European Wind Energy Technology Platform (TPWind)
A dedicated voice for Technology and Policy R&D, speaking for the wind energy sector and its stakeholders.
Events
TPWind 1st Energy R&D Event
On October 4th, 2011, TPWind held in Brussels its first Energy R&D Event open to the public.
The conference, focusing on grid integration, was organised in cooperation with the Platform Advisory Board and saw the participation of more than 100 wind energy, grids and oil&gas players, as well as decision-makers.
The event was chaired by Mr. Henning Kruse, TPWind Chairperson.
Pictures are available online (click here).
The agenda of the event and the presentations delivered are provided below:
An update on TPWind (Filippo Gagliardi, EWEA - TPWind Secretary General)
The future of EU grids (Christophe Schramm, EC - DG ENER)
Grid integration of natural gas (Simon Blakey, EUROGAS - Special Envoy)
Large-scale storage (Estathios Peteves, JRC - Energy Systems Evaluation Head of Unit)
TPWind Side Event at EWEA 2011
A TPWind side event was held in Brussles at EWEA 2011 (formerly known as EWEC), EU's premier wind energy event.
The session, which took place on March 14th, 2011, was chaired by Mr. Henning Kruse, TPWind Chairman.
The presentations delivered at the session and its description are provided below:
The EWI: goals, budget, implementation and next steps (Norela Constantinescu, European Commission)
Seventh General Assembly
"Renovating the Platform"
TPWind seventh General Assembly (click here for the agenda) took place in Brussels on March 3rd, 2011. This event focused on the establishment of new Working Groups (new TPWind members were selected in 2010) and on the implementation of the European Wind Initiative (EWI - click here for more information on this Programme).
The General Assembly featured Working Groups meetings and two plenary sessions.
The event was reserved to TPWind members