Visions of Energy Transition for Poland

Currently, Poland is working on a comprehensive energy strategy, in line with the EU's target of reducing carbon emissions by 80% by 2050, called The National Program of Low-Carbon Economy Development.
In terms of long-term energy policy planning, the key issue will consist in defining the energy mix and its most important sectors. Is it possible to achieve such development within big enterprises that are centrally run? Or should Poland totally change its structure of energy production and transmission to enable citizens to produce energy for themselves and then to sell it to local and regional networks?

In Germany, where the policy of energy transition has been implemented for years, there were four million energy producers in 2010. According to estimates, in Poland there exists the potential for more than two million prosumers to emerge by 2020. However, do we have the political support in Poland to make this vision a reality? What obstacles hinder Poland's way to energy transition? Can we build on the experience of other countries such as Germany or Denmark and, if so, what is the best way to do it?

Agenda
0900h – 1000h    Registration and official opening

1000h – 1130h    Civic energy as part of an energy transition + Q&A
    •    Preben Maegaard, Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy, Denmark
    •    Lutz Ribbe, Euronatur, Germany
    •    Zbigniew Kamienski, Department of Innovation and Industry, Polish Ministry of Economy
    •    Dr. Andrzej Kassenberg, Institute for Sustainable Development, Poland

1130h – 1145h    Coffee break

1145h -1315h    Civic energy from the prosumers’ point of view + Q&A
    •    Janusz Pilitowski, Renewable Energy Department, Polish Ministry of Economy
    •    Werner Frohwitter, Energiequelle GmbH, Germany
    •    Tomasz Koprowiak, Association of Renewable Energy Friendly Municipalities, Poland
    •    Malgorzata Skucha, National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management, Poland
    •    Henryk Klein, Federation of Employers of the Forum of Renewable Energy, Poland

1315h – 1430h    Reception
Moderator: Michal Olszewski