Conference on the Energy Community in Kythira

An online conference on the Energy Community in Kythira will take place on Saturday 27 March 2021 at 16:00 (EET). The aim of the conference is to inform the greatest possible number of Kythirians and friends of Kythira of developments regarding the industrial wind farms that have been proposed for Kythira, as well as of the possibilities of creating an Energy Community on the island.

The conference will take place on ZOOM (with simultaneous interpretation into English) at the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82927036961?pwd=UHAydHJycU81Sy9TQUhtV05CQUhxQT09 (Meeting ID: 829 2703 6961, Passcode: 050380).

You will also be able to follow the conference, but only in Greek, on YouTubevia the Kythera News channel, by accessing the kythera.news website and through Adelin 107.3 radio.

For more information on how to attend, installing ZOOM, signing in, interpretation, privacy, Q&A, etc., please visit our Conference Support page.
The conference’s programme is as follows:

16:00 Presentation of the conference and its aims by Mr Kostas Andropoulos, economist and former European Commission official

16:05 ‘Energy challenges and the municipality of Kythira’ opening speech by Mr Efstratios Charchalakis, Mayor of Kythira

16:20 ‘The Domestic Wealth Board and the energy communities’ Mr Evangelos Venardos, President of the Domestic Wealth Board of Kythira and Antikythira

16:30 Update on the requests lodged with the Athens Administrative Court of Appeals for the decisions to be overturned, Mr Alexandros Mintzia, lawyer

16:40 ‘Creating energy communities’ Mr Dimitris Tsekeris, mechanical engineering graduate from the National Technical University of Athens (EMP) with a specialisation in energy; MSc in sustainable energy from the Technical University of Denmark (TUD)

16:55 ‘Energy communities and small islands: challenges and perspectives’ Mr Petros Markopoulos, electrical engineering graduate from the National Technical University of Athens (EMP); MSc in environment and development; specialist on energy planning on islands

17:10 Presentation on the energy community of a Cyclades island by Ms Ronia Anastasiadou, member of the board of directors of the Sifnos Island Co-operative

17:25 Questions and discussion

17:45 ‘Apiculture, Kythira, and the challenges posed by industrial wind farms’ Mr Spyros Anestis, President of the Kythira Apiculture Co-operative

17:55 ‘The agricultural sector, energy communities, and the production of biomass’ Mr Panagiotis Souris, President of the Potamos Olive Oil Co-operative

18:05 ‘Energy communities, apiculture parks and sustainable agriculture’ Mr Giorgos Kasimatis, President of the Kytherian Foundation for Culture and Development (KIPA)

18:15 ‘Industrial wind farms – energy communities’ Mr Manos Vasilakis, civil engineer, representative of Dynamo Kythira

18:25 ‘Photovoltaic power stations/solar energy’ Mr Babis Kalligeros

18:35 ‘The municipality of Kythira’ s road map towards an Energy Community’ Mr Efstratios Charchalakis, Mayor of Kythira

18:45 Questions and discussion

19:05 Recap and closing remarks, Mr Kostas Andropoulos, economist and former European Commission official

Warmly,

The Kythira Wind Turbines Information group