Bonn, 3 February 2011
"To keep costs down, we should install more wind power plants where the wind blows and more photovoltaic plants where the sun shines" Günther Oettinger, the European commissioner for energy said end of January. Responding to his statement, EUROSOLAR managing director Irm Pontenagel says: "Mr Oettinger's recommendations to supposedly keep costs down base on the assumption that "efficiency on-site" is the decisive factor in the price of renewable energy. This is not the case however; the most efficient use always is closest to the point of consumption".
WCRE Press Releases
Berlin, November 25, 2010
With nearly 600 attendees from 41 countries the International Renewable Energy Storage Conference (IRES) turned into the biggest information exchange platform existing in this form. Organizers are EUROSOLAR and the World Council for Renewable Energy in cooperation with EnergyAgency.NRW. As it shot to such prominence, IRES would again take place in the coming year said Irm Pontenagel, managing director of EUROSOLAR.
Berlin, November 22, 2010
550 energy professionals from 30 countries discuss on storage of energy from the renewable source
The fifth International Renewable Energy Storage Conference (IRES), hosted by EUROSOLAR and the World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE), began in Berlin on Monday. Over the course of this 3-day event, some 550 experts from Germany and abroad will gather at the Seminaris CampusHotel Science & Conference Center to discuss and debate the technologies, available and in development, for storing energy generated from renewable resources. As in previous years, the event is being held in cooperation with EnergyAgency.NRW, service provider of the State of Nordrhein-Westfalen in all energy matters.
Berlin, November 19, 2010
EUROSOLAR and the World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE) will host the fifth International Renewable Energy Storage Conference (IRES) in Berlin on 22 - 24 November 2010. 500 experts from Germany and abroad will gather at the Science & Conference Center of the Berlin Seminaris CampusHotel to discuss and debate the technologies, available and in development, for storing electricity and heat from the renewable source. As in previous years, the event will be held in cooperation with EnergyAgency.NRW.
This year’s IRES conference themes include the demand for storage in renewable energy supply, economic aspects and operation and business models for stationary storage systems, already accomplished storage solutions and solar photovoltaic energy storage. Speakers come from Germany, France, The Netherlands, Switzerland, China, Japan, United States and other countries.
Berlin, 1 November 2010
Some 500 friends, political companions, fellow activists and guests came together in Berlin on Monday at the atrium of the "Museum für Kommunikation" in remembrance of the late Hermann Scheer.