Discussion seminar: Current Energy Issues in Central Europe
| Date and venue | 7 December 2015, Charles University - Carolinum |
| Objective | The energy industry has been undergoing significant changes in the recent years. In particular, the power branch is the subject of fundamental changes both in terms of the arrangement of electricity markets and with respect to changes on the supply and demand sides. One of the key problems currently faced by the electricity markets is integration of electricity from renewable sources into the power market and the related technical and economic issues. What are the main threats and opportunities for energy market in Central Europe? How will the Central European countries (especially the Czech Republic and Austria) deal with the EU 2020 energy policy targets in last five years before final energy showdown? The objective of the discussion seminar is to discuss the particular situation in Central European Countries, recent development and new trends in energy policy and economics. |
| Agenda | |
| 8:45 – 9:00 | Registration |
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Welcome and Introduction Jiřina Jílková, J. E. Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic Vice-rector for research |
| 9:15 – 9:30 | Interaction between governments and the academic community Václav Bartuška, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Ambassador-at-Large for Energy Security of the Czech Republic |
| 9:40 – 10:00 | Nuclear Energy: to be or not to be? After all the hesitations and doubts:TO BE! František Janouch, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Nuclear physicist, publicist, founder of the Charter 77 Foundation |
| 10:00 – 10:20 | Role of nuclear in low carbon energy system (download) Vladimír Slugeň, Institute of Nuclear and Physical Engineering, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava Nuclear physicist |
| 10:20 – 10:40 | Energy efficiency: current state and challenges Ondřej Vojáček, National Centre for Energy Savings Energy analyst |
| 10:40 – 10:55 | Discussion |
| 10:55 – 11:10 | Coffee break |
| 11:10 – 11:30 | On the integration of electricity from renewable sources into the power market (download) Reinhard Haas, Institute of Energy Systems and Electric Drives, Vienna University of Technology in Vienna Head of the Energy Economics Group |
| 11:30 – 11:50 | Biomass potential and competitiveness as the energy source - case example of the Czech Republic (download) Jaroslav Knápek, Czech Technical University, Department of Economics, Management and Humanities Head of the Department |
| 11:50 – 12:10 | The role of power-to-gas technologies for storing electricity an use in transport sector (download) Amela Ajanovic/Reinhard Haas, Institute of Energy Systems and Electric Drives Vienna University of Technology in Vienna Senior researcher/Head of the Energy Economics Group |
| 12:10 – 12:30 | Competitiveness of RES for power generation - case example of the Czech Republic (download) Tomáš Králík/Jaroslav Knápek, Czech Technical University, Department of Economics, Management and Humanities Junior researcher/Head of the department |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Discussion |
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