Innovation, Policy, and Collective Action in Global Energy Communities in 2025
Shaping the Future of Renewable Energy Together!
As the Troya Environmental Association, UEDAŞ, and the DE-RISK Project Team, we are pleased to extend our invitation to the 8th International Energy Cooperatives Conference. For the past seven years, the Troya Environmental Association has been organizing an annual conference series aimed at bringing together renewable energy cooperatives, relevant institutions, and decision-makers from Turkey and around the world. Through these events, we aim to strengthen energy cooperatives, create a platform for knowledge sharing and collaboration. Every year, we contribute to the sector by inviting expert speakers around various themes, showcasing successful examples, and encouraging active participation from cooperatives.
This year, as part of the 8th International Energy Cooperatives Conference, we will also host a “Regulatory Workshop” targeting local, national, and EU-level policymakers. This will be supported by the European Commission’s grant (Grant No. 101075515) and will build on the success of the DE-RISK project, which has been successfully implemented since October 1, 2022. The conference will take place on May 21, 2025, in Ankara, with the participation of 10 consortium members from six different countries running the DE-RISK project, alongside a broad target audience. The conference will focus on the themes “Innovation, Policy, and Collective Action in Global Energy Communities in 2025.”
We believe your participation in this significant event would greatly contribute to our conference with your expertise at the European and international levels. We would be honored to have you share your experiences with us either in person or online. We would greatly appreciate it if you could consider participating.
Kind regards,
The Troya, UEDAŞ, and DE-RISK Team
Oral Kaya
TROYA Çevre Derneği
Arif Sami Seymenoğlu
Former Director General of Cooperatives, Ministry of Customs and Trade of the Republic of Türkiye
10:00 Tiago Oliveira
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL)
Social studies on ECs
10:15 Konstantinos Mamis
Que Technologies
Energy management solutions based on digital twins
10:30 Patrick Kelleter
Energy 2030/Belgium
Energy Cooperatives in Central Europe
10:45 Laura Pérez Caballero
R2M SOLUTION SPAIN SL Laura
Business Models and Replication Planning for LFMs
11:00 Q&A
11:45 Prof.Dr. Ozan Erdinç
YTÜ
Excellence Hub in EC's
12:00 Canan Şişman Korkmaz
The Law on Gathering (Foraging) and Energy Cooperatives
12:15 Seyfettin Zengin
Çorum Renewable Energy Cooperative
Building a community in Central Anatolia
12:30 Melis Yılmaz
TROYA Çevre Derneği
GGF project evaluation and Current status on ECs in Turkey
12:45 Barış Eceçelik
350.org
Campaigning for communities
13:00 Q&A
Çağrı Yıldırım
EU Framework Programmes Department- Head of Department, TÜBİTAK
Opening speech
Tübitak (official National Contact Point for Türkiye under the Horizon Europe programme)
Melike Güllüoğlu
Primary Coordinator Contact - DE-RISK Project, WEglobal
Overview of DE-RISK
14:45 - 15:30
Dr. Eng. Nadya Nikolova-Deme
Sofia Energy Agency SOFENA
Lukasz Kulesza
LK Sustainability Ltd.
DE-RISK Work Package 3: Regulatory, Policy, Financial state of the art analysis
15:30 Coffe Break
15:50 Ümit Çetinkaya
R&D Manager, Turkish Electricity Transmission Cooperation (TEİAŞ)
National Flexibility Needs and Regulatory Insights from a Transmission System Operator Perspective: National flexibility requirements, integration of distributed/local and demand-side solutions, regulatory framework, TSO perspective on flexibility and renewable integration
16:10 Alper Acartürk
Partner, Impact Project House
Positive Energy Districts: Blockchain-Based Balancing and Settlement Market for Positive Energy Districts Project
Meyra Palace, Ankara
Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu Caddesi No : 55 Balgat - Çankaya / ANKARA
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