2-B. Energy Democracy (Participation, local ownership and prosumer)
The session aims to discuss energy democracy in community power planning and development. Participation and local ownership are the base of community power, however it differs in community to community.
Chair
Hiroshi Sasaki (Oratte Niigata Community Energy / Niigata University of International and Information Studies)
Sohei Takahashi (Eco-Energy Minamisoma)
Yasuko Inoue (Takarazuka Sumire Power)
Chihiro Tsujimura (The Nature Conservation Society of Japan)
Yasushi Maruyama (Nagoya University)
Martin Hoppe-Kilpper (Institute decentralized Energy Technologies)
Barbara Möhlendick (City of Cologne)
Leire Gorroño (Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy)