Mediterranean Solar Power Initiative

              using the enormous potential of the
   Mediterranean countries for producing electricity

                       Organized by the Italian Embassy in London
    and the All Party Parliamentary Climate Change Group (APPCCG)
               
                in collaboration with the German Embassy in London
          and with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute of London

                                           London 7 July 2009


                                                 PROGRAMME

9:00 – 9:30 am     Registration – Tea and Coffee

9:30 am       
Welcome Address                              Stefano Stefanile, First Counsellor, Italian Embassy London
       
Introduction to the meeting               Colin Challen MP, Chair APPCCG


10:00 am    Setting the scene

“EU Current Policy Directions"           Janis Folkmanis, Princ. Admin., DG-TREN, EU
   
10:20 am    Solar Projects Implementation
   
                  Chairman: Prof Philip Eames, Loughborough University

Concentrated Solar Power Plants - State of arts and research needs
                                                              Gennaro De Michele, Head of Research and Development Policies, ENEL, Italy

German contribution to the implementation of CSP technology
                                                               Rainer Tamme, Head – Dept. Thermal ProcessEngineering, DLR, Germany

11:00 am     Coffee break

11.20 am    Solar Projects Implementation (cont.)
                
                  Chairman: Prof Jim Skea, Research Director, UKERC

The Mediterranean Solar Plan              BMU funding in CSP
                                                               Ralf Christmann, German Federal Ministry BMU


Italian MSP Projects                              Andrea Marroni, GSE and Ministero Affari Esteri, Italy

A commercial solar export link between Tunisia and Italy
                                                               Till Stenzel, Nur Energie, UK

The Desertec investment project           Kirsten Westphal, German Institute for International and Security Affair           

12.40 pm    Electricity Transmission Challenges
  
                  Chairman: Prof Goran Strbac, Imperial College, London
   
The SuperSmart Grid                              Antonella Battaglini, Potsdam Inst. - PIK

The Italian view about a supergrid         Enrico M. Carlini/Modesto Gabrieli, TERNA, Italy

Solar Power from Deserts to Cities         Matthew Knight, Siemens

Discussion

1:55 pm    Working Lunch

2:45 pm     Contribution by Bianca Jagger, Chair, World Future Council

2:55 pm    Solar Plan Project Investment Opportunities

                 Chairman: Mike Mason, JPMorgan climatecare, UK   
 
EIB Financing of Renewable Energy Projects   
                                                              Juan Alario, Associate Director; Head of Energy Efficiency and Renewables, EIB

The EBRD approach and experience    Riccardo Puliti, Business Group Director - Energy, EBRD

Financing Earth’s Solar Potential         Gus Schellekens, Director, Sustainability and Climate Change, PwC, UK

3.30 pm    Responses                            Colin Challen MP, Chair APPCCG

3.40 pm    Round Table:
“CSP in the wider renewable energies investment context”
   
                 Moderator: Kirsty Hamilton, Chatham House, UK

4:10 pm   Close