Climate Change & Environment Friendly Technology - Case Study Germany

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1. Energiewende „Energy turnaround“2. What is going on?3. Is it a role model?

What is going on?

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52 Mio. t CO2

1.032 Mio. t CO2

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Energiewirtschaft

Industrie

Haushalte & GHD

Verkehr

The Goal: CO2-Reduction of 80-95 % until 2050private

trafficindustry

energyindustry

The law

1. 1991 Stromeinspeisungsgesetz (Electricity Feed-In Law)

2. 1998 Liberalisierung Strommarkt (Liberalisation of Electricity Market)

3. 2000 EEG (5. EEG 2014) - Renewable Energy Act

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Three Pillars of German Energy policy

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Germany 2050 – Utopia?

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Windenergy

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Vestas Europe / Bundesverband

Windenergie, Agentur für

Erneuerbare Energien

Solarenergy

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Solarheat

• Sunenergy to heat with solar collectors

Photovoltaic

• Sunenergy to electricity

Bioenergy

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Energy storage

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Jochen Schneider / Wikipedia: Pumpspeicherkraftwerk Koepchenwerk in Herdecke

Most important:

- Sun doesnt shine all day

- Wind doesnt blow all day

© Marco Barnebeck / PIXELIO: Pumpspeicherkraftwerk Hohenwarthe

Energy saving & efficiency

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Energy label

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Private Electricity Feed-In

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Private Electricity Feed-In

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Who is paying?

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Reducing CO2?

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Reducing CO2? No!

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Jobmachine

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Energiewende: A role model?

Smart Grid

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Possible European-MENA Energy Grid

Solarthermische KraftwerkePhotovoltaikWindWasserBiomasseGeothermie

SolarPhotoWindWaterBioGeo

Use the potential

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Nitsch 2004, bearb. Behringer / Solare Zukunft

• Big Cube: energy available physically

• Small Cube: energy available technically

• Cube top right:current global energy usage

Thank you.

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