Event

German-Japanese Wind Energy Symposium 2013

Date: February 22nd, 2013
Venue: Iino Conference Center, 4F Room B
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A Researcher of Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology (IWES) will hold a talk at German-Japanese Wind Energy Symposium 2013.


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10:30 - 10:40 Greetings

10:40 - 11:00 Renewable energy in Germany - today and future perspective
Harald Neitzel / Deputy Director / Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)

11:00 - 11:30 Role of wind energy under the new government plans for Economic
       Revitalization
Keisuke Murakami / Director, New and Renewable Energy Division, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy / Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

11:30 - 12:00 Wind power and grid integration in Germany
Boris Schucht / CEO / 50Hertz Transmission GmbH

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch time

13:00 - 13:10 Opening remarks
Shouji Kobayashi / Bureau of Environment / Tokyo Metropolitan Government

13:10 - 13:30 Situation of the Japanese wind industry, current challenges and expectations
       of the German-Japanese cooperation
Tetsuo Saito / Planning Division Office Chief / Japan Wind Power Association

13:30 - 13:55 Current challenges for German Wind Industry
Dieter Fries / Member of the Board / Bundesverband WindEnergie e.V. (BWE)

13:55 - 14:20 A wind turbine manufacturer‘s view on international challenges and solutions
       for an optimized inte- gration of wind power into power systems
Markus Fischer / Grid Integration Supervisor / ENERCON GmbH

14:20 - 14:35 Coffee Break

14:35 - 15:00 New challenges for wind energy R&D - power storage and offshore
Jochen Bard / Head of Energy Conversion and Energy Storage / Fraunhofer IWES

15:00 - 15:25 Environmental impact aspects of offshore wind parks with specific focus
       on Floating Foundations
Annette Bossler / Representative / GICON Grossman Ingenieur Consult GmbH

15:25 - 15:50 Offshore Certification with TÜV Rheinland - Support and Safety for
       a „floating“ project
Andreas Puls / Project Manager Offshore / TÜV Rheinland Industrie Service GmbH
Frank Witte / Global Business Development Manager Wind Energy


15:50 - 16:15 Worldwide Skills Standards for Technical Staff: Onshore & Offshore
Warren Aspinall / Global Buisness Development / BZEE Academy GmbH

16:15 - 16:30    Location Change to Iino Hall

16:30 - 17:30 Japan Renewable Energy Foundation Symposium:
       Session 4 – Future of renewables, future of energies

18:00 - 20:00 Reception - Restaurant Alaska
Nihon Press Center Bldg. 5F, Uchisaiwaicho 2-2-1, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0011

(The program and speakers are subject to changes.)


Capacity: 100 people
Participation fee: free
Language: Simultaneous Interpretation (English - Japanese)



For registration and detailed program, please refer to the PDF file below: