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StartSun conference: From Concept to Community – Launching Solar Energy Communities

Project: StartSun
Virtual Meeting & Physical Meeting
Experience, Successes & Challenges of Energy Communities
Elis Vollmer

Description

The conference will focus on practical experiences of developing and building solar energy communities in different conditions. We will look at technical, social and sustainability challenges and pitfalls that we have encountered and discuss possible solutions that can be used and developed further. Special focus will be on attracting additional funding for energy community development.

At the conference we will also launch the StartSun Start‑Up Guidebook and energy community feasibility calculator that are supportive materials for any individual or organization that wishes to start their own local energy community.

The conference is in English and is co-funded by the European Union.

Agenda

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    Time
    Item
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    09:30 - 10:00 (EEST)
    Arrival and welcome coffee.
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    10:00 - 10:10 (EEST)
    Opening of the conference.
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    10:10 - 10:40 (EEST)
    10:10–10:40 Keynote presentation: Eight members, 400 kW and one grid: how a Swedish village builds sustainably its own energy system. Tobias Karlsson, founder of Eiropow AB and Chair of Fegen Energy Community.
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    10:40 - 12:45 (EEST)
    I session: StartSun Energy Communities and Collaboration Experience

    10:40–12:30 Experiences from the StartSun pilots:

    – Obinitsa pilot (EE), Markus Männik, Tartu Regional Energy Agency;
    – Kääpa pilot (EE), Annika Oras, Kalevipoja Koda Foundation;
    – Jelgava pilot (LV), Gunita Osite, Jelgava City Municipal Institution;
    – Jēkabpils pilot (LV), Baiba Navenicka, Jekabpils County Council;
    – Marttila pilot (FI), Riikka Ojala and Evilina Vinonen, Green Net Finland;
    – Östergötland pilot (SE), Elin Bäckström, Åtvidaberg municipality. Sara Spjuth, County Administrative Board of Östergötland. 

    12:30–12:45 StartSun StartUp package. Elis Vollmer, Estonian University of Life Sciences.
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    12:45 - 14:00 (EEST)
    Lunch.
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    14:00 - 15:30 (EEST)
    Session II: Social challenges for energy communities. How can we encourage people to work together?

    14:00–14:15 StartSun Experiences on Social Collaboration and Citizen Engagement. Maie Kiisel, University of Tartu. 

    14:15–14:30 How to develop rural energy communities? Drivers, barriers and enablers: evidence from Galicia. Professor Xavier Simón, EC4RURAL Project Coordinator, University of Vigo, Spain. 

    14:30–14:45 Lessons from the Enercracy project on social collaboration and citizen engagement. Kirils Gončarovs, Tartu Regional Energy Agency and Uppsala University.

    14:45–15:30 Audience discussion on challenges and solutions for stronger collaboration. 
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    15:30 - 16:00 (EEST)
    Coffee break and expo: Meet the Energy Communities.
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    16:00 - 17:30 (EEST)
    Session III: Feasibility of Energy Communities.

    16:00–16:15 Feasibility tool 1: StartSun solar energy calculator. Marten Saareoks, Tartu Regional Energy Agency. 

    16:15–16:30 Feasibility tool 2: introduction to the AURI2027 calculator. Inka Leppänen, Project Coordinator, Karelia University of Applied Sciences.

    16:30–16:45 Feasibility and financial sustainability of energy communities. Speaker to be announced. 

    16:45–17:30 Discussion with the panellists and audience on financial sustainability and resilience of small (energy) communities.

    Panelists:
    – Kirils Gončarovs, Tartu Regional Energy Agency. 
    – Argo Rosin, Tallinn University of Technology.
    – Inka Leppänen, Karelia University of Applied Sciences.
    – Johanna Liljenfeldt, Uppsala University. 
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    17:30 - 18:00 (EEST)
    Closing of the conference.
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    19:00 - 22:00 (EEST)
    Conference dinner, available only to pre-registered participants.

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