Volgend op Bonn zou de conferentie in Kopenhagen een grote doorbraak moeten betekenen voor klimaatafspraken. Een aantal leden van YES-DC was van plan de conferentie te bezoeken. Het bestuur had daarvoor de aanmelding geregeld. Echter, door een misverstand hadden we een dag te laat aangemeld en omdat zich meer dan een recordaantal van 40.000 ‘observers’ […]

Desertec, an acronym for Desert Technology, is the first realistic and commercial large scale sustainable energy supply project in the World. Realistic and commercial, since a cooperation of companies joined under the Desertec Industrial Initiative (DII) – including companies such as RWE and Deutsche Bank – recently announced the investment of 400 billion Euro in the

This year YES-DC celebrates its 15th anniversary – third lustrum – an occasion we want to celebrate with our members ánd alumni. Please join us on 23 October from six o’ clock onwards for drinks and a buffet dinner. 

About half of Germany’s electricity generation is coal based, for a large part produced within Germany. The Rhenish mining area just across the border with the Netherlands is an area where lignite is mined in opencast mines. This excursion allows you to take a close look at the way RWE operates these mines. Practical information:

Speakers: Chris Thissen of Ecofys and Rudy Rooth of KEMA Introducing sustainable innovations in the built environment, whether commercial or domestic buildings, is no sine cure. May 19th, Chris Thissen of Ecofys and Rudy Rooth of KEMA will present their experiences and view on the process of innovating in the built environment. Location is ‘Zaal

In 2012 the Kyoto Protocol runs out. To keep the process of climate policy on the line there is an urgent need for a new climate protocol. At the conference in Copenhagen (December 2009), the parties of the UNFCCC meet for the last time on government level before the climate agreement needs to be renewed.

Speakers: Ron van Erck and Xander van Tilburg Designing the SDE Support Scheme for Renewable Energy SDE (Dutch: ‘stimulering duurzame energie’) is the Dutch support scheme that aims at accelerating the production of renewable energy and combined heat and power (CHP). In February 2007, the Dutch Government decided on new and ambitious targets for renewable

Beste YES-DC leden, Woensdag aanstaande, de 25ste februari, is er weer een Algemene Leden Vergadering van YES-DC en wel om 19.30 in de Florin, te Utrecht (zie (www.florinutrecht.nl) voor een routebeschrijving). Graag willen wij jou, als YES-DC lid, uitnodigen om deze vergadering bij te wonen. De agenda, het jaarverslag, het financiële jaarverslag en de voorstelbegroting