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

Day 1(31st Jan) Day 2(1st Feb) Day 3(2nd Feb)

Venue Minamisoma Fukushima Aizu Kitakata

AM

Travel time (Fukushima →

Minamisoma)

Opening

Keynote

Moving

(Fukushima → Aizu)

PM

Visiting

devastated

area

Town Meeting

Session 1A:

Leadership,

Entreprenurship

Session 1B: Capacity

Building

Setting platform

Session 3A

Networking

Session 3B

Finacing

Session 2A: Local Renewable

Energy Policy and

Economy

Session 2B: Renewable

Energy and

Sustainable

Development

Session 4A Go RE100%

Local energy

democracy

Session 4B Community

power lab.

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

Session 1-A: Leadership and

entrepreneurship (Tetsu IIDA) - Tomas Kåberger (JREF)

- Søren Hermansen（SEA）

- Teisuke Suzuki (Odawara, Energy & economy)

- Toru SUZUKI (Hokkaido Green Fund)

- Yumiko ENDO (Aizu Renewable Association)

Session 1-B: Capacity building, platform

(Shota Furuya) - Jose Etcheverry (York University)

- Akihiro Hara (Ohisama Shimpo Energy)

- Jyoji Hirao (ISEP Energy Academy)

- Yuichiro Yamakawa (Tama Energy LLC)

- Etsuko Nakanishi (Patagonia)

14:30 Break Time

14:45

Parallel

Session 2

Session 2-A :Policy and Economy (Nori

Yamashita) - 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.)

Session 2-B : Social Acceptance

(Tatsuya Wakeyama) - 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 Program Details

A.M. Moving・Lunch Fukushima city → Aizu

13:00 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 Energy-

sector net)

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)

15:00 Coffee Break

15:20 Speech : “Global future report for renewable energy” Eric Martinot (ISEP)

15:50

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,

17:10 Sum up Report from Session Chair

17:50 Closing remarks

Adoption of “Fukushima Community Power Declaration”

Closing remarks by Yauemon Sato, Aizu Power Company Executive Officer

18:00 Closing Group photo, and then networking event