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EUREC Agency EUROPEAN MASTER IN RENEWABLE ENERGY_NEWSLETTER ISSUE 10 _December 2012 www.master.eurec.be EUROPEAN MASTER IN RENEWABLE ENERGY NEWSLETTER ISSUE 10 – December 2012 Alumni Forum 2012, by the EUREC Master Alumni Network Dear all, We would like to introduce ourselves as the organizing team of the 4th EUREC Master Alumni conference and forum. This annual EUREC alumni’s meeting has just been held on Saturday, November 17th after evolving from a side event during the Master thesis presentations. About 50 people gathered in Paris to attend this seminar where volunteers were kind enough to share some of their knowledge and practical experiences through a day of

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EUREC Agency

EUROPEAN MASTER IN RENEWABLE ENERGY_NEWSLETTER ISSUE 10 _December 2012 www.master.eurec.be

EUROPEAN MASTER IN RENEWABLE ENERGY

NEWSLETTER ISSUE 10 – December 2012

Alumni Forum 2012, by the EUREC Master Alumni Network

Dear all,

We would like to introduce ourselves as the organizing team of the 4th EUREC

Master Alumni conference and forum. This annual EUREC alumni’s meeting has just

been held on Saturday,

November 17th after

evolving from a side

event during the Master

thesis presentations.

About 50 people

gathered in Paris to

attend this seminar

where volunteers were

kind enough to share

some of their knowledge

and practical experiences

through a day of

EUREC Agency

EUROPEAN MASTER IN RENEWABLE ENERGY_NEWSLETTER ISSUE 10 _December 2012 www.master.eurec.be

presentations and workshops. This event was surely a reminder of the power of

networking and why it is especially important in the field of renewables.

In a growing industry you cannot always rely on a fully established way of making

your professional career grow and evolve. Learning from experiences of people who

started their own activity, meeting with potential employers and employees,

sharing business models ideas and have it challenged, these are all needs that are

best served by face to face conversations.

As a system approach is usually required for renewable energy design and

integration, this often leads to people having to acquire an expertise while keeping

the ability to collaborate across disciplines with experts from other areas. If you are

keen in improving your skills, it is important to share first-hand experience on

project management and technical issues out of your field of expertise. This is

crucial to make innovation happen in practice, contributing to speed up the urgent

(r)evolution towards a more sustainable world.

A EUREC Master Alumni Network is playing a great role in bringing renewable

energy experts share, work, create together. While waiting for our next meeting, it

is worth mentioning LinkedIn platform: this on-line exchange space enables

collaboration and networking regardless of geographical constraints. It is therefore

powerful and strengthens the networking potential. EUREC Master's website also is

a space where information is to be found and shared! Last but not least the present

newsletter is a useful tool also bringing significant added value to our alumni

network. With these words, we wish you all a valuable reading and success to your

projects!

Asier, Bertrand, François, Franz & Laurent.

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EUROPEAN MASTER IN RENEWABLE ENERGY_NEWSLETTER ISSUE 10 _December 2012 www.master.eurec.be

Contents:

Edito by the Alumni Network

Master Agenda Presentation Days 2012 agenda

News from Universities

Northumbria University- PV specialisation

Best projects 2011

Best projects in Oldenburg: Pau Farres Antunez and Nikolaos Mouchtidiotis

Jobs

New videos, new promotional material for the EUREC Master

Events

Alumni Forum

Hanze UAS, member of Energy Academy Europe and EDC Conference

Upcoming events

MASTER AGENDA

Academic Year 2011/2012

December 18th and 19th: Presentation Days in Brussels

Academic Year 2012/2013

December 18th and 19th: Presentation Days of 2011/2012 students’

projects in Brussels

January 21st 2013: Classes start at the PV specialisation

February 11th 2013: Classes start at the Solar Thermal

specialisation, Wind specialisation and the Grid Integration

specialisation

February 13th 2013: Classes start at the Ocean Energy specialisation

February 14th 2013: Classes start at the Hybrid Systems

specialisation

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PRESENTATION DAYS 2012

On 18 and 19 December, 2011/2012 students come to Brussels to present their

project in Thon Hotel EU. You can attend presentations that are not marked as

confidential in the detailed agenda below:

Time Name Project title

9.00 Alex DobrevSuitability of the measure correlate predict hindcasting technique to the remote prediction

of wind EDM W ST

9,30 Samson LECLUYSE Quality Monitoring of components of Wind Turbines- CONFIDENTIAL EDM W ST

10,00 Benoit Bichet Offshore wind resource assessment EDM W ST

10,30 Thibault TURPINLoads prediction on foundations for a multi-megawatts offshore wind turbine for specific

sites conditions- CONFIDENTIALEDM W ST

11,00

11,30 Maria del Pilar TORO

HERNANDEZ

Calculation of life time and instrumentation of wind turbine’s mechanical components -

CONFIDENTIALEDM W PV

12,00 Cynthia Takchi Raman characterization of silicon substrates for photovoltaic applications -CONFIDENTIAL EDM PV ST

12,30 AntonioGonzalezBusiness feasibility study for Southern Africa: Industrial Heat & Power for off-grid

applications. OB ST PV

14,00 Abdelhalim Benberrah State of charge determination for a Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage OB ST ZARA

14,30 KR Bhargav Low cost heliostat development OB ST ZARA

15,00 Ricardo Sebastian GonzalezTechnical and Economic Feasibility Analysis of using Concentrated Solar Thermal

Technology in the Cement Production Proces: Hybrid Approach-A Case StudyOB ST HS

15.30

16.00Roberth Alexander Penaranda

Loayza

Laboratory demonstrations of Load Management for a Blackstart using decentralized

energy resourcesZARA HS EDM

16.30 Rodolfo ReygadaStudy the potential of wave energy prototype machine and analyze its integration with off

shore wind power plants as a ocean hybrid systemZARA HS EDM

COFFEE BREAK

December 18 - Room 1Jury (Core/Spe/Third

13,00 LUNCH BREAK

COFFEE BREAK

Time Name Project title

9.00 Gianfranco Morelli Feasibility study for the modernization of small hydropower plants. Costa Rica ZARA HS LBO

9,30 Miguel Lopez-Garcia Thermal management of an electrolyser and hydrogen system ZARA HS LBO

10,00 Juan David UrreaResearch and design of a competitive commercial proposition for a Sustainable-Homes

product in Colombia´s real state market.ZARA HS LBO

10,30 Dimitri Ottaviano Technical Assessment and Modeling of Li-Ion Batteries for Electric Vehicles OB HS ZARA

11,00

11,30 Pablo Berges del Arco Data Analysis for Energy Management- CONFIDENTIAL OB HS ZARA

12,00 ANISH SHAH Hybrid System for a Residential Site in India LBO HS ZARA

12,30 Etta Grover-Silva Photovoltaic – Heat pump – Hybrid system LBO HS ZARA

14,00 Olatunde Isiolaotan Development of Solar Power Plants - Nigeria LBO HS PV

14,30 George ZografakisInvestigation and evaluation of a voltage control strategy for Distribution Networks basedon

reactive power provision by Distributed Energy Resources -CONFIDENTIALLBO HS PV

15,00 M.Carmen Garralaga Rojas"Operation assessment of Solyndra PV systems and energy production prediction via

performance ratio monitoring"ZARA PV EDM

15.30

16.00 Ankit Mittal Short Term metastable effect in Amorphous silicon module OB PV LBO

16.30 Ke-hsuan LiuInfluence of applied I/V correction procedures on the measurement accuracy of state of the

art PV module technologies OB PV LBO

COFFEE BREAK

December 18 - Room 2Jury (Core/Spe/Third

13,00 LUNCH BREAK

COFFEE BREAK

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19 December, 17:30: Cocktail reception at the Renewable

Energy House!

Time Name Project title

9.00 Panagiotis Antonakas Investigation of the local vibration phenomena of the jacket sub-structure LBO W OB

9,30 Andrea Marchiori UAV for aerial wind measurement LBO W OB

10,00 Gustaf Schuler Effect of CdCl2 wet treatment on CdTe Solar cells LBO GI OB

10,30 David WatsonDevelopment of the control for the storage to be used within a DC bus

microgridLBO GI OB

11,00

11,30 Vaibhav Chhatre Development of wind turbines control scheme for grid code compliance LBO GI OB

12,00 Nicola StaffolaniSymmetries of the Lundgren-Monin-Novikov (LMN) equations hierarchy and

resulting turbulent scaling law.OB W ST

12,30 Charalampos NikolisEnergy Efficiency in Shipping Industry: A Case Study on Cargo Heating

OptimizationOB W GI

14,00 Raul AstorgaCFD modelling of wind resource in complex terrain with validation against

SODAR measurementsLBO W EDM

14,30 Fabricio Carrizales BorgesFeasibility study of economically viable PV deployments in order provide Grid

Support Functions without financial incentives on selected countries and

market segments

LBO GI EDM

15,00 Soufiane Hajjani Hybrid energy solutions with special focus on remote mines LBO HS EDM

15,30 Vasileios Chatziioannou Development of modal testing method for wind turbine blades with shaker LBO W EDM

December 19- Room 1

Jury (Core/Spe/Third

University)

COFFEE BREAK

13,00 LUNCH BREAK

Time Name Project title

9.00 Diego Coronado Effects of PV battery systems on the Distribution System- CONFIDENTIAL EDM HS GI

9.30 Charles Mussche Heat and Power production from organic waste for two adjacent companies EDM HS GI

10,00 Ahmad TALAAT Operation strategies for distributed storage systems in distribution systems EDM HS W

10,30 Cesar Mugerin"Comparative study of the performance of a CVPP based on natural gas-

powered CHP with ICE and FC"EDM HS W

11,00

11,30 Yoann ServantRealisation of a Hybrid System coupling a vertical axis wind turbine, PV panels

and a heat pump.EDM HS W

12,00 Laura DIOUF Development of new models of PV electricity sales in France-CONFIDENTIAL EDM HS LBO

12,30 Remi DabernatData analysis of a linear Fresnel collector for process heat and optimisation of

its operation-CONFIDENTIALEDM ST LBO

14,00 Amjad Ayoubi Modelling and Optimisation of Heliostat Fields with a Ray-Tracing-Tool OB ST HS

14,30 VARUN PAREKHMolten Salt Application as A HTF in CSP Systems and its comparative study

w.r.t use inLine Focusing and Point Focusing systemsOB ST W

15,00 Aldo Perez RodarteLoad flow analysis and Short-Circuit calculation in real low voltage grid fed by

photovoltaic generatorsOB GI W

15,30 Cesar SaenzDevelopment of a Solar Concentrator Prototype for Domestic Purposes -

CONFIDENTIALOB GI HS

December 19 -Room 2

Jury (Core/Spe/Third

University)

COFFEE BREAK

13,00 LUNCH BREAK

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NEWS FROM UNIVERSITIES

Northumbria University - Specialisation provider, Photovoltaics

Northumbria University is the largest

university in the north east region of

England and the sixth largest

university in the United Kingdom with

around 34,000 students on full and

part time courses. It is located in the

city of Newcastle upon Tyne on the

north east coast of England.

Northumbria has delivered the

photovoltaics specialization for the

EUREC Masters in Renewable Energy

since the inception of the course.

The University has three campuses, two within a few minutes walk in Newcastle

City Centre and one around 15 minutes east of the city by public transport or

University shuttle bus. The science and engineering activities are mainly located on

City Campus West, where students have access to all the main University facilities

(e.g. award winning library, Students’

Union building, new sports centre) and are

also only a few minutes walk from the

centre of the city.

Newcastle is a “student city” since it also

houses Newcastle University, which is

about 15 minutes walk across the city and

has around 20,000 students. There is an

impressive range of retail and leisure

facilities in the city along with historical

sites such as the new castle itself

(originating from 1084) and the remains of

the Roman occupation of Britain. The

surrounding region is home to Hadrian’s

Wall and many other attractions, both old

and new.

Photovoltaics as a subject spans the Northumberland Building PV facade

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development of the PV devices themselves, the use of PV in systems to meet a wide

range of applications and the role of PV in the wider energy supply. The curriculum

of the PV specialisation reflects this breadth with modules on cell technology,

system technology and economics and environmental impact. Previous students

have gone on to work across the whole photovoltaics sector, from device research

to module manufacture and system design and installation.

The course is underpinned by the research being carried out in the Northumbria

Photovoltaics Applications Centre, where our focus is on new sustainable

chalcopyrite and kesterite compounds for device development, assessment of

environmental impact of cell and module manufacture and understanding of the

performance of PV systems in the field. Within the Faculty, we also conduct

research into grid connection of renewable technologies and integration into the

built environment. Most of our research is collaborative, much of it with other

internationally leading organisations across Europe.

Research into thin film solar cells

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BEST PROJECTS THESIS 2011: University of Oldenburg

Pau Farres Antunez: Pumped Thermal Electricity Storage

I joined the EUREC Master in Renewable Energies because of

two strong ideas I had acquired: first, a belief that the

world's current path regarding energy generation was

inherently unsustainable and could bring us to a catastrophic

scenario; second, the certainty that there's a viable

alternative to that. I chose Oldenburg and Kassel as my core

and specialisation Universities because I felt very interested

in the topics that were being taught there and also because,

from personal experiences, I got to love Germany. I enjoyed very much the PPRE

program in Oldenburg. There, we were taught something that specially called my

attention: the fact that energy storage is the key to enable the integration of

intermittent Renewable Energies in the electricity grid, and also the problem that

the main current technology for large-scale electricity storage (namely Pumped

Hydro Storage) is extremely restricted by geographic constraints. We also learned

that storing heat is much easier than storing electricity.

I felt deeply interested for the topic, and I found out (thanks to Dr. Blum) that a

novel technology for large-scale energy storage was being developed at Cambridge

University Engineering Department (CUED), which is called Pumped Thermal

Electricity Storage (PTES). I applied there for my internship and Dr. Alex White

welcomed me in his team.

A PTES system is, essentially, a machine that is able to operate as a heat pump

when excess electricity is available and as a heat engine when electricity is lacking

(because there's no sun and no wind). By means of compressing and expanding a

working fluid, electricity is converted into thermal energy and stored separately into

a hot tank and a cold tank, both filled with a material with a high specific heat

capacity (e.g. gravel or a pattern of ceramic). Finally, the process is reverted and

thermal energy is converted back into electricity whenever it is needed.

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During my internship at CUED, I had to expand an existing simulation code for

PTES, in FORTRAN 95 language. The aim of that code is to simulate different

operating conditions and to find out which are the key parameters regulating the

performance of the system (enabling for optimization in its design). Between the

highlights of PTES is the fact that it's a modular technology that suffers from no

geographic constrains, it has a very high energy density (in the order of 50

kWh/m3), it only makes use of abundant and environmentally friendly materials,

and its expected round-trip-efficiency lies around 70%. For all this, I believe that

this technology really has a good chance to become the solution to the energy

storage needs presented by intermittent Renewable Energy sources.

Although PTES is still in my mind for mid-term/future career, the will of visiting a

new place, changing my lifestyle and getting a bit closer to humanitarian work

brought me temporarily to Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), where I am working for

INTEGRATION Umwelt & Energie as a consultant engineer in renewable energies for

rural electrification projects.

Nikolaos Mouchtidiotis: A Comparative Study of Different PV Modules

Having a background in electrical and computer engineering

from Democritus University of Thrace (Greece), I decided to

join the EUREC Master due to my interest to develop my career

in the field of renewable energy. It was also a great personal

experience and an opportunity to meet with students from all

over the world and combine my studies with my attention to

the environment. I completed the core semester at the

University of Oldenburg in Germany and then specialized in

Photovoltaics at Northumbria University in the UK. The basis of

the thesis was “A comparative study of different PV modules”,

based on the results of outdoor measurements of several PV modules performed at

the Technological Educational Institute of Crete, South Greece. The aim of the

project was to assess the energy yield, YMODULE, and the performance ratio, PR, of

the modules and to understand the observed differences among them in outdoor

conditions.

In the beginning, measurements have been conducted to establish the Watt peak

value, PPEAK, of the PV modules under outdoor conditions. The method for testing

the rating of PV modules is described in Thesis but the STC conditions are, in fact,

hardly attainable in the field as they combine the irradiance of a clear summer day,

with the module temperature of a clear winter day and the spectrum of a clear

spring day. Continuously, the PV modules were placed side by side at a constant tilt

angle in order to compare the PV modules under the same conditions over a period

of a few months and for a variety of weather conditions. The YMODULE and the PR

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are useful indices, if modules of different characteristics have to be compared. For

each PV module, the daily average YMODULE, daily average PR, monthly average

PR and total YMODULE over the monitoring period have been calculated in two

ways: in the first, the nominal power given by the manufacturers was used, while in

the second the experimentally determined nominal power was used in the

calculations. Generally, the normalization with the experimental rated PPEAK value

provides more accurate results and is generally preferred for scientific evaluations.

However, the nameplate PPEAK value is of interest to installers because they base

their calculations and studies on the nameplate power. A model has been applied to

predict the energy output of PV modules with as much accuracy as possible using

the least possible number of input parameters to evaluate the experimental values.

The agreement between the modeled and experimental values seems to be

acceptably good. Furthermore, the magnitude of the influence of spectral variation

during the day on module performance has been determined. At the end of

experiment, the PPEAK of the PV modules was measured again allowing a

comparison prior and after the outdoor exposure.

I would like to express my gratitude and sincere appreciation to Associate Prof.

Mavromatakis Fotis, my supervisor at the Technological Educational Institute of

Crete, for giving me the opportunity to be part of the laboratory “Photovoltaic Park”

and for his time, patience, guidance and encouragement throughout the project and

to Mr. Hans Holtorf of “Carl Von Ossietzky Universitat” at Oldenburg (Germany) for

giving me feedback on this report.

Nowadays, I am working as self-employed electrical engineer. My activities include

the study and construction of all sizes photovoltaic projects on land, private and

industry roofs, in the context of the Greek Program for Photovoltaic System

Development.

Please contact me with any questions you may have on the project:

[email protected]

I wish EUREC students the best in their effort to find an interesting project.

JOBS

New offers in the Job section of the Master website

Please log in to access this job offer:

8 PhD positions Responsable commercial en énergies renouvelables

Project Engineer – Solar thermal energy

Alumni and companies are warmly encouraged to publish job ads in the EUREC

Master website: please send the offer via email to Nathalie Richet.

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NEW VIDEOS, NEW MATERIAL

Check the EUREC Master YouTube Channel and watch the last video on the EUREC

Master Starting Day!

You will also find here the videos on specialisation courses.

The EUREC Master also has a new leaflet, new posters and a new banner to

promote the programme. You can download the leaflet and poster on the EUREC

Master website

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EVENTS

Alumni Forum in Paris

EUREC Agency would like to congratulate the Alumni Network organisation team for

the last Alumni Forum in Paris. Many interesting presentations were delivered in the

room of Le Comptoir Général last 17 November. To have an idea on several topics

that were discussed, you can view here the agenda of the day:

It was a successful, interesting and friendly event, and it was a pleasure for EUREC

Agency to get in touch with former students and to know more on what they do

now. We can’t wait for the next Alumni Forum!

Asier Ania- Business model workshop

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Hanze UAS, member of Energy Academy Europe and EDC

Conference in Groningen

The new core provider of the European Master in Renewable Energy, Hanze University of

Applied Sciences in Groningen, the Netherlands, is part of the new Energy Academy

Europe in Groningen. In this article you can read more about the recent opening.

For the kick-off event of the

Energy Academy Europe, the

Atrium in the Van Olsttoren was

completely packed with students,

stakeholders and representatives

from businesses, partner institutes

and local government. Smoothly

presented by moderator Charles

Groenhuijsen, guiding the

audience through the many

speakers and short interviews, the

afternoon got the Academy off to

a good start.

But if there was one message to take away from the event, it was that the ones

who will be off to a good start are the young people choosing to study energy.

Several speakers and films highlighted the exciting career opportunities that lie

ahead for them. Academy director Noé van Hulst emphasised the dual challenge

of producing more energy while reducing CO2-emissions. The solution to this, he

said, will have to come from the younger generation. He expressed the EAE’s

ambition to increase the number of students tenfold over the next decade.

Van Hulst also announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with

the Energy Green Board, which consists of a number of organisations at the

heart of the energy transition debate. The MoU highlights the need to link the

energy transition with wider issues in society. Earlier, the Academy had signed

similar agreements with TNO and ECN in the areas of education and applied

research. The Academy is also forging stronger links with technical universities

in the Netherlands and is actively seeking cooperation with partners across the

globe.

Several speakers remarked on the north of the Netherlands and especially

Groningen as being the right place for an international hotspot of energy

excellence. With a strong cluster of knowledge institutes in the region, such as

the Energy Delta Institute, the University of Groningen, the Hanze University

and the Energy College, Groningen is the energy capital of the Netherlands. It is

the place where education, research and energy businesses come together. The

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Energy Academy is a logical next step or – as it was put – the idea of the

Academy was the answer to so many questions.

Gerrit van Werven, director of the Energy Valley said he expected significant

growth in employment in energy in the region and beyond and told students

that if they study energy, he can guarantee them a good job for the coming

years. But studying energy is not just all about jobs. A number of elevator

pitches by three start-ups (Water and Energy Solutions, Sunrenity and Light

Sensation) demonstrated that if you have a good idea, you can turn it into your

own business. The young entrepreneurs served as inspiring examples.

Inspiration also came from the adventurer and scientist Bertrand Piccard in a

short film, in which he talked about his Solar Impulse Programme. His life story

tells us that if we set our minds to it, we can achieve anything.

Mark Dierikx, Director-General Energy at the ministry of Economic Affairs,

stressed the importance of education in the energy system. He added that there

were two key drivers: cooperation between universities and research institutes

(at an international level as well) and cooperation with the private sector.

Professor Marco Aiello spoke about smart grids and the need for new experts as

a revolution comparable to the telecom/ internet revolution may be on our

doorstep in energy. He reminded the Energy Academy to keep thinking BIG.

That is exactly what Gertjan Lankhorst , CEO of Gasterra, has done for a long

time. He was credited for being the founding father of the Academy. He said he

had always felt the need to create something where the debate and knowledge

of energy could improve. The Academy is the right place for it, he said.

Via a live link the audience was taken

to EnTranCe, the test site of the

Academy, nearby at the Zernike

complex. With access to testing

facilities and expertise and crucially,

links with the market, it is the ideal

place to develop ideas into energy

products. Students were encouraged

to join the Energy Academy Club, the

platform for bringing together

students and companies. Towards

the end of the afternoon a public vote was taken on the new slogan for the

Academy. Energy Academy Europe: share your energy! was the winning slogan.

After this successful kick-off event the hard work now starts, but the Energy

Academy got off to a good start!

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EUREC Agency at EDC in Groningen

EUREC Agency participated to the Career event of

the Energy Delta Convention 2012 held in

Groningen, the Netherlands, on 21st November

2012.

It was the occasion to meet potential new

students who would like to study the core

semester in Hanze UAS and provide them with

more information on the programme.

It was also a good opportunity to meet companies

who might be interested in offering projects to

future students. As from next year, Energy

Academy Europe will be organising the Energy

Delta Convention.

Upcoming events

The European Technology Platform on

Renewable Heating and Cooling (RHC-

Platform is pleased to announce that its )

fourth European Conference on

Renewable Heating and Cooling will take

place in Dublin, Ireland, from 22 to 23

April 2013.

The development of renewable heating and cooling (RHC) is conclusively a

driver for Europe's competitiveness, creating new industries, jobs, economic

growth and security of supply. Renewable energy growth is to be expected

under any ; however future scenarios developed by the European Commission

further research, development and demonstration is needed to ensure that RHC

technology moves from being a niche sector to a major player in the European

energy market.

The 2013 European Conference on Renewable Heating and Cooling will focus on

the roadmap to realise the potential of RHC at both EU and national level.

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The conference will provide a unique forum to gain valuable insights into the

cutting edge technologies at the forefront of the European renewable heating

and cooling market development. Stakeholders from all RHC industries - such as

biomass, geothermal, solar thermal, heat pumps, thermal energy storage and

district heating and cooling sector - as well as researchers, technical experts,

policy makers and other market players will have the opportunity to listen and

discuss the latest trends and developments.

Further information on the conference programme will soon be available! For

any question in the meantime, please contact [email protected]

List of upcoming events

Title RE sector Date Place Conference Website

EUREC Master

Presentation days All

18-19

Dec

Brussels,

Belgium www.master.eurec.be

SMEThermal 2013

(special rate for EUREC

students)

Solar

Thermal 29 Jan

Berlin,

Germany

http://www.solarpraxis.de/e

n/conferences/smethermal-

2013/general-information/

EUREC Master Steering

Committee - 30 Jan

Lisbon,

Portugal

EWEA 2013 Wind 4-7 Feb Vienna,

Austria

http://www.ewea.org/annual

2013/

RHC platform annual

conference

Renewable

Heating

and cooling

22-23

Apr

Dublin,

Ireland

http://www.rhc-

platform.org/index.php?id=7

NEXT ISSUE

Issue 11: March 2013

Deadline for contributions: March 15th

For any suggestion or contribution to our newsletter, or if you want to unsubscribe,

please contact Nathalie Richet

[email protected]

EUREC Agency

rue d’Arlon 63-67

1040 Brussels - Belgium