Training seminar on the benefits of RES

To increase the awareness of regional stakeholders for the benefits of RES on 9 June a training sessin took place in Bucharest within the frame of  Support_ers project (http://www.support-ers.eu/). Focus of the training in Bucharest has been the use of biomass and especially of waste for energetic purposes. During the seminar, international RES experts discussed best practice examples and RES support mechanisms. Mr Franck managing Director of BioWerk of the Climate Alliance Member City of Hamburg  had a presentation on the "ENERGETIC USE OF BIOMASS IN THE CITY OF HAMBURG" with emphasis on the biogas plant Stellinger Moor Hamburg. Around 30 participants, municipalities, NGOs and from the research community have been present in the training.

A part of the role of Climate Alliance in the project is to facilitate the cooperation between local authorities in the area of renewable energies. Seminars in Slovakia, Estonia, Croatia, Poland and Bulgaria will follow.

SUPPORT_ERS is an Intelligent Energy Europe project implemented from November 2007 until January 2010. It aims to achieve several important results:

• Detailed information on administrative barriers for RES in the new Member States and candidate countries involved in the consortium
• Checklist for institutions on how to reduce administrative barriers for RES incl. best-practices
• Recommendations to policy makers on options to support RES-H
• Regional RES training modules (incl. planning aspects) and six regional seminars in the new Member States and candidate countries.

The Partners:
The SUPPORT_ERS consortium consists of eleven partners from EU Member States and candidate countries:

• Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (Germany)
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit - GTZ (Germany)
• Institutul de Studii si Proiectari Energetice (Romania)
• Energy Efficiency Agency (Bulgaria)
• Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications (Estonia)
• Energy Institute Hrvoje Pozar (Croatia)
• Institute for the Diversification and Saving of Energy (Spain)
• Slovak Innovation and Energy Agency (Slovakia)
• European Renewable Energy Council (EU)
• Austrian Energy Agency (Austria)
• Climate Alliance (EU)

For more information please contact:
Dr. Andreas Kress
a.kress(at)klimabuendnis.org
fon +49-69-717139-33

Further information: biowerk-hamburg-franck.pdf