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3rd INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY & ENERGY EFFICIENCY FORUM 

17-18 October 2011, Kyiv, InterContinental Hotel 

Meeting Point for Professionals

On October 17-18, 2011 (Hotel InterContinental) the Fuel Alternative Company jointly with the Association of participants of Ukrainian alternative fuels and energy market (APEU) organize the third International  Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Forum (REF-2011) in Kyiv, a key industry event of Ukrainian alternative energy market.

The participation in the International Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Forum has already established a strong position in the plans of players who are interested in developing and promoting of their business. During the year we have been preparing a business platform REF-2011, to give forum participants the maximum that is possible over two days - the quality information and communication, and to ask another impetus to the development of renewable energy in Ukraine. In 2010, International Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Forum REF-2010 brought together over 260 delegates from 28 countries and this fact proves the interest in the Ukrainian market and the relevance of the issues discussed.

Since the last event, many demonstrational alternative energy figures had changed for the better. For example, over the past six months the number of objects generating "green" electricity has increased 1.5 times, today are 72 facilities. According to industry experts’ forecasts, the number of companies that sell electricity to the network for "green" tariff will increase by 25% before the end of the year.

Since the beginning of 2011, 207, 868 million kilowatt hours of electricity from alternative sources have been produced and sold to the network, whereas in the past year, the same figure was almost 55%.

"Step by step, but the market is evolving and we have set ourselves a goal to encourage this development by creating a unique business platform for obtaining all necessary information for work in the Ukrainian renewable energy market, experience exchange, acquisition of market participants valuable new contacts, partners and investors, presentations and projects "- Vitaly Davy, Head of the Organizing Committee REF-2011, the President of APUE, says.

The forum will include the following sessions: Conference on Solar Energy (Thermal and Photovoltaic); Wind Energy (large and small); Small Hydropower; Investment session, allowing participants to discuss the opportunities and possible alternatives to attract financing, except for those few who are well-known, but not all are suitable; Energy efficiency session, focusing on the state of this segment, its prospects and possibilities of realization in Ukrainian conditions. Matchmaking will generate optimal schedule meetings with other delegates, to improve efficiency and effectiveness of event visiting.

THE HISTORY OF THE UKRAINIAN RENEWABLE ENERGY FORUM

June 2006 - Fuel Alternative in partnership with the French Oil Institute (IFP) organized the 1 st International Conference on "Alternative Fuels" in Ukraine.
For the first time the attention of Ukrainian business was drawn to a segment of alternative fuels and energy.

June 2009 - steamer “Riverest” with participants of the 4 th Annual Conference "Alternative Fuels 2009" (Organizer: Fuel Alternative) on board made the first in the history of Eastern Europe swim using biofuel.
A few days after this important event President Yushchenko signed a law promoting the development of biofuels. Inspired by this, Fuel Alternative decided to create a quality business platform for the participants of the segment of energy from wind, sun and water.

October 2009 - "Ukrainian House" on the Central (European) square of Kiev turned into a business incubator of renewable energy for two days. Lighting of the conference room of the event was made in part by using solar panels and small wind turbines. So the first Ukrainian Renewable Energy Forum was held, which brought together over 230 delegates, including senior managers and company owners, managers of government agencies and international organizations.

Partners of REF-UA-2009 were the leaders of Ukrainian renewable energy market: Active Solar, Kvazar, Gressa-Group

October 2010 - 2nd Ukrainian Renewable Energy Forum was held again at the Congress Center "Ukrainian House", although it is now out of a series of events, meetings and conferences that were held in five halls of the "Ukrainian House". The branched forum program allowed participants to make their own individual schedule of participation in business activities, choosing from a set of features most desired for themselves. 65% of the speakers and 45% of the forum delegates were representatives of foreign companies. The forum brought together a record quantity of companies for the Ukrainian branch of the renewable energy, representatives of the investment and financial sectors using REF-UA in order to begin work in the alternative energy sector of Ukraine.

Partners of the Forum in 2010: Activ Solar, Kvazar, Gressa-Group, as well as KPMG and Azov Oil Company.

Among the Forum’s speakers in 2010 are the President of the World Wind Energy Association Dr Anil Kane, the Director of the European Association of Small Hydropower Marco Gospodzhinacki, the project managers of the German Federal Association of the solar industry BSW-Solar, and the Spanish Association of Renewable Energy AVAESEN etc.