Commenting on the agreement between the EU Commission, Council and Parliament on the further expansion of renewable energies in Europe Julia Verlindenspokeswoman for Alliance 90/The Greens in the German Bundestag for energy policy:
The German government has been unsuccessful in putting the brakes on community energy. Europe is now ensuring that the hurdles and fees for self-generation and consumption of renewable electricity are lowered. The storage and sale of electricity from small systems will also become much easier thanks to the EU regulations. This is good news from Brussels for the decentralised energy transition and the participation of people in the conversion of their energy supply.
In contrast, the expansion target for renewable energies in Europe is falling far short of requirements. Economics Minister Altmaier is currently driving the energy transition against the wall, and not just in Germany. He has also done his utmost in Brussels to ensure that the expansion targets are set too low. We need much more renewable energy and also more energy efficiency in order to ensure a clean energy supply and achieve the Paris climate protection targets. After all, climate protection is about nothing less than our livelihoods.
Press release Alliance 90/The Greens from 14 June 2018
In the construction of three new apartment buildings in Wieblinger Weg, Stadtwerke Heidelberg Umwelt GmbH implemented an innovative overall energy concept for Baugenossenschaft Neu Heidelberg eG. PV systems with a total output of 30 kWp and a module area of 200 square metres were installed on the roofs of the new buildings. The tenants are supplied with electricity from a PV system and battery storage. The remaining electricity is supplied in the form of certified green electricity from the public grid. Photo: Stadtwerke Heidelberg Umwelt GmbH
Bonn/Düsseldorf. The fast, affordable and complete energy transition towards 100 percent renewable energy needs thought leaders and pioneers who inspire others. With the annual awarding of the German Solar Prize, EUROSOLAR puts these actors in the public eye and offers new impulses for a decentralised, citizen-oriented and regenerative conversion of the energy system.
EUROSOLAR e.V. and the EnergyAgency.NRW will jointly present the winners of the German Solar Prize 2017 on Saturday, 14 October 2017, at VillaMedia in Wuppertal.
In the run-up to the award ceremony, EUROSOLAR, in cooperation with the Hermann Scheer Foundation is organising a symposium to tie in with Hermann Scheer's visionary work "Der Energethische Imperativ" (The Energy Ethical Imperative). Together with the audience, the speakers will discuss how the rapid path to a renewable energy age can be implemented.
The award ceremony of the German Solar Prize begins with greetings from Lothar Schneider, Managing Director of EnergyAgency.NRW, Bettina Brücher, Mayor of the City of Wuppertal and Jörg HeynkesManaging Director of VillaMedia GmbH. Give an introduction Prof. Dr Andreas Pinkwart, Minister for Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalisation and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and Stephan GrügerMdL and Vice-President of EUROSOLAR e.V. Afterwards, the award winners will be honoured. Dr Axel BergChairman of EUROSOLAR Germany, the highlight of the event.
This will be followed by a get-together with snacks.
Participation in the event is free of chargeRegistration is requested by 6 October.
Further information and registration
The German Solar Prize 2017 is awarded to nine prize winners:
Category: Cities, municipalities, districts, public utilities
- • Stadtwerke Heidelberg Umwelt GmbH
Pioneer and pioneer for tenant power projects
Category: Solar architecture and urban development
- • elobau Plant 2, Leutkirch im Allgäu
Integral building concept with regenerative and efficient energy technology and high architectural standards
Category: Industrial, commercial or agricultural enterprises/companies
- • ALDI SÜD Group of Companies, Mülheim an der Ruhr
Extensive use of solar energy in retail with integration of
E-mobility and targeted customer communication
Category: Local and regional associations/communities
- • Friends of Prokon e.V., Dortmund
Tireless commitment to citizen-owned renewable energies
Category: Media - Frank Farenski, Berlin
Longstanding commitment to transparent and freely accessible reporting on the energy transition
Category: Transport systems
- • StreetScooter of Deutsche Post DHL Group, Bonn
Comprehensive realisation of environmentally friendly city logistics and wake-up call for the German automotive industry
Category: Education and training
- • :metabolon - Bergisches Energiekompetenzzentrum, Lindlar
Innovative use of a landfill site as a learning, research and information location for resource management and energy and environmental technologies
Category: One World Cooperation
- • Solar Energy Foundation, Freiburg im Breisgau
Sustainable and holistic contribution to poverty reduction in developing countries with the help of solar energy
Category: Special prize for personal commitment
- • Environmental Group Elbvororte, Hamburg
30 years of outstanding commitment to environmental protection and renewable energies
Members of the jury:
Dr Axel Berg, Chairman EUROSOLAR Deutschland e.V.
Prof. Peter Droege, President EUROSOLAR e.V.
Wibke Brems, Member of the German Parliament, EUROSOLAR e.V.
Dr Joachim Frielingsdorf, EnergyAgency.NRW
Stephan Grüger, MdL, Vice President EUROSOLAR e.V.
Thomas Günther, EUROSOLAR e.V.
Rosa Hemmers, EUROSOLAR e.V.
Dr Nina Scheer, Member of the German Bundestag, Hermann Scheer Foundation
Irm Scheer-Pontenagel, EUROSOLAR e.V.
Prof. Eberhard Waffenschmidt, SFV Germany e.V.
Freiburg: the Berndt Koberstein Prize for Living Together and Solidarity in Freiburg, endowed with 10.000.-€, was awarded for the fifth time in Freiburg's "Weinschlösschen". The Tenement House Syndicate, which began in the early 1980s as a small cooperative on the Grether site, has developed into an association of 111 house projects with more than 2,000 residents in various cities and rural areas. In the individual houses people can live cheaply and independently, their organisation in the syndicate prevents the properties from ever being sold. They are thus withdrawn from the market and from profit-making.
With its decision, the jury of the Berndt Koberstein Award acknowledges the continuous great contribution of the Rental Houses Syndicate to the permanent preservation of affordable rental housing. "At a time when housing shortages and galloping rent increases are increasingly impairing the basic right to housing, the work of the Tenement House Syndicate is more valuable than ever," said the jury. The fact that the concept of the Tenement Houses Syndicate places a large part of the responsibility and decision-making authority in the hands of house communities receives special praise. "This creates responsible and solidary living together", says jury member Bernd Obrecht.
The Saxony-Anhalt Ministry of the Environment has announced a subsidy program for electricity storage for photovoltaic roof systems. Private individuals, companies and tenant electricity models will be reimbursed 30 percent of the expenses.
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Commenting on the agreement between the EU Commission, Council and Parliament on the further expansion of renewable energies in Europe Julia Verlindenspokeswoman for Alliance 90/The Greens in the German Bundestag for energy policy:
