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e-Bulletin September 2012 [EN]

Welcome to the ENNEREG e-Bulletin for September 2012. This second e-Bulletin provides information on the forthcoming ENNEREG conference in Bilbao, Spain as well as presentations from past events, including our recent conference in Poznan. It also launches the first version of the Regions 202020 Inspiration Guide, provides details of ENNEREG Replication Events and activities, including in the ENNEREG Twin Regions, as well as an update of actions in ENNEREG Pioneer Regions. Finally, it summarises 14 new ENNEREG Good Practice Case studies, added to the website since the first ENNEREG e-Bulletin was published in December 2011.

Events and Presentations

As part of the ENNEREG Replication and Knowledge Transfer activities, the project partners are organising and/or making presentations at a number of forthcoming events in Autumn/Winter 2012. The events include:

• Regions 202020 Workshop and Technical Visits: Energy Efficiency in European Regions, 8 and 9 November 2012 in Bilbao, Spain

• Be SMART-think CITY! Workshop,  9 October 2012, Brussels, Belgium - Peter Lind, Executive Adviser at Triangle Region, is representing the ENNEREG project and the City of Vejle during this workshop as part of Open Days 2012
  
  
• 2nd Pomeranian Energy Days, 25–26 October 2012, Gdansk, Poland

Presentations of interest to local and regional sustainable energy communities are also available from a number of ENNEREG events earlier this year, including:

• ENNEREG International Conference: Transfer of knowledge in the field of sustainable use of energy and the ENNEREG Replication Workshop which took place on 22 and 23 May 2012 in Poznan, Poland
• Coherence between regional and local sustainable energy action plans, a presentation by ENNEREG Project partner, Álvaro Pérez de Laborda, EVE, Basque Country (Spain), 21 June 2012, Brussels Belgium
  
• Three Regional Training workshops, 24 and 25 May 2012, Upper Palatinate (Oberpfalz), Germany [DE]

Details of these and other events from Sustainable Energy Communities projects and initiatives can be found in the Events Diary »

Presentations, videos, tools, methodologies, publications and other resources can be found on this website in the Database of Resources »

Inspiring Twinning and Replication

The first version of the Regions 202020 Inspiration Guide is now available on this website. The guide aims to give you an overview of how to change your region into a Sustainable Energy Region that helps to ensure long term benefits for your Region, its stakeholders and citizens.

Image: General view of Šilutė from plane “Šarka” guided by radiowaves. Photographer: © Kęstutis Fedirka.

Since the last ENNEREG e-Bulletin, ENNEREG has been using experience gained developing Sustainable Energy Action Plans (SEAPs) in the Pioneer Regions to encourage replication in Twin and other regions throughout Europe. The ENNEREG Pioneer Regions have been working with their Twin Regions, some of which have created regional profiles on the Regions 202020 website, including details of their Sustainable Energy Action Plans (SEAPs) and ENNEREG twinning activities.  Twin Regions include:

• EE: Tartu maakond - Twinned with SE: Blekinge
• ES: Castilla y León - Twinned with ES: Euskadi - Basque Country
• IE: Mid-West Region - Twinned with UK: Cymru - Wales
• LT: Šilutė Municipality - Twinned with LT: Kaunas County
• PT: Oeste - Twinned with PT: Madeira

The article also explains how you can use the Regions 202020 Network to share your own experience of becoming a Sustainable Energy Region or Local Community.

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Energy Days caravan travels through the Basque Country, Spain

After the European Sustainable Energy Week, the Energy Days caravan travelled through the Basque Country, Spain. The caravan was installed in a central square in each of the locations and it included bicycles, electric and hybrid cars, interactive information points and inflatable bicycle and car circuits.
    Also find out more about the Sustainable energy action plan for the Basque Country, approved by the Basque Government in December 2011.

Image: Energy Days 2012. © Basque Energy Agency, EVE

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Madeira's Commitment to reduce 20% of Carbon Dioxide Emissions by 2020

The promotion of renewable energies and energy efficiency is a major element of the regional policy of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, defined in the Regional Energy Policy Plan of 2002.
    This article presents how Madeira's commitment to reducing 20% of CO₂ emissions by 2020 is focussed through three European initiatives: the Pact of Islands (ISLE-PACT), the Covenant of Mayors (CoM), and the ENNEREG Project.

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Silistra, Bulgaria plans to install CHP on waste agricultural and wood biomass

Silistra Municipality, Bulgaria, in the framework of the ENNEREG project, has initiated and included in its Sustainable Energy Action Plan (SEAP) a project for construction of an energy complex for CHP on biomass.
    The main aim of the project is to produce heat and electricity at 85% efficiency, while at the same time making use of available wood and agricultural waste potential in the region.

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Intelligent Energy Education in Wales, UK

Severn Wye Energy Agency (SWEA) has embarked on an exciting project with a school in Llanidloes, Powys, Wales, UK.  The Young Energy People! (YEP!) project has already been implemented in 29 schools in Gloucestershire and the recipient of a 2011 Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy.

Images: Student involved in the Young Energy People! (YEP!) project (left) and students in the YEP! project are given a talk (right). Images supplied by Severn Wye Energy Agency.

As part of the ENNEREG project activities on Cooperation in Intelligent Energy Education, SWEA has also produced two reports on Communicating Intelligent Energy using Entertainment and Teaching Eco-driving.

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14 New ENNEREG Good Practice Case Studies

A further 14 Good Practice case studies from ENNEREG Pioneer and Twin Regions in Bulgaria, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal and Spain have been added to the website in Spring/Summer 2012, covering:

Renewable Energy: Óbidos Solar Project Oeste, Portugal; Multipurpose Socorridos System; Solid Waste Treatment Plant in Meia Serra;  EDEN Project - Porto Santo Island (Madeira, Portugal); Solar system for Domestic Hot Water (DHW) production in home for elderly people (Silistra, Bulgaria); Geothermal Exchange System (Basque Country, Spain); District Heating with biomass (Orozko, Spain)

Energy Efficient Buildings: Thermo-modernisation of the Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport (Pomerania Region, Poland [EN/PL]); Birštonas - Ecotown (Kaunas, Lithuania)

Energy Efficient Products: Efficient Lighting in the Residential Sector (Madeira, Portugal)

Sustainable Transport:  Electric car in Cruces Hospital (Basque Country, Spain)

Intelligent Energy Education:  Eco-driving courses (Basque Country, Spain); Kaunas City Christmas Trees (Kaunas, Lithuania); Energy Ambassador Campaign (Sofia and Silistra, Bulgaria)

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