6th International Citizen Wind Symposium and Citizen Energy Forum
Invitation to the 6th International Community Wind Symposium which will be held in virtual format on April 7th in German language .
During the event, the first results of a study on how to increase the share of women in community energy will be published.
We will organize an event in English language in early June, when we will be able to present the complete project report including all final recommendations and conclusions.
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6th International Citizen Wind Symposium and Citizen Energy Forum: More women's power in community energy
As part of a two-year project on women in the energy transition funded by the Environment & Development Foundation, WWEA and LEE NRW are organizing the 6th International Citizens' Wind Symposium in virtual form on April 7th from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The core aim of the project is to find ways and approaches to make the community energy transition more diverse and, above all, to attract more women to community energy. In the first year of the project, primarily empirical data was collected about the proportion of women.
At this year's symposium we would like to present to you the preliminary results of the second project year. The aim here is to formulate recommendations to community energy companies and politicians on how the proportion of women in community energy can be increased. The results will be discussed with various experts from community energy and politics.
One result is already clear: In order to attract more women, new forms of communication and, above all, generally better framework conditions are required so that community energy can grow again.
More detailed information about the project, including partners and results, can be found here: https://wwindea.org/women/
Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIkcOytqDwoHtbofl0pS2fqSc9Lh8ej4cef
Program:
10:00 – Welcome
– Stefan Gsänger, WWEA
– Claudia Gellert, LEE NRW
– Christiane Overkamp, ​​Environment & Development Foundation
10:15 – More women’s power in citizen energy – what to do?
– More participation and creative power for women in the growing community energy sector – Timo Karl, WWEA
– Feminist Green Deal for Europe – Katharina Habersbrunner, WECF
– We The Power – New forms of communication for more diversity? – Antonio Rohrssen, Patagonia
– Barbara Rodi, Herford Peace Promoting Energy Cooperative
– Laura Zöckler, Bürgerwerke
11:30 – Break
11:45 – Political round: New impulses for women in community energy through new politics?
– Moderation – Claudia Bredemann, specialist agency for onshore wind energy
– Wibke Brems, State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia, Alliance 90/The Greens
– Dr. Christian Untrieser, State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia, CDU
- Katrin Uhlig, Bundestag, Alliance 90/The Greens
- Krisztina André, Alliance for Citizens' Energy
- Madeline Bode, LEE NRW
1:00 p.m. – End