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Video available: the EUFORES Online Workshop “The Green Deal and the National Energy and Climate Plans in France”

Category: news, press release

 

The EUFORES workshop on “The Green Deal and the National Energy and Climate Plans in France” took place online on Thursday 25 June 2020. The workshop was organized in cooperation with MP Barbara Pompili, President of the Commission for Sustainable Development and Territorial Planning of the French National Assembly, currently serving as Minister of Ecological Transition under Prime Minister Jean Castex.The event aimed at giving an overview on the French energy transition based on the European vision, in particular The French National Energy and Climate Plan, the pluriannual programming of energy (PPE), and the transposition of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) into national legislation.

 

Speakers discussed the importance of having an adequate budget to finance RES in France, tackling climate consumption and the social aspect of the energy transition, and developing different sources of renewable energies to reach an almost 100% RES scenario.

 

The video recording is available on Youtube in French+ English language or only in English audio.

The agenda and the PowerPoint Presentations are available here.

 

Speakers included: Laurent Michel, Director, Directorate-General for Energy and Climate, Ministry of Ecological and Solidary Transition of France; Marjolaine Meynier-Millefert, Member of National Parliament; Nicolas Berghmans, Senior Researcher, Climate and Energy, Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations – IDDRI; Pauline Lebertre, CEO, French Wind Energy Association -FEE; Alexis Monteil, Renewable Energy Project manager, CLER-Energy Transition Network; Fanélie Carrey-Conte, Director of the Cooperative and Secretary General of Enercoop; Justine Peullemeulle, Responsible for National Activities and Institutional Relations, ‘Shared-Energy’ Association - Association Energie Partagée; Germain Peyer, Development Director, French Renewable Energy Developer EOLFI; Yves Marignac, Independent Expert and Spokesman of the négaWatt Association; Alexandre Roesch, CEO, French Renewable Energy Federation – SER; Benoît Leguet, Director, Institut 4 Climate Economics - I4CE; Wojtek Kalinowski, Co-director, Veblen Institute; Jon Sallé, Head of Finansol.