Program
Opening (09:00 - 09:30)
- António Sá da Costa, President of APREN - Portuguese Renewable Energy Association
1st morning session - Innovation on renewables (09:30 – 11:00)
Moderator: André Macedo, RTP
- Patrícia Fortes, Investigator at Nova University - The role of renewables in decarbonising the national energy system
- António Sá da Costa, President of APREN - Portuguese Renewable Energy Association - The impact of renewable electricity on the wholesale market
- Manuel Collares Pereira, Teacher at Évora University - The most recent evolutions of CSP
- Stephane Lascaud, CEO at EDF-SF - The huge opporunities of the new storage systems
Debate
Coffe Break (11:00 - 11:30)
2nd morning session - Sector trends (11:30 – 13:00)
Moderator: André Macedo, RTP
- Giles Dickson, CEO at WindEurope - Future trends in wind electricity
- Christophe Arnaud, Policy Advisor at SolarPower Europe - Tendencies in Solar PV
- António Vidigal, CEO at EDP Inovação -The vision for future electrical systems
- Nuno Taveira, Grid Integration Engineer at ENERCON - ENERCON technology in the support of electrical networks
Debate
Lunch (13:00 - 14:30)
APREN Award 2017 (14:30 - 15:00)
Afternoon session - Challenges (15:00 – 17:00)
Moderator: Rosália Amorim, Dinheiro Vivo
- Pedro Silva, General Manager of Efacec's Electric Mobility Unit - Electrical mobility, controllability and intelligent loads
- Victor Baptista, General Manager at REN - Renewables, variability and flexibility
- Pedro Miranda, CEO at Siemens Portugal - Renewables and smart grids
- João Amaral, Sales Manager at SENVION - Repowering vs. lifetime extension of wind turbines
Closing (17:00 - 17:30)
- António Sá da Costa, President of APREN - Portuguese Renewable Energy Association