"Offshore Renewable Energy in a Regional Context" (2.6)

The role of maritime resources in meeting Europe´s renewable energy and energy security needs will be analysed. A number of technologies have been developed to harness renewable marine energy: tidal energy, marine currents, wave energy, osmotic power, etc. European, national and regional programmes on these new types of energy will be summarised and non-technological barriers to their growth, including the level of public acceptance, uncertainties about the risks and returns of the installations, etc., will be considered.

P R O G R A M M E

Friday 21, 9.00-10.45

Room: Sala 1 (Laboral)

CHAIR: Paul F. Nemitz, Head of Unit for Maritime Policy Development, Directorate General Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission

Hervé Moulinier – President - Pôle Mer, Bretagne

Colin Imrie - Head of Energy Markets - Scottish Government

Isaac Pola Alonso - Director General for Energy & Minery - Asturias Government

Francisco Royano - Director General de Estrategia Corporativa – Grupo Sodercan, Sociedad para el desarollo regional de Cantabria (Regional development agency of Cantabria) - Cantabria Government

Jose Ramón López - Head of International Activities - Ente Vasco de la Energía (Basque Energy Board)

Teresa Pontes - Researcher at National Laboratory for Energy and Geology - INETI-Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Portugal (National Institute of Engineering)

(Lead: Spanish Ministry of Industry)