Community Power Conference 2014 in Fukushima Conference Purpose The Community Power Conference aims to create a unified forum for those people working on community based renewable energy projects. Furthermore, the conference also aims to accelerate further development through the discussion and knowledge exchange.
Overview Date: February 1st (Sat) and 2nd (Sun), 2014 (Jan. 31, Town meeting in Minamisoma) Venue: 1st day: Fukushima Culture Center, 2nd day: Kitakata Plaza (Aizu) Organizer: Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies (ISEP) Co-Organizers: Fukushima Renewable Energy Sector Net, Aizu Renewable Energy Foundation, etc Association: Fukushima Kaigi, Community Power Initiative, Japan Renewable Foundation, etc. Support: MoE, METI, MAFF, Fukushima Prefecture, Kitakata City, Minamisoma City etc. (tentative) Special Support: Ernst&Young ShinNihon LLC, Japan Fund for Global Environment, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Tokyo
Previous Community Power Conferences in Japan 1st CP Conference: March 8. 2012 at Tokyo 2nd CP Conference: February 25. 2013 at Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture
Japan Community Power Conference 2014 Schedule
Venue
Day 1(31st Jan)
Day 2(1st Feb)
Day 3(2nd Feb)
Minamisoma
Fukushima
Aizu Kitakata
Travel time AM
(Fukushima → Minamisoma)
Visiting devastated area Town Meeting PM
Moving
Opening Keynote
(Fukushima → Aizu)
Session 1A: Leadership, Entreprenurship
Session 1B:
Session 3A Networking
Session 3B Finacing
Session 2A:
Session 2B:
Session 4A
Session 4B
Local Renewable Energy Policy and Economy
Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development
Go RE100%
Community power lab.
Capacity Building Setting platform
Local energy democracy
Community power all over Japan Launching “Fukushima Community Power Fund”
Wrap up from the sessions “Fukushima community power decralation”
Moving
Networking Reception
Farewell event
Accommodation in Fukushima
Accommodation in Fukushima
Accommodation in Aizu
Day 1 (Feb.1st, 2013) @ Fukushima Culture Center Time
Program
Details
10:00
Opening
Yukihiro Higashi（Fukusima Renewable Energy-sector net 代表、Iwaki Meisei University)
10:15
Keynote Speech
Realization of 100% Renewable Energy Society／Stefan Schurig（World Future Council）
10:50
Keynote Panel Discussion
Masaru Kaneko(Professor of Keio University), Tomas Kåberger (JREF), Norio Akasaka (Fukushima Kaigi), Søren Hermansen (SEA), Coordinator: Tetsunari Iida (ISEP)
11:45
Lunch Movie Talk: Linda Ohama “Tohoku no Shingetsu”
13:00
Parallel Session 1
14:30
Session 1-A: Leadership and entrepreneurship (Tetsu IIDA)
Session 1-B: Capacity building, platform (Shota Furuya)
- Tomas Kåberger (JREF) - Søren Hermansen（SEA） - Teisuke Suzuki (Odawara, Energy & economy) - Toru SUZUKI (Hokkaido Green Fund) - Yumiko ENDO (Aizu Renewable Association)
- Jose Etcheverry (York University) - Akihiro Hara (Ohisama Shimpo Energy) - Jyoji Hirao (ISEP Energy Academy) - Yuichiro Yamakawa (Tama Energy LLC) - Etsuko Nakanishi (Patagonia)
Break Time
14:45
Parallel Session 2
Session 2-A :Policy and Economy (Nori Yamashita)
Session 2-B : Social Acceptance (Tatsuya Wakeyama)
- Kristopher Stevens (OSEA) - “German RE100% region” Peter Moser (IDE) - N.N.（IÖW） - Raupach (Ritsumeikan University) - Hironao Matsubara（ISEP） - Chinichiro Tanaka (Nagano prefecture) - Pro.UETA or Morotomi (Kyoto Univ.)
- Stefan Gsänger（WWEA） - Taryn Lane（Hepburn wind/Embark) -- Yasushi MARUYAMA (Nagoya Univ.) - N.N. (WWF Japan) - N.N. (NACS-J) - Tatsuya URA (Wild Bird Society of Japan) - Tetsuo SAITO (Japan Wind Assoc.) - Yukio Ehara（Japan Geothermal Assoc.）
16:30
International and Domestic community power gathering <Community Power Initiative>
17:15
Fukushima Renewable Energy net
Launching “Fukushima Community Power Fund” (tentative)
17:30
Closing
Group Photo, reception
Day 2 (Feb.2nd, 2013) @ Kitakata Plaza Time A.M. 13:00
Program
Details
Moving・Lunch
Fukushima city → Aizu
Opening and Keynote
・Norie Igarashi（Chairperson of Aizu Renewable Energy Organization） ・Norio Akasaka (Chairperson of Fukushima Kaigi, Director of Fukushima Museum)
13:40
Parallel Session
Session 3-A : Networking (Shota Furuya) - Kristopher Stevens（OSEA） - Stefan Gsänger（WWEA） - Nanako Odagiri (Renewable Energy Shinshu-net) - Mayumi Ogura (Fukusima Renewable Energysector net)
15:00
Coffee Break
15:20
Speech : “Global future report for renewable energy” Eric Martinot (ISEP)
15:50
17:10 17:50 18:00
Session 3-B : Financing (Koichi Ito) - Takejiro Sueyoshi (Green Finance) - Mariko Kawaguchi (Japan Sustainable Investment Forum) - Keisuke Takegahara (Development Bank of Japan) - Akira Suzuki (Community Power Fund)
Closing Session
4A: Go RE100% - Local energy democracy (Tetsu Iida) - “German RE100% region” Peter Moser (IDE) -“100% RE island”, Søren Hermansen - “Japan’s 100% RE pref.”, Nagano pref. - “Go RE100% campaign”, Stefan Schurig （WFC） - “UNEP Resilient City”, Lily Riahi (UNEP) - Prof.Kurasaka (Chiba Univ.)
4B: Community Power Lab. (Nori Yamashita) ・Hiroshi Takahashi(Fujitsu Research Institute) ・from Community power Aizu, Odawara etc. ・from Community power supply Japan Coop, Pal system, Seikatsu Club,
Sum up
Report from Session Chair
Closing remarks
Adoption of “Fukushima Community Power Declaration” Closing remarks by Yauemon Sato, Aizu Power Company Executive Officer
Closing
Group photo, and then networking event