Vauban: District of the 21st century
A barracks as a forerunner in terms of urban development and sustainable living? What sounds like a mismatch is today the home of more than 5,000 citizens of Freiburg, Germany in a district called...
View ArticleEnergiewende thwarted: Germany’s course jeopardises global climate protection
Some time ago one might have had the impression that the German word Energiewende would make the leap to the English language as Kindergarten, Rucksack and Autobahn have done. Ever since Fukushima the...
View ArticleFeed-in tariffs unleash market forces
Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) have come under fire in the past months, being criticized variously as “over-regulation”, “subsidies”, “unfunded liabilities”, “central planning”, “state price controls” and...
View ArticleGerman Renewable Energy Act Reform is not a “Feed-in Tariff 2.0”
Yesterday, the German cabinet approved the Renewable Energy Act Reform. The reform, referred to by some as the Feed-in Tariff 2.0 (FiT 2.0), was necessary: In the past few years, Feed-in Tariffs...
View ArticleRegenerative urban development in practice: Renewable Wilhelmsburg
This is the first in a six-part series featuring case studies that illustrate what regenerative urban development looks like in practice. The districts of Wilhelmsburg and Veddel are located on the...
View Article‘A Quarter for Everyone’: Social Inclusion and Participation in Hamburg-Altona
This is the second in a six-part series featuring case studies that illustrate what regenerative urban development looks like in practice. The socially inclusive and participatory approach in...
View ArticleThe Feed-in Tariff is better than is commonly understood
The Feed-in Tariff (FiT) has proven to be the most successful policy for climate protection and sustainable development. As the cornerstone of overwhelming renewable energy development worldwide, it...
View ArticleTaking the lead in the energy transformation
Cities, communities and regions across the world commit to 100% Renewable Energy What do Šentrupert in Slovenia, Steinfurt district in Germany, the Fukushima Prefecture in Japan and East Hampton in the...
View ArticleWe are still waiting for 100% Renewable Energy
While delegates are negotiating until late hours in Lima, we already know that the past two weeks signal an important shift in fighting climate change: For the first time in 20 years of climate...
View ArticleGerman government buckles under fossil fuel industry pressure
Today, news not related to the Greek referendum made it into the German headlines. News with outrageous content: The German government decided that profits of Germany’s dirtiest coal companies are more...
View ArticleRegional Cooperation: A Solution to the European Renewables deadlock?
If one municipality in let`s say Germany produces more renewable electricity than it needs and the neighboring municipality in e.g. the Netherlands wants to use it: Does that work? Melinda...
View ArticleRenewables Rising – Community Energy Rising
Marc Théry is the Energy Manager in Le Mené, a municipality in Brittany, France who can be named substitutional for a movement which is rapidly gaining momentum globally: The Community Energy Movement....
View ArticleParliamentarians can revive German Energiewende
Last week, the German government approved some fundamental amendments to the renewable energy law (the EEG 2016). After the 16 States adopted an overhaul of the famous German Renewable Energy Source...
View ArticleOxford County`s Plan to realize 100% Renewable Energy by 2050
“How do we get to 100% Renewable Energy by 2050 in the County of Oxford? One of the strategies is to look beyond our borders.” This is why Jay Heaman, Manager of Strategic Initiatives and David...
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