Energy
Bypassing Germany’s Reformstau: The Remarkable Rise of Renewable Energy
The implementation of Germany’s highly effective Feed-in-Tariff model (FITM) for the promotion of renewable energy (RE) is a remarkable achievement given the rigid structure of the German political system. The many veto points in the political system cause certain policy inertia -Reformstau- in Germany, making comprehensive policy changes a rare occurrence. In this article, Prof. Dr. Christoph Stefes, Senior Fellow at Ecologic Institute, addresses how Germany’s FITM was nonetheless passed in the 1990s, leading to a boom for renewable energy in Germany. Read more ...
DeutschThe Importance and Impact of Wind Energy: Ethical Considerations
29 June 2010, Berlin - Dominic Marcellino
The 7th Greifswald International Summer Academy "Energy and the Environment" was put on by the University of Greifswald. Dominic Marcellino, Fellow at Ecologic Institute in Washington, spoke to the participants, delivering remarks on some of the ethical implications of expanded renewable energy production, specifically wind. Read more ...
Scientific support of the BMU in the field of renewable energies (BMU-RE)
Ecologic Institute supports the German Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU) in the implementation of both the targets defined in the coalition agreement for the 17th federal election period and the targets under European law for the promotion of renewable energies in the electricity and heat sector. Ecologic Institute provides both legal and technical support with regard to upcoming comprehensive amendments of the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) and related statutory instruments, with respect to the production, processing and feed-in of biogas / biomethane, regarding the development and implementation of sustainability schemes for energetically used biomass, and with regard to the evaluation and further advancement of the Renewable Energies Heat Act. Read more ...
Keynote Address: Germany as a Model? Local, Regional and National Approaches to Sustainability
26 June 2010, Berlin - R. Andreas Kraemer
In a Faculty and Expert Seminar, R. Andreas Kraemer of Ecologic Institute delivered the Keynote Address to an audience of mainly US and Canadian university and college faculty. The group travelled to Berlin and Brandenburg to study local, regional and national approaches to sustainability. The Studienform Berlin organised the study tour as part of the Transatlantic Climate Bridge. Read more ...
Regulation of small-scale hydropower
Ecologic Institute provides a case study on regulation and lessons learnt pertaining to the implementation of small-scale hydropower in Germany. The case study is one building block of a project funded by the Environmeng Agency of England and Wales allowing the EA to benefit from the experience of other EU Member States in complying with the regulation of environmental issues as part of hydropower project development. Read more ...
Opportunities for German Biomass Companies in the U.S. Market
23 March 2010, Berlin - Stephanie Schlegel
In 2010 the German Energy Agency GmbH (dena) and the German American Chambers of Commerce (AHK USA) organized the 2nd German American Energy Conference. This year’s conference was themed „Promising Markets for Renewables and Energy Efficiency”. It offered information about current trends and support frameworks within U.S. and EU energy markets and how companies can benefit from them. The event attracted more than 400 participating experts and high level speakers. Within a panel discussion Stephanie Schlegel, Fellow und Coordinator Bioenergy and Agriculture at the Ecologic Institute spoke about opportunities for German biomass companies in the U.S. market and the relevance of sustainability requirements for the further development of transatlantic bioenergy markets. Read more ...
Environmental impacts of Electric Vehicles
Electric vehicles can potentially make significant contributions towards achieving the EU’s climate protection goals in the transport sector. However, the environmental impacts of a large scale introduction of electric vehicles are still unknown. This project develops scenarios for the increased dissemination of electric vehicles in the EU until 2050 and will formulate policy recommendations from these findings. Read more ...
Smart Energy Dialogue
The first Smart Energy Dialogue, held on 9 June 2010 in Berlin, established a forum for discussion on the co-transformation of the energy and transport sectors. Sixty European and American experts from the areas of industry, research and policy-making came together at the Hertie School of Governance to discuss a roadmap towards energy security, energy efficiency and the decarbonisation of our economies. Read more ...
Green Jobs – Green Growth: The New Energy Economy
As part of the Transatlantic Climate Bridge, an informational trip for a group of political decision makers and entrepreneurs from the southern United States took place from 6 to 12 June 2010. The programme informed the participants about job creation in a “green” economy by using Germany as an example. In so doing, the main challenges and opportunities of a progressive climate and energy policy were presented. In addition to the focus on law making and political factors, other important aspects of the programme were the information exchange with experts in this field and the identification of best practice examples. The tour was organized and implemented by the Ecologic Institute. Read more ...
Project management: Climate change mitigation strategy 2020PLUS Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg, Germany’s third biggest Bundesland, is in the process of revising its climate mitigation strategy. The new “Climate Mitigation Strategy 2020PLUS” is to be presented by the end of 2010 and will serve as a guideline for future climate policy. Ecologic Institute assists the Ministry for the Environment and Transport of Baden-Württemberg in developing the strategy. As a project manager, Ecologic Institutes provides both scientific and organisational support, including facilitation of stakeholder and expert consultation. Read more ...
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