the community-centric energy transition
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The Community-Centric Energy TransitionAn interactive multidisciplinary course for
energy leaders and innovators
Executive course
‘The University of Groningen has
a proven track record on energy
knowledge and application. Our
Energy Course will enable executives
to gain strategic insights in order to
face tomorrow’s energy challenges.’
Prof dr Albert Boonstra Vice-dean Faculty of Economics and Business
IntroductionThe energy transition is about more than energy.
This course explores how people, local communities
and innovators are turning old paradigms on
their head to create economic value in keeping
with broader aspirations. Based in frontier
academic research and business ingenuity, a
rigorous framework is used to map the transition
from a community-centric, consumption driven
perspective. From the start, participants are
involved in a GAME to create alternative paths
towards a more decentralized, economically efficient
and socially desirable system.
RUG is unique in hosting a spectrum of world-class
expertise that can illuminate this deeper transition
from consistently applied disciplines ranging
from electronics and nano-science to economics,
law, sociology and psychology. The first module
investigates the changing demand side. The second
module combines two fields usually addressed
separately and yet intertwined: energy supply and
energy policies. The concluding module brings these
insights to bear on the discussion of alternative
models whereby communities and companies
can come together in a more decentralized energy
system.
Exploring alternative paths to a more decentralized energy transition
In 6 days up to date with the latest insights on decentralized energy transition. Frontier thinking,
unorthodox views and concrete experiences lectured by a world class academic staff and industry
leaders. A multidisciplinary perspective, connecting the community-centric energy dots.
Day 1: A cross-disciplines dialogue to map the
people-centric energy transition
• Insights and questions from the RUG
interdisciplinary energy transition Think Tank
• How strong is the push to a more decentralized,
citizen-driven energy transition?
• In de mind of the energy user: behaviors and
motivations reshaping demand.
• From ‘supply-meets-demand in a centralized
market’ to ‘demand and supply are
codetermined: consumers become prosumers’
• Mega-waves and micro-watts: the energy-
revoliution game-changers to come
• Academia meets business: cross-fertilizing
debating dinner on game-changing energy
demand patterns as seen from the worlds of
research and business
Module 1 The demand-side at the heart of an increasingly
decentralized energy transition
The first module in this Executive Energy Course
introduces the demand-centric perspective on
the coming stage of energy transition. A rigorous
interdisciplinary framework is put in place from
the start, in a spirit of cross-fertilization between
economic, social, psychological and engineering
analysis.
Day 2: Energy demand as an economic, social and
political construct
• Energy demand as seen from a global, macro-
economic perspective
• Energy demand as seen from a local, socio-
economic perspective
• With advice from a virtual think tank,
participants explore alternative scenarios in
the ENERGY DEMAND GAME
‘We focus on disruptive technologies that will change the world’ - Kees Hummelen
Module 2 What energy supply and policy mix for a citizen-driven energy
transition?
The framework in which energy supply is mobilized in Europe reflects
increasingly far-reaching legal and regulatory instruments, to the
point that the energy transition can be defined as “an intervention
of society in energy markets” (Machiel Mulder). Ignoring political
correctness, the second module explores the interplay between
technology push and policy pull, and how the technology-and-policy
mix will dovetail or not with expectations fom the demand side.
‘What you held for certain at the onset of the energy transition, no longer applies’
- Albert Bressand
Day 2: Disruptive technologies, prescriptive policies
and the law: how centralized the governance of the
decentralized energy transition?
• ‘All we need is law’: European legislators,
companies and citizens in search of the win-
win for climate and competiveness
• Disruptive technologies at the solar energy
research frontier: pioneer Kees Hummelen
• With advice from a virtual think tank,
participants explore for strategic responses
in the ENERGY SUPPLY PULL-AND-PUSH
GAME
Day 1: Energy resources: a systemic perspective on
the changing frontier
• Long term energy transition and short term
signals
• Natural gas and biogas as ‘transition fuels’ or
as ‘destination fuels’ in the energy transition
• Green meets unconventional: the two
revolutions of energy supply
• An earth-shaking combination of fossil
reservoirs, carbon-sink and geothermal
resources: what the microcosm of Groningen
subsoil tells us about the macrocosm of energy
transition
• Field visit of Zernike: Buildings and the electric
distribution grid
• Academia meets business: cross-
fertilizing debating dinner on the energy-
supply frontier as seen from the worlds of
research and business
Module 3Cities, energy companies & social innovators: which
business and organizational models for a more decentralized
and policy-influenced energy world?
The third module explores new modes of organization,
whether at city level, in transition-promoting companies
or in society that can maximize the transition from with
the previous modules’ insights on the demand side and
the supply and policy side in an economically sustainable
manner.
Day 2: Connecting the dots
• The energy transition ‘trilemmas’ at the
interface of market forces, policies and the
force of communities
• The economic sustainability agenda for
decentralized energy transition
• With advice from a virtual think tank,
participants explore for leadership strategies
in the ENERGY BUSINESS AND SOCIAL
ORGANIZATION GAME
Day 1: Business Models for a decentralized energy
system
• Cities, clusters and start-ups: where energy
meets the broader challenge of socio-economic
innovation
• Field visit of EnTrance and discussion with
entrepreneurs and innovators
• Four possible business models for European
utilities in the 2030s
• How can incumbent companies adapt to a more
decentralized and politized energy system?
• Conclusions of the company and market
sessions
• Academia meets business: cross-
fertilizing debating dinner on
challenges to business models and
civil society organizations as seen
from the worlds of research and
business
‘Paradigm shifts and unorthodox thinking are necessary’- André Faaij
www.rug.nl/feb/ugbs-et
Practical information The Community-Centric Energy Transition course
is developed for managers and professionals who
believe in Adding Personal Value by developing
their personal skills and fulfill their ambitions.
Admission requirements
• University degree (Applied or Fundamental)
• Significant (> 8 years) professional experience
and management experience
• Fluency in English language. The Admissions
Committee reserves the right to request an
additional academic evaluation as part of the
admissions process
Application • Application via the application form at:
www.rug.nl/feb/ugbs-et
• When you receive our acknowledgement your
application is final
Tuition fee • 3 module course € 6.000,- excl. VAT
• Including lunches and coffee/tea breaks
• Including dinner at day one of each Module
• Excluding travel and hotel expenses
Course structure, dates and venue
• Three modules, each of two days with 7
sessions per module.
• Module 1 Thursday 10 and Friday
11 March 2016
• Module 2 Thursday 14 and Friday
15 April 2016
• Module 3 Thursday 12 and Friday
13 May 2016
• Courses will take place at:
Hampshire Plaza Hotel in Groningen,
the Netherlands
‘Energy transition is a trending
topic for the coming decades. This
requires strategic knowledge and
vision from ambitious executives who
want to make a difference. We need
to prevent the RUG to be flooded
literally due to climate change. A
good start is this Energy Course from
the University of Groningen Business
School.’
Ir. Han Fennema, CEO Gasunie
The University of Groningen ‘Virtual Energy Think Tank’
The RUG can combine world-class expertise in
hard sciences and economic analytical skills from
notably the Faculty of Economic and Business,
the Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences, the
faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and
the faculty of Law. In The Community-Centric
Energy Transition course you get lectures from:
The Think Tank Prof dr Albert Bressand -
International Strategic Energy and Sr fellow
University of Columbia, New York, co-chair
Prof dr Machiel Mulder -
Regulation of Energy Markets and associated to
Authority for Consumer & Markets (ACM), co-chair
Prof dr ir Marco Aiello -
Distributed Systems
Prof dr Erik Dietzenbacher -
Head of the International Input-Output
Association, IIOA
Prof dr Andre Faaij -
Director Energy Academy Europe, and
distinguished professor in Energy System Analysis
Prof dr Harry Garretsen -
Dean Faculty Economics and Business (FEB)
Prof Rien Herber -
Geo-Energy
Prof dr Kees Hummelen -
World leading expert on plasic solar cell technology
Prof dr mr Catrinus Jepma -
Honoray professor Energy and Sustainability
Prof dr Beatriz Noheda -
Functional Nanomaterials
Prof mr dr Martha Roggenkamp -
Energy Law
Prof dr Linda Steg -
Psychologist, understanding and changing
environmental behavior
Prof dr Ton Schoot Uiterkamp -
Honorary professor and specialist in energy
systems and sustainable production.
Assistent Professor Christian Zuidema -
Spatial Planning
Contact
For more information about ‘The Community-
Centric Energy Transition’ course, please contact:
Charles van Santvoord MMS RM
Programme Manager
+31 (0)6-53 72 52 68
+31(0)50 – 363 38 22 (Secretariat)
University of Groningen
Faculty of Economics and Business
Nettelbosje 2
9747 AE Groningen
PO Box 800 9700 AV Groningen The Netherlands
www.rug.nl/feb/ugbs
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