responsibility and adoption of ethical behaviour, until the entire society is involved in the formulation of a new behaviour model.

Ecomondo is the most important exhibition on green technology and new green lifestyles and will be staged in Italy (Rimini). It’s a privileged meeting place between green businesses and institutional stakeholders. It will be a great occasion to find out about the lastest innovative technologies and low carbon behaviour change all around Europe (http://en.ecomondo.com/).

Policy experts from the regions and Power's sub projects will be meeting to exchange ideas at the "Delivering low carbon behaviours" workshop on the 4 November 2010.

We are grateful to the Province of Rimini and Regione Emilia-Romagna who have offered to support the organisation of the meeting.

To register for the meeting please contact Francesca Lussu:

Email: flussu@arpa.emr.it

Agenda

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Transport needs to use all our resources efficiently, serve our citizens, support business and the economy with minimal environmental impact. Seventy five percent of EU citizens live in cities and we need to consider a range of options for managing urban mobility, with policies that support more innovation, modal shift and a mixture of sustainable modes of transport appropriate for each region. Local authorities can be a strong agent for change through their public procurement.

Policy experts from the regions and POWER's sustainable transport sub projects met to exchange ideas at the Road to Electric Mobility Meeting.

Agenda - Road to E-Mobility 13/14.10.10
Energy considerations for electric transport, David Farr, Project Manager for Sustainable Transport, SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy)
Sustainable Urban Mobility, Raul Ramos, INTA, Spain, ITACA Project
Allan Hutchinson, Oxford Brookes Presentation

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SEECA project - Agenda - The Swedish recipe for a carbon free environment

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Overview on the POWER programme
POWER programme - Financial and Legal requirements
POWER programme - Communication and Policy
POWER programme - 2nd call projects presentation: E-Mob, SEECA, SILCS, TIMBER, TRACIT

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Fernando Alonso, Director, Stockholm Region -

POWER Mini-programme

 

Mats Hellström, Board member, Globe Forum -

The role of innovative regions for the low carbon economy

Pedro Ballesteros-Torres, Programme Manager, Europeiska Kommissionen -

The Covenant of Mayors, Smart Cities and Low Carbon Zones

Daniel Carlsson-Mård, Public Relations Officer, Stockholms Stad - From Hammarby Sjöstad to Stockholm Royal Seaport

Programme (pdf)

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POWER Inter-regional Programme overview
How to develop a project under POWER?
Useful tips from the 1st call subprojects GENERATION and ITACA
Introduction of all POWER sub-themes

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Agenda - delegates
List of Participants
Presentation POWER INTERREGIONAL PROGRAMME
Presentation INFORMATION ON APPLICATION AND COMMUNICATION

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