"Wind Energy in the Baltics"
International conference
June 11, 2004, Riga, Latvia
Radisson SAS Hotel Latvia
Main topics to be discussed
What are the contemporary tendencies of renewable energy sources’ development in Europe and in the world? How will the integration of the new countries to the European Union contribute to the development of the Baltic energy market? Do the plans for development of the Baltic countries’ energy systems foresee the peculiarities and availability of the local energy sources? Is the legislation of the Baltic countries ready to support the initiative of the European Union on the active consumption of the renewable energy sources? What are the advantages and limitations of wind energy? How do the utilization of wind energy influence to the consumer tariffs? How to find the right place for and calculate the effectiveness of the wind park? What are the forecasts of the development of wind energy technologies: when will the price of wind energy level with the price of conventional energy?
Participants
SMEs considering possibility of getting into wind energy business, entrepreneurs wanting to start SMEs for wind power development, local authorities, grid operators, wind energy specialists, researchers, potential investors to wind energy projects, leading specialists and experts from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and other EU countries as well as from the countries of CIS
How to participate
Please fill in the application form at www.rmsforum.lv . The programme and registration will be available in the beginning of March, 2004
Culture programme
During the conference you will have opportunity to see the sights of 800-years Riga and to visit the biggest aqua park in Northern Europe.