- Montag, 12. März 2012 18.00 – 20.00 Uhr In meinem Kalender speichern
Germany’s Green Energy Pathway
Applications for the US of the German Renewable Energy Model and Replacing Baseload
With its decision to phase-out nuclear power by 2022, the German government adopted a long-term energy strategy of an accelerated phase-in of renewable energy and energy efficiency. Though implemented after the accident of the nuclear power plant in Fukushima in March 2011, this strategy has been in the making more than a decade and has been pushed by several governments.
Over the last ten years, Germany has increased the share of electricity from renewable sources from 5 to more than 20 per cent while creating more than 380,000 new jobs in this sector. At the same time, it reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by more than 25 per cent in comparison to 1990 and overachieved its target from the Kyoto-Protocol. Today, not-so-sunny Germany is known as a world leader in deploying solar power though it continues to cut solar subsidies each year. In 2011 alone, more than 7,000MW of photovoltaics were installed in the country which is more than double the US installation over the same time.
How is Germany going to replace a large power baseload source, while reaching its ambitious renewable energy goals? What has Germany learned from two decades of successful renewable energy policies?
Speaker
Volker Quaschning, HTW Berlin, Germany
Moderation
Linda Gunter, Beyond Nuclear
Speaker biography
Prof. Dr. Volker Quaschning is a professor at HTW Berlin University. He is one of the most established German experts on renewable energy with a particular expertise in solar power and is teaching the Bachelor/Master’s course on renewable energy at HTW Berlin. In addition, he is the author of several successful books, including “Understanding Renewable Energy Systems” (Earthscan) and “Renewable Energy and Climate Change” (Wiley & Sons). Volker Quaschning studied electrical engineering at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. He completed his doctoral thesis on the analysis of solar energy systems and his habilitation thesis on the system technology for a sustainable electricity supply at the Berlin University of Technology.
This event is by invitation only.
For more information, please contact Jan Wiers under us-trainee1@us.boell.org.
This event is in cooperation with Beyond Nuclear.
Over the last ten years, Germany has increased the share of electricity from renewable sources from 5 to more than 20 per cent while creating more than 380,000 new jobs in this sector. At the same time, it reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by more than 25 per cent in comparison to 1990 and overachieved its target from the Kyoto-Protocol. Today, not-so-sunny Germany is known as a world leader in deploying solar power though it continues to cut solar subsidies each year. In 2011 alone, more than 7,000MW of photovoltaics were installed in the country which is more than double the US installation over the same time.
How is Germany going to replace a large power baseload source, while reaching its ambitious renewable energy goals? What has Germany learned from two decades of successful renewable energy policies?
Speaker
Volker Quaschning, HTW Berlin, Germany
Moderation
Linda Gunter, Beyond Nuclear
Speaker biography
Prof. Dr. Volker Quaschning is a professor at HTW Berlin University. He is one of the most established German experts on renewable energy with a particular expertise in solar power and is teaching the Bachelor/Master’s course on renewable energy at HTW Berlin. In addition, he is the author of several successful books, including “Understanding Renewable Energy Systems” (Earthscan) and “Renewable Energy and Climate Change” (Wiley & Sons). Volker Quaschning studied electrical engineering at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. He completed his doctoral thesis on the analysis of solar energy systems and his habilitation thesis on the system technology for a sustainable electricity supply at the Berlin University of Technology.
This event is by invitation only.
For more information, please contact Jan Wiers under us-trainee1@us.boell.org.
This event is in cooperation with Beyond Nuclear.