Co-creating Bionergy Regions Regional strategies and demonstration projects Visiting Ludza, Latgale Region 4-5 October 2012 Bjarne Rasmussen, Region Zealand.

Co-creatingBionergy RegionsRegional strategies and

demonstration projects

Visiting Ludza , Latgale Region 4-5 October 2012 • Bjarne Rasmussen, Region Zealand

Bioenergy Promotion

• 33 partners from • 10 countries in the Baltic Sea Regions

• public decision-makers at national and regional levels• environmental and forestry development centres• agencies for renewable energy resources• chambers of industry, commerce and agriculture• research institutes & universities

Focus on regions

17 regions in the 1st project period

2009-2011

7 regions in the 2st project period

2012-2013

Objectives - Key areas

• Policy development:guidelines, recommendations

• Regional bioenergy strategies: development andimplementation activities

• Promoting bioenergy businessdevelopment

• Transfer of experiences tonon-partner regions

Bioenergy region

Regional Climate Strategy

• Vision: Leading Climate Region in Europe• Linking 3 perspectives:

- mitigation

- adaptation- innovation

• Participative approach• 8 action programmes• Guideline for action• Platform for cooperation

between region and 17 municipalities and other stakeholders

Local Energy Action

• Local Climate and EnergyAction Plans

• SEAPs - Sustainable EnergyAction Plans

• Supporting Structure

• Regional Climate Network• Regional Support Schemes

What are we doing?

● Local Climate plans● Local energy action plans● Sustainable energy action plans (SEAPs)

Energy system approach

Optimizing thethree sub-systemsof the energy systems

LEAPGreve

LEAPLolland

LEAPGuldborgsund

LEAP,Faxe

LEAPHolbæk

LEAPKalundborg

LEAPKøge

LEAPLejre

LEAPOdsherred

LEAP,Næstved

LEAPRingsted

LEAPSolrød

LEAPRoskilde

LEAPSlagelse

LEAP Sorø

LEAPStevns

LEAPVordingborg

Local Energy Action Plans