Agenda - European Wind Energy Technology Platform (TPWind)

The Square – Rue Coudenberg 3, Brussels
Brussels
Time
Tuesday September 24th, 2013
2013
14:00
14:00
Registration of participants
First Session: Case studies
16:00
16:00
(Plenary Room Hall 400)
400)
16:00
Introduction and welcome - Henning Kruse, TPWind Chairperson, Siemens Wind Power,
Denmark
16:10
Funding wind power:
power: a view from financial institutions – Nicolas Gourvitch, Director,
Green Giraffe Energy Bankers, France
16:25
Funding wind power:
power: a view from the wind energy industry – James Barry, Chief
Specialist Project Finance, Vestas, UK
Second Session: Panel debate – funding wind power in times of crisis
16:
16:40
(Plenary Room Hall 400)
400)
Chairs:
Henning Kruse, Siemens Wind Power - TPWind Chairperson, Denmark
Allan MacAskill, MacAskill Associates – TPWind Vice-Chairperson, UK
Panellists
Paul Verhoef - New and renewable energy sources Head of Unit, DG RTD, European
Commission, Belgium
Christopher Knowles - Head of Climate Change & Environment Division, European
Investment Bank, Luxembourg
Thomas Beaumont – Co-Head of Brussels-Paris Project Finance EMEA Hub, BNP
Paribas Fortis, Belgium
Nicolas Gourvitch - Director, Green Giraffe Energy Bankers, France
James Barry – Chief Specialist Project Finance, Vestas, UK
18:00
18:00
Networking Cocktail
20:00
End of Conference
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