Schedule and working formats

During the week we want to find intersections between financing, participation and environmental protection within the planning and implementation of community renewable energy projects. We dive into different disciplines, using different working formats and with insights from experts from science and practice.

We are looking forward to answer some of the following questions: What are the intersections between financing, citizen participation and environmental protection in the planning and construction of renewable energy plants? How and why can and should citizens participate in the financing of the energy transition? What role does biodiversity play in the planning of renewable energy plants? What are the international framework conditions and how can further control mechanisms be created?

Preliminary schedule

(updated regularly)

	Monday, 28th August
12.30 pm	Check-in & Welcome	HS4
1.30 pm	Greeting	HS4
2 pm	Keynote, Hans-Josef Fell	HS4
3.30 pm	Coffee break
4 pm	Campus tour
4.30 pm	Getting to know each other, Hannes Bluhm	HS4
6 pm	End of first day
~7 pm	Get together in "Schröders Garten" (Beer Garden)
	Tuesday, 29th August
9 am	Greeting and impulse, Prof. Bernd Siebenhüner	HS4
9.30 am	Impulses from panel participants, Carolin Dähling / Malte Zieher / Dr. Swantje Gährs	HS4
10.30 am	Coffee break
11 am	Panel discussion, Moderation: Dr. Lars Holstenkamp Panelists: Prof. Dr. Bernd Siebenhüner / Carolin Dähling / Malte Zieher / Dr. Swantje Gährs	HS4
1 pm	Lunch
2 pm	Biodiversity and solar energy – Discussing effects and potentials, Kathrin Schwarz / Sofia Rocha / Julia Lüdemann Financial Participation of Citizens – importance and options Dr. Steven Salecki / Jan Wiesenthal	11.308 11.320
3.45 pm	Coffee break
4.15 pm	Exploring the opportunities and challenges of EU Green Hydrogen Regulation: Implications for Investment, Hanna Tsymbalishyna NIMBY – Simulation game, Katharina Sieß	11.308 11.320
6 pm	End of second day
~7 pm	City tour and dinner at Mälzer Brau- und Tafelhaus
	Wednesday, 30th August
9 am	Outlook of the day, Jan Wiesenthal	HS4
9.15 am	Opportunities of Citizen Science in Monitoring, Thomas Bartoschek Workshop "How to install and operate a mobile solar plant", Ricardo Reibsch	11.308 Bibliotheksgarten
1 pm	Lunch break
2 pm	Outlook on Barcamp the next day, Dr. Swantje Gährs	11.320
2.30 pm	Financial participation of citizens – practical examples, Dr. Lars Holstenkamp / Najamul Saqib Memon Workshop "How to install and operate a mobile solar plant" Ricardo Reibsch	11.308 Bibliotheksgarten
6 pm	End of third day
~6.30 pm	Pizza and board game night
	Thursday, 31st August
9 am	Outlook of the day, Jan Wiesenthal	HS4
9.15 am	Environmental governance for renewable energy, Lina Dubina / Jonathan Bonadio / Julia Lüdemann Financial participation of citizens – International framework conditions for financing renewable, Jan Wiesenthal / Najamul Saqib Memon	11.308 11.320
10.45 am	Coffee break
11.15 am	Barcamp – Pitch and discuss your own topics	HS4
1 pm	Lunch break
2 pm	Poster Session – Present and discuss the session results	HS4
3.45 pm	Coffee break
4.15 pm	"Making the link" – financing, participation and environmental protection	HS4
6 pm	End of fourth day
~7.30 pm	Pub crawl, Lüneburg city center "Am Stint"
	Friday, September 1st
9 am	Outlook of the day, Julia Lüdemann	HS4
9.15 am	Reflection, outlook and feedback, Hannes Bluhm	HS4
10.45 am	Coffee break
11.15 am	Issue of certificates and Farewell, Dr. Lars Holstenkamp	HS4
12 am	End of SummerSchool

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Mix of working formats

In order to meet the different questions and interests of the participants we will use a mix of different formats. Working formats include:

Keynote
In an impulse lecture Hans-Joseph Fell – one of the founders of the EEG – will inspire and motivate us for an inspiring week.

Panel discussion
Experts from different areas of science and society will discuss intersections of financing, participation and environmental protection from different angels. All participants will have the opportunity to feed into the discussion and to raise own questions.

Parallel Workshops
Since interests are distributed differently and some matters are better discussed and worked on in smaller groups, we will split up for part of the day in parallel groups of 5-15 persons, working on different topics.

Your Session
Some of the slots for parallel sessions are still open so you can bring in your own topic and organize a session. For more information see “Application and open slots”

Plenary sessions
For some sessions all of the perspectives of the group’s are needed and for sharing results of the parallel session’s we come together in plenary sessions.

Hands-on workshop
Read more about the planned hands-on workshop in the next paragraph.

Working on and with a solar PV plant

Theory is nice but who of you has hands-on experiences with renewable energy production plants? Within the summer school you will get the opportunity to set up a mobile solar plant. We will carry out all kinds of fun measurements during this hands-on workshop! Here you can see what it needs to generate solar energy and experience the impact or panel direction, shading and other fun tests.

Evening events

Almost as important as the intensive sessions during the day are the activities during the evening. This will bring us even closer together. Lüneburg offers a great variety of restaurants and activities and has the advantage of short distances between locations. We are looking forward to a great variety of evening events, including:

joint stay at the “Biergarten” (beer garden)
guided city walk through Lüneburg
pub crawl
board game night

Joint product

In the end it is nice when we not only share a great time and bring home new knowledge and great inspiration for our research, but also create some joint product during our week in Lüneburg. Right now we are working on a concept for short videoclips about financing, participation and environmental protection in community renewable energy projects that we could create during the summer school. In addition, we want to visualize the links between financing, participation and environmental protection in a large mindmap.