REN21 Renewables Academy 2014 Community Power

consumers and communities are becoming driving forces in the global energy transition towards renewable energy. As pioneers of a renewable future, communities and consumers play an important role in promoting renewable energy. Their activities span all areas and aspects of renewables. Green power purchasing, the reacquisition of local utilities, the creation of regional and global coalitions, the Covenant of Mayors, community-based investment and power plant ownership are only a few examples of how communities are transforming the energy this session participants will:- Discover the role communities and consumers are already playing in promoting renewables, based on selected case Consider what roles communities will play in future and how to engage speaker:Siward Zomer, :David Ebong, Clean Energy Partnership Africa, UgandaPanelists:Tetsu Iida, ISEPLuise Neumann-Cosel, BrgerEnergie Berlin Mauro Passos, Instituto para o Desenvolvimento de Energias Alternativas na Amrica Latina ()The session will offer a video link to the 100% Renewable Energy Regions congress taking place the same day in Kassel, Germany