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Programme |
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12.00 h |
Opening of the Exhibition |
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14.00 h |
Musical Introduction Opening of the Congress |
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Address in representation of the Patron: |
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Welcome Addresses Manfred Wolf, Mayor of the City of Cologne Dr. Berthold Bonekamp, Member of the Board of Directors, RWE AG, Essen and Cologne, Germany Helmut Haumann, Chairman of the Board of Directors, GEW RheinEnergie AG, Cologne, Germany Hans Haider, President EURELECTRIC, Brussels, Belgium |
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Honours |
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Festive Lecture
International Space Station (ISS) - Living and Working in the Universe Musical Conclusion |
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17.00 h |
End of the Opening Ceremony |
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until 18.00 h |
Visit of the Exhibition |
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starting 19.00 h |
Welcome Evening |
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Plenary Sessions
Thursday, October 7, 2004
"Ensuring Investments - How can we fill the Generation Gap"
Leader: Carl Graf Hohenthal, stellv. Chefredakteur, DIE WELT, Axel Springer Verlag, Berlin, Germany
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09.00 h |
Efficient Electricity Generation in Coal- and Gas-Fired Power Plants |
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09.20 h |
Is There a Future for Nuclear Power in Europe? |
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09.40 h |
Status and Perspectives of Renewables |
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10.00 h |
Requirements to be met by the Energy Industry and Policy from the Viewpoint of Industrial and Commercial customers |
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10.30 h |
Break |
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11.00 h |
Panel Discussion |
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Carl Graf Hohenthal, Deputy Chief Editor, Die Welt, Germany |
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Rolf Hempelmann, Spokesman Energy Policy of SPD group, Member of the Bundestag Dr. Peter Schwaiger, Dputy Director of the Cabinet of Mrs Lyola de Palcio, European Kommission, Brussels/ Belgium |
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12.00 h |
Lunch / Luncheon Speaker |
Technical Sessions
Thursday, October 7, 2004
Section A
Market and Competition
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14.00 h |
Ensuring Investments - Position of the Energy Industry in Europe |
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14.30 h |
Future Perspectives on the European Power Market |
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15.00 h |
Break |
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15.30 h |
Experiences from the UK-Market after 13 Years of Liberalisation |
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16.00 h |
European Electricity Regulation: The Need to bring Economic Competitiveness Back to the Agenda |
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19.30 h |
Gala Evening |
Section B
Technology, Operation and Environement
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14.00 h |
Emission Trading of Greenhouse Gases and National Allocation Plan in Germany – State and Perspectives |
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14.30 h |
NAPs in Europe - A New Factor in the European Power Market |
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15.00 h |
Break |
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15.30 h |
Status Quo and Evaluation of Different CO
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Reduction Technologies |
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16.00 h |
Assessment of Direct Support Schemes for Renewables in Europe |
| 16.30 h | General Assembly |
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19.30 h |
Gala Evening |
Friday, October 8 , 2004
Section A
Market and Competition
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09.00 h |
Development of the Wind Energy Utilisation - Demands on the Total Power Plant Park |
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09.30 h |
Impact of Distributed Generation on System Operation |
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10.00 h |
Break |
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11.00 h |
Hydro Power in the Competitive Environment |
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11.30 h |
R&D and Customer Benefits in Power Generation |
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12.00 h |
Keeping up Supplier Know-How in the Liberalised Market |
Section B
Technology, Operation and Environment
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09.00 h |
Overview on Advanced Nuclear Reactors: Research and Deployment in the United States |
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09.30 h |
Current New Constructions and Further Develop-ment of Coal-Based Generation Technologies |
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10.00 h |
Break |
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11.00 h |
Wai Gao Qiao - European Export Technologies for the World Market |
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11.30 h |
Circulated Fluidised Bed Technologies in Poland |
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12.00 h |
Co-Combustion - The Power Producers Point of View |
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12.30 h |
End of lecture programme |
Side Programme
RP 1 October 6, 2004 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
RP 2 October 7, 2004 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
RP 3 October 7, 2004 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
RP 4 October 8, 2004 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
RP 5 October 8, 2004 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
City Tour Cologne
Experience and gain an insight into the fourth biggest metropolis of Germany. Cologne, a city with a fascinating history, and a Catholic idyll. Visit the most beautiful sights around Cologne Cathedral. Meet God and meet the world in the Cathedral, a building of High Gothic architecture, commenced in the year 1248 but not completed until the year 1880. On your "circular tour", you will be given an understanding of the typical Cologne way of living by way of anecdotes.
Meeting place: Hotel Maritim Cologne
Minimum number of participants: 25 persons
Price: € 20.00 per person
RP 6 October 7, 2004 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
RP 7 October 8, 2004 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Cologne Design Tour
This tour will lead you away from the centre of the city at first, into one of the cosy quarters of the city. Here, you will be welcomed at the "Atelierhof" ("Studio Yard") by three Cologne designers who know their job and trade. Whatever you are looking for, a hat made of felt, a goldworking individually made for your hand, or the new handmade ceramic set. In between, you will be served a "brunch piccolomino". A glass of Prosecco will refresh you for the further course of the tour. Shopping, shopping, shopping in the centre of the city. Be inspired by the creativity and uniqueness of the Cologne designers.
Meeting place: Hotel Maritim Cologne
Minimum number of participants: 15 persons
Price: € 69.00 per person
RP 8 October 7, 2004 10 a.m. - 12 a.m.
RP 9 October 8, 2004 12 p.m. - 14 p.m.
Witch Cult Tour
Witches and heretics, superstition and "sanctimonious" piousness will be explained from a historical perspective on this guided tour. The evil and the devil are part of the Creation, and the eternal struggle against the devil took place in all areas, also in the building of the Cathedral where the interior of the church is immersed into a mystic light by its colourful glass windows and thus creating a spiritual atmosphere. Thereafter, you will pass by the Animal Fountain, cross the Heinrich Böll Square and go on to the Cathedral, and the "Seidenmacherinnengässchen" ("Silk Maker Alley") is also known for its exiting history.
Meeting place: Hotel Maritim Cologne
Minimum number of participants: 20 persons
Price: € 20.00 per person
RP 10 October 7, 2004 19 a.m. - 13 p.m.
RP 11 October 8, 2004 19 a.m. - 13 p.m.
Around Cologne
From Cologne to Bonn, it’s only stone’s throw to the former capital of the Federal Republic of Germany which has still to offer quite a lot. The romantic Minster, Beethoven’s birth house, the time-honoured "Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelm University" are reminiscences of old and (almost) most recent German history. A small tour of the town centre of Bonn with a visit of the Minster and of Beethoven’s House will make you a bit more familiar with the town. Then, the tour will lead you into one of the hearts of the romantic valley of the river Rhine (World Heritage of UNESCO), the Siebengebirge, a scene of numerous legends and myths. One of the oldest aerial ropeways in Germany will take up to the top of the Drachenfels. After a small snack, you will be brought back to Cologne again.
Meeting place: Hotel Maritim Cologne
Minimum number of participants: 25 persons
Price: € 75.00 per person
RP 12 October 7, 2004 12 p.m. - 15.30 p.m.
RP 13 October 8, 2004 12 p.m. - 15.30 p.m.
Cologne Gourmet Tour
By train, you will go to the "Hahnentor". Here, the question as to why Napoleon Bonaparte was in a way also been a promoter of the typical Cologne gastronomy will already be clarified. Thereafter, the tour will continue via three "gourmet stops" to the so-called Roman Tower giving cause to inform about the Roman cuisine, then to the "Zeughaus"(Arsenal) and the Castle Wall up to Cologne Cathedral. Here, you will learn why the Cologne cuisine was scarcely able to get around international popularity. Via Marzellenstraße and the hidden Ursula Square, the tour will lead you via two additional gourmet stops to the legendary "Eigelstein". How the "cabbage peasants" gathered wealth and what role the peasant has been playing in the carnival of Cologne, that are the things you will be informed about on this Gourmet Tour. At selected speciality shops, you will be served little snacks.
Meeting place: Hotel Maritim Cologne
Minimum number of participants: 12 persons
Price: € 49.00 per person
RP 14 October 7, 2004 12 p.m. - 15 p.m.
RP 15 October 8, 2004 10 a.m. - 11 p.m.
Cologne Cultural Tour
On tour by bus, you will first of all get to see the most beautiful and most interesting spots of Cologne. You will be told why it took so long to built the Cologne Cathedral, why there is a huge hole to be seen right in the centre of the city, and why you are always going around in circles when driving through the city of Cologne. The next very special cultural stop is the Cologne Beer Museum. Experience a tour of the Museum with plenty of small anecdotes and facts in respect of one of the most famous products of the city of Cologne: Kölsch (Cologne) beer. The history of the 120 year old brewing art will help you to develop a taste for "Kölsch" beer. In addition, something delicious of the typical Cologne cuisine will be served. Bon appétit.
Meeting place: Hotel Maritim Cologne
Minimum number of participants: 12 persons
Price: € 50.00 per person
RP 16 October 7, 2004 10 a.m. - 1 2.30 p.m.
RP 17 October 8, 2004 10 a.m. - 1 2.30 p.m.
Cologne Museums Tour
On an exciting and entertaining tour, you will become familiar with 200 years of the cultural history of Cologne. The journey through time starts with the encounter of the patron saint Agrippina, Nero’s mother, in the Roman- Germanic Museum. After a stop-over at the Museum Ludwig, you will go on to the legendary Wallraf- Richartz Museum. Closely connected with the medieval roots of the city, you will get to know collections of the Cologne School of painting, Rembrandt, Rubens and impressionists. Finally, at the end of the tour - at the Museum of Applied Arts - you can enjoy a small introduction into the design of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Meeting place: Hotel Maritim Cologne
Minimum number of participants: 15 persons
Price: € 60.00 per person
RP 18 October 7, 2004 01.45 p.m. - 2.45 p.m.
RP 19 October 8, 2004 10.30 a.m. - 11.30 a.m.
RP 20 October 8, 2004 12.00 a.m. - 11.00 p.m.
Cologne Ship’s Tour
An integral part of Cologne is the river Rhine. On this tour, you will get to know Cologne from the side of the water. Enjoy the view of the wonderful Old Town and the Cathedral rising above all roofs, from the river Rhine. On board a Köln-Düsseldorfer ship, you will learn, during a journey of one hour, everything interesting and worth knowing about the route and buildings alongside which can be seen while on board. Food and drink will, of course, also be provided on board with which you can individually sweeten your "Rhine journey". Meeting place/ Landing place Frankenwerft "KD-Häuschen" delivery of the vouchers:
Price: € 8.00 plus postage
Reservations for the vouchers can be made in advance against cash in advance, or directly be collected against voucher delivery at the ecocept event counter at Maritim Hotel, upon your request.
RP 21 October 7, 2004 2.00 p.m. - 15.00 p.m.
Visit of the German Aerospace Centre (DLR)
As a supplement to and for deepening the lecture given by Professor Ernst Messerschmid, the location Cologne- Porz of the Germany Aerospace Centre DLR will be presented to you. A film "Researching For Our Future" will put you in the right mood for the subsequent tour of the following divisions:
Institute for Space Simulation
Institute of Propulsion Technology
Institute of Aerospace Medicine
Institute of Materials Research
Solar Furnace - Energy Technology
Kryo Channel Cologne (Refrigerating and Freezing Channel) ESA-EAC (European Space Agency - European Astronaut Centre) For this visit, it will be necessary to take along your valid identity card or passport!
Meeting place: 1.30 p.m. Hotel Maritim Cologne/return approx. 5.30 p.m.
Minimum number of participants: 25 persons - max. 50 persons
Price: € 16.00 per person
RP 22 October 8, 2004 9.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m.
Factory Tour of Ford Werke AG
Since 1925, the name of Ford has been standing for mobility, innovation and a trend-setting design in Germany, at first in Berlin, and since 1931 in Cologne-Niehl. Ford has been developing both modern as well as reliable cars featuring pure driving pleasure. The tour will start with a multimedia show providing you with lots of information and facts about Ford AG. Thereafter, the visitors tour will lead you through the automobile production. The factory/plant tour will end with a snack at the works canteen. For this visit, it will be necessary to take along your valid identity card or passport!
Any video tape and/or sound recordings will not be allowed. Mobile phones with integrated camera will have to be switched off during the guided tour!
Meeting place: 9 a.m. Hotel Maritim Cologne/return approx. 1 p.m.
Minimum number of participants: 25 persons - max. 40 persons
Price: € 20.00 per person
Technical Visits
TB 1 October 8, 2004 2.30 p.m. - 15.00 p.m.
BoA Power Plant (Lignite-Fired Power Plant with Optimised Plant Design) in Niederaußem
Lignite accounts for a portion of about 25 percent of the overall power generation in Germany. A lignitebased generation of power makes high demands on the efficiency of the power plants as to climate aspects. An excellent example for their technical efficiency is the BoA Power Plant (lignite-fired power plant with optimised plant design) put into operation by RWE Power in Bergheim-Niederaußem (Rhein-Erft district) in 2002. With an efficiency of more than 43 percent, it has been setting the standard world-wide. Compared to older plants, the lignite-fired power plant with optimised plant design has been reducing CO2 emissions by up to three million tonnes a year - an active contribution to the preservation of the environment and the climate world-wide.
Meeting place: 1.45 p.m. Hotel Maritim Cologne/return approx. 5.45 p.m.
Minimum number of participants: 25 persons - max. 100 persons
Price: € 25.00 per person
TB 2 October 8, 2004 2.30 p.m. - 15.00 p.m.
Tour of the Open Cast Mine Garzweiler
In the lignite mining area of the Rhine region between Cologne, Aachen and Mönchengladbach, three open cast mines of RWE Power are delivering about 100 million tonnes of lignite per year, being used at a rate of 90 percent for power generation at power plants of the company that are situated close to the open cast mines. The most northern coal mine is the open cast mine Garzweiler, west of Grevenbroich (Rhine district Neuss). In depths of up to 160 meters, bucket wheel excavators are extracting the energy raw material being accumulated there in three layers. With the aim of ensuring energy supply, the mining district Garzweiler I will be extended as of the year 2006 to the west to the mining district Garzweiler II and shall ensure about 40 percent of the lignite mining in the Rhine region up to the year 2044.
Meeting place: 1.45 p.m. Hotel Maritim Cologne /return approx. 5.45 p.m. Grevenbroich
Minimum number of participants: 25 persons - max. 50 persons
Price: € 25.00 per person
TB 3 October 6, 2004 9.30 a.m. - 11.30 p.m.
TB 4 October 8, 2004 2.00 p.m. - 14.00 p.m.
Tour of the Gas and Steam Turbine Thermal Power Plant of GEW RheinEnergie AG in Cologne-Niehl
GEW RheinEnergie AG is presently establishing a highly modern thermal power plant on the basis of gas and steam turbine technology at the location of Cologne-Niehl. The plant will replace an about 30 year old duo power plant block on the basis of natural gas. The new power plant will be the core of the electric power
and thermal power generation for the city of Cologne. It will cover the major part of the demand of the centre of the city of Cologne and of the quarter of Deutz on a long-term basis. The heart of the plant will be a gas turbo set (type V94.3A) of Siemens with a power output of about 260 megawatts. The total electric power output will be 400 megawatts; the net efficiency will be more than 58 percent. In case of a steam turbine operation, a district heating output of a maximum of 265 megawatts will additionally be available. Before this background, the efficiency degree of the whole plant will be increased to more than 86 percent. The plant will be put into operation in autumn 2004.
Meeting place: TB 3 9 a.m. Hotel Maritim Cologne/return approx. 1 p.m.
Meeting place: TB 4 1.30 p.m. Hotel Maritim Cologne/ return approx. 4.30 p.m.
Minimum numberof participants: 25 persons - max. 40 persons
Price: € 15.00 per person
Contact
- Marthe Molz
Phone: +49-(0)2 01-81 28-2 11
Fax: +49-(0)2 01-81 28-3 50
E-Mail: marthe.molz@vgb.org
