European Energy Conference 2012

Luogo:	Maastricht, Paesi Bassi	Telefono: Fax: E-mail: e2cesf.org
Sito internet:	www.energy-conference.eu

Data Inizio:

17-04-2012

Data Fine:

20-04-2012

Focus:

Fonti energetiche rinnovabili

Internazionale/Nazionale:

Internazionale

Espositori edizione precedente:

Numero d'edizioni precedenti:

1

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Descrizione:	Ⅰ. Introduction: The second European Energy Conference will take place at a time for strategic decisions. Energy is vital to our society and economy. The future European energy system has to be sustainable in terms of environmental and climate impact and also in terms of supply, industrial viability and societal acceptance. A resolution of this dilemma is imperative. Changes will, by necessity, happen on many different time scales from ongoing actions, to beyond 100 years. The challenges encompass many levels of complexity, from natural science research and engineering to social sciences, systems solution and actions and agreements at the global political level. This question of global future energy supply has to be addressed with objectivity and competence, without ideological bias. The European scientific community has the potential to optimise the necessary interdisciplinary cooperation and communication in energy research, development and the support to industrial innovation. This biennial European Energy Conference series, launched in 2010, promotes, consolidates and communicates the vitally necessary synergy of scientific and technical competence with knowledge on environmental and social implications. The conference will provide participants with a view and a vision on how the future of energy in Europe could look like. It will be the forum to define the role of energy science and research in the transformation process towards the future sustainable European energy system. Ⅱ. Conference Program: The conference programme combines plenary keynote presentations on diverse energy themes during the mornings with devoted symposia in specialised fields in the afternoons. Keynote lectures will be given on overarching subjects of energy and associated climate research. Thematic symposia will be carried out within parallel afternoon sessions addressing more specific topics of the symposia. In the following the symposia of the conference are outlined. ★ Systems Aspects and Sustainability ● Scenarios for energy systems Stability of electricity supply with significant contributions from fluctuating sources and compliance of electricity production and storage with demand Sustainable availability of resources (e.g. raw materials or competition with other uses, in particular regarding biomass) Assessment of energy systems including external cost aspects ● Perspectives for the longer-term development of energy systems Towards a fully integrated European energy system Europe' s and neighboring region' s energy visions The role of electricity in a future energy system ● Climate, environmental and health aspects of energy production The impact of greenhouse gases, fine dust, toxics and other pollutants (incl. radioactive) from energy supply and use on climate, environment and health and means for potential mitigation The factor of availability of water for energy systems ★ Sciences for Energy ● Materials science for energy conversion and energy efficiency ● Materials aspects related to nuclear fission and fusion ● The progress in the nano-sciences leading to improved materials for solar cells, batteries, fuel cells and thermoelectric materials; and including organic and inorganic light emitting materials for efficient illumination ● The processes of the conversion of sunlight to electricity, heat and fuels – (artificial) photosynthesis, fuels from bacteria, algae and enzymatic processes optimized crops for fuel production ● Improved efficiency of energy generation and usage involving more efficient catalytic processes for chemical substances and energy conversion ● Aspects which have the potential to become "game changers" in the energy landscape including climate related effects and which require scientific exploration, e.g. in mobility and transport. ★ Primary Energy Conversion Key questions that may be addressed are: ● Renewables: To focus on enhancing conversion rates or lowering the costs of manufacturing and implementation? How can the potential of renewable energy sources be enhanced by research? What is the role of material developments, including nano technology developments? How can early implementation be stimulated? Can learning curves be influenced to optimise development and deployment rates? ● Fossil fuels: What scientific breakthroughs may aid the prolonged use of fossil fuels? What is the role of natural gas and coal including carbon capture and storage? How can the acceptabilty of shale oil/gas, tar sand developments etc. be enhanced? Will centralised or distributed energy conversion be the future? ● Nuclear: Which developments in the field of fission and fusion have been achieved and can be further anticipated? What developments in the field of nuclear safety, waste management including transmutation will support social acceptabilty of nuclear as a primary energy source in the European context? ★ Energy Networks and Storage (including batteries for mobility) The symposium will cover aspects related to R&D: ● System interoperability among pan- European networks (e.g including HVDC) ● Interconnection between electricity and gas networks ● Bulk Renewable Energy accommodation ● Optimal integration of distributed generation and load demand in small scale local networks ● Storage technologies for large scale integration (thermal, pressure, chemical,…) ● Storage technologies for small scale integration ● Batteries for stationary and mobile applications ● Standardization and regulatory needs ● Emergent issues regarding new carriers like hydrogen and methane from renewable sources (e.g. via hydrogen and CO2 use) and potential avenues towards use. ★ Efficient End Use of Energy The symposium is dealing with the efficient use of electrical and thermal energy at different levels and scales of our energy system with a particular focus on the following three topics: ● Session "Energy use in cities" ● Session "Energy use in buildings" ● Session "Energy efficiency in process industries"
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