Good practices
Good practices

Workshop

First BESTGRID workshop The Future of Social Acceptance

Workshop

Topic

Public Acceptance & Engagement

Dimension

Energy & Society
Calendar 21 May 2014
Clock 09:00 – 17:00
Location Hamburg, Germany

Organised by RGI, TenneT and BESTGRID

The majority of project developers and public authorities in Europe recognise the need to better inform and engage stakeholders when planning a new power line. Nonetheless, public opposition still develops to a great extent in some locations. For example, the BESTGRID pilot project SuedLink has recently stirred controversial discussions. Public irritation has fostered a political debate on the need for SuedLink and other major grid projects, partially withdrawing previously existing political support.

This situation provokes new questions that we discussed during our first public BESTGRID workshop on 21 May 2014 in Hamburg.

Agenda & Speakers

Antonella Battaglini
Antonella Battaglini CEO | RGI
Speaker
Dr. Christian Schneller TenneT
Speaker
Antina Sander Head of Strategic Environment & Permitting and Biodiversity Programme | RGI/Project Leader BESTGRID
Moderator
Dr. Christian Schneller TenneT
Speaker
Marius Strecker TenneT
Speaker
Rotraud Hänlein Germanwatch
Speaker
Valérie Legat Elia
Speaker
Valérie Xhonneux Fédération Inter-Environnement Wallonie
Speaker

Session 1
EU-sponsored study on raising public acceptance for grid extension: Online toolkit for increased stakeholder dialogue as major result
Impulse speaker: Markus Kaufmann, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants

 

Session 2
Innovative participatory approaches – can they support formal planning procedures?
Impulse speaker: Mathis Danelzik, Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI Essen)

 

Session 3
Energy and democracy – from participation to ownership?
Impulse speakers:
Molly Walsh, Friends of the Earth and Project Leader of EU project ‘Community Power: enabling legislation to increase public acceptance for RES projects across Europe’
Viktoria Matkovskaia, Berlin Energie (Berlin state agency that is applying to repurchase the Berlin distribution grid)

Markus Kaufmann Roland Berger Strategy Consultants | Session 1
Speaker
Mathis Danelzik Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI Essen) | Session 2
Speaker
Molly Walsh Friends of the Earth and Project Leader of EU project ‘Community Power: enabling legislation to increase public acceptance for RES projects across Europe’ | Session 3
Speaker
Viktoria Matkovskaia Berlin Energie (Berlin state agency that is applying to repurchase the Berlin distribution grid) | Session3
Speaker
Marius Strecker TenneT
Speaker
Rotraud Hänlein Germanwatch
Speaker
Mathis Danelzik Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI Essen)
Speaker
Michael Schultz German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
Speaker

Photos

First BESTGRID Workshop, 21 May 2014, Hamburg

Event Partners

Funding

contact

Stephanie Bätjer

Director – Communication

Stephanie Bätjer

Director – Communication

t: +49 30 2332 11017
Stephanie Bätjer is leading the Renewables Grid Initiative’s communication and event activities as Programme Manager – Communication. She is also heavily involved in RGI’s policy work and all activities that look at social engagement around grids. She previously worked in the communications team of the European Climate Foundation. Stephanie has studied at the Universities of Marburg and Hamburg, Germany, and the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. She holds degrees in political science and journalism.

Stephanie Bätjer

Director – Communication

Stephanie Bätjer

Director – Communication

t: +49 30 2332 11017
Stephanie Bätjer is leading the Renewables Grid Initiative’s communication and event activities as Programme Manager – Communication. She is also heavily involved in RGI’s policy work and all activities that look at social engagement around grids. She previously worked in the communications team of the European Climate Foundation. Stephanie has studied at the Universities of Marburg and Hamburg, Germany, and the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. She holds degrees in political science and journalism.