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Regenerative Region: Energie- und Klimaatlas Bodensee-Alpenrhein - Energy- and Climate Atlas Lake Constance-Alpine Rhine; Professor Peter Droege, editor, published by oekom verlag June 2014, 390 pages, German language book, English language executive summary, English summaries of all chapters, English subtitles to graphics, ISBN: 978-3-86581-455-5
The Energy Imperative: 100 Percent Renewable Now; by Dr. Hermann Scheer, published by earthscan from Routledge December 2011, 184 pages, ISBN: 978-1-84971-433-4
Energy Autonomy. The Economic, Social and Technological Case for Renewable Energy; by Dr. Hermann Scheer, published by Earthscan/James & James December 2006, 300 pages, ISBN 1-84407-355-6
The Solar Economy; by Hermann Scheer, published by Earthscan/James & James May 2004, 386 pages, ISBN 1-84407-075-1
100 % Renewable. Energy Autonomy in Action; edited by Professor Peter Droege, published by Routledge April 2012, 353 pages, ISBN: 978-1-84407-718-2
CD-ROM: Presentations and Materials 8th International Renewable Energy Storage Conference and Exhibition IRES 2013 Berlin, Germany, November 18-20, 2013; Publishers EUROSOLAR + WCRE
Climate for Peace Holiday Message & EUROSOLAR/WCRE Campaign for 2015
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Peter Droege: Climate for Peace |
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Holiday Message
As we look back on an eventful year 2014, we ready ourselves and our communities for what lies ahead: political stabilization and return to the road to energy reason. This is the time of year many of us spend with families and friends, a time of hope and renewal at the turn of the year. The need to use renewable energy is a long established fact and is being turned into reality worldwide: from African villages to the Board of Trustees of the Rockefeller Foundation. This progress is unstoppable, despite the attempts of some established industries and their supporters that are bent on reversing progress and keeping humanity in the fatal grip of fossil fuel combustion and radioactive contamination.
Petition to Pope Francis
On occasion the 2014 board meetings of the WCRE and EUROSOLAR and the presentation of the European Solar Prize 2014 in Rome on November 23rd, 24th and 25 respectively, EUROSOLAR President and WCRE General Chairman Professor Peter Droege, together with a delegation of EUROSOLAR and WCRE representatives, attended the General Papal Audience on November 26th and submitted a petition to Pope Francis to embrace a 100 % Renewable Church.
For the petition to Pope Francis:
Winners of European Solar Prize 2014 honored in Rome
Winners of European Solar Prize 2014 honored in Rome
Organized by: EUROSOLAR, EUROSOLAR Italia and the Bord of Architects of Rome
EUROSOLAR recognizes outstanding projects and initiatives of towns and municipalities, companies, local associations, architects and individuals through its annual European Solar Prize, now in its 21st year. In 2014, a panel of international judges selected eight winners from 5 countries. The achievements of the honorees were documented through a special tribute presentation. The recipients of the European Solar Prize 2014 came from Australia, Italy, UK, Uganda, Germany and Switzerland.
As another innovation in the European Solar Prize program, Eurosolar Italia, EUROSOLAR’s Italian section and the Board of Architects of Rome invited to the one day symposium, "ENERGY TRANSITION INTO A REGENERATIVE ENVIRONMENT: THE FUTURE OF THE CITY AND THE TERRITORY", which was held in connection with the presentation of the Solar Prize award.
European Solar Prize 2014: Rome, November 24, 2014
Press release, Bonn, November 10, 2014
The European Solar Prize 2014 Award Ceremony will be held in Rome on November 24, 2014
Organized by: EUROSOLAR, EUROSOLAR Italia and the Bord of Architects of Rome
EUROSOLAR is pleased to award this year's European Solar Prize for the first time in Rome, Italy. It will be the 21st award ceremony since the inception of the awards in 1994.
The European Solar Prize honors towns, municipalities, companies, local associations, architects, journalists and individuals for their outstanding commitment, extraordinary accomplishments and significant contributions to the use and expansion of renewable energy. On November 24, 2014 the European Solar Prize Award will be handed out in Rome for the first time at the Casa dell’Architettura, via Manfredo Fanti, 47, Rome.
A panel of international jurors selected the recipients of the European Solar Prize 2014. The ceremony includes the presentation of the projects, interviews with the honorees and the presentation of the coveted trophy.
Presentation of the European Solar Prize Award 2014
Presentation of the European Solar Prize Award 2014
Rome, November 24, 2014
EUROSOLAR will award the European Solar Prize for the twenty-first time this year since the inception of the awards in 1994. The European Solar Prize honors towns, municipalities, companies, local associations, architects, journalists and individuals for their outstanding commitment, extraordinary accomplishments and significant contributions to the use and expansion of renewable energy. On November 24, 2014 the European Solar Prize Award will be handed out in Rome for the first time at the Casa dell’Architettura.
9th International Renewable Energy Storage Conference (IRES 2015)
CCD Congress Center Düsseldorf
9-11 March 2015
In 2015 the International Renewable Energy Storage Conference (IRES) will take place for the first time in cooperation with Messe Düsseldorf and OTTI e.V.
Because of the enormous successes of past IRES conferences EUROSOLAR and the World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE) will continue the IRES series in 2015. The series of IRES conferences has emerged as the leading forum for the discussion of the pressing problems with renewable energy storage by drawing together one of the largest gatherings of scientific and economic experts worldwide.
As of 2015 the participants can choose from even more extensive options. Running in Düsseldorf for the first time, IRES 2015 is being held as a concurrent event with ENERGY STORAGE EUROPE (Conference & Expo) and the 4th Conference Power-to-Gas Conference (OTTI e.V.). A related trade show will feature ~100 exhibitors.
The three conferences and the exhibition will take place March 9-11, 2015 in the Congress Center Düsseldorf of Messe Düsseldorf (Trade Fair Dusseldorf), Germany. Combining their events, the organizers establish the most important Energy Storage meeting worldwide.
We are looking forward to welcoming you to IRES 2015 in Düsseldorf!
You want to know more about IRES?
Do not hesitate to contact Lina Hedwig (project manager for IRES) via IRES2015[at]eurosolar.de.
Scientific Steering Committee:
| • | Prof. Peter Droege, President EUROSOLAR, University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein |
| • | Prof. Dr. Dirk Uwe Sauer, RWTH Aachen University, Germany (Scientific Conference Chair) |
| • | Prof. Dr. Luisa Cabeza, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain |
| • | Dr. José Etcheverry, York University, Toronto, Canada |
| • | Dr. Andreas Hauer, ZAE Bayern, Garching, Germany |
| • | Prof. Dr. Brian Vad Mathiesen, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark |
| • | Dr. Marco Merlo, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy |
| • | Prof. Dr. Halime Paksoy, Çukurova Universiy, Adana, Turkey |
| • | Dr. Marion Perrin, Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission INES, Le Bourget-du-Lac, France |
| • | Dr. Bernhard Riegel, EUROBAT, Brilon, Germany |
| • | Dr. Peter Schossig, Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany |
| • | Dr. Tom Smolinka, Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg, Germany |
| • | Prof. Dr. Ingo Stadler, Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Germany |
| • | Prof. Dr. Michael Sterner, Regensburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany |
In commemoration of the Honorary President of EUROSOLAR
In commemoration of Hermann Scheer
On April 29, 2014 Hermann Scheer would have celebrated his 70th birthday.
Hermann Scheer, founder of EUROSOLAR and recipient of the Right Livelihood Award, died at age 66 fully engaged in a life of ideas and initiatives. He had been a member of the German Bundestag for three decades and significantly influenced the political discourse in the country in many fields, with courage, far-sightedness and determination. Hermann Scheer was dedicated to the broad shift in the energy basis of modern civilization: from fossil and nuclear resources to renewable energies. He had realized early that it was essential for an intact environment and for opportunities for peace as well. He was a thought leader, motivator, reformer and revolutionary. The death of Hermann Scheer has brought into focus the extraordinary achievement of his life's work.
Thank you for sharing with us your memories of Hermann Scheer.
IRES, Energy Storage and the Power-to-Gas Conference combine to form unique energy storage platform
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Düsseldorf, 27 March 2014
The three conferences, IRES (the International Renewable Energy Storage Conference and Exhibition), Energy Storage (the International Conference and Exhibition for the Storage of Renewable Energies) and the 4th Conference Power-to-Gas, which are the most important annual events in the field of energy storage, have combined in 2015 to host the co-located events in Düsseldorf.
Day one of the conference is being jointly organized and will be offering an excellent overview of all relevant topics. Days two and three are being separately organized by either partner. The IRES continues to be the conference where the newest scientific and technological advances will be presented and discussed.
EUROSOLAR, Messe Düsseldorf and OTTI e.V- announced the new partnership at the end of the ENERGY STORAGE EUROPE (conference & expo) in Düsseldorf on March 27, 2014. The partners, thereby, offer attendees even greater diversity of information, spanning the newest scientific and technological advances and application-focused Business Cases.
EUROSOLAR wants to extend a sincere thank you to all of you who have been involved in the process.
We will be delighted to welcome you to Düsseldorf for the 9th IRES, March 9-11, 2015!
More information will follow soon.
EUROSOLAR and WCRE Response to Consultation on Community Guidelines on State Aid for Environmental Protection
Bonn, Berlin, 14 February 2014
EUROSOLAR and World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE) Response to Consultation on Community Guidelines on State Aid for Environmental Protection
EUROSOLAR and the World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE) presented eight essential requirements for the guidelines on support instruments for environmental protection, released for consultation by the Directorate-General for Competition of the European Commission:
Winners of European Solar Prize 2013 honored in Berlin
Press release, Bonn/Berlin, 4 December 2013
Winners of European Solar Prize 2013 honored in Berlin
EUROSOLAR recognizes outstanding projects and initiatives of towns and municipalities, companies, local associations, architects and individuals through its annual European Solar Prize, now in its 20-ieth year. In 2013, a panel of international judges selected ten winners. The achievements of the honorees were documented through a special tribute video. The recipients of the European Solar Prize 2013 came from Denmark, Germany, France, Spain, the UK, Bulgaria, Turkey and Switzerland.
8th International Renewable Energy Storage Conference and Exhibition (IRES 2013)
8th International Renewable Energy Storage Conference and Exhibition(IRES 2013)
Berlin, bcc Berlin Congress Center
November 18-20, 2013
+++ NEW: Selected IRES 2013 papers have been published recently at Elsevier Energy Procedia, Volume 46 +++
+++ NEW: The CD-ROM with the IRES 2013 proceedings is available now +++
Prof. Sauer's synopsis of the IRES 2013 + presentation of 10 Theses
is available for download. The participants of the IRES are able to access a password protected area of our website for the presentations, poster and papers.
Due to the enormous successes of past IRES Conferences EUROSOLAR and the World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE) has strengthened the IRES series in collaboration with EnergieAgentur.NRW and numerous other partners. Over 500 participants gathered at the 8th International Renewable Energy Storage Conference and Exhibition (IRES 2013) at the bcc Berlin Congress Center, November 18-20, 2013.
The conference series has emerged as the central platform for sharing knowledge and exchanging ideas on a key issue of future energy supply, having attracted more than 3,500 participants since its beginnings in 2006.
Thank you to all speakers, poster presenters and participants of IRES 2013!
Please find the conference summary in the following:
- Global 100 RE The Global Campaign on 100% Renewable Energy
- Les Nostres Energies - documentary on Spanish energy sector premiered in Catalonia in November
Do you know Solarzeitalter, our German language quarterly magazine?
Events:
9th International Renewable Energy Storage Conference and Exhibition (IRES 2015)
Düsseldorf, March 9-11, 2015
Honorary President
Dr. Hermann Scheer (†)
1944-2010
www.hermannscheer.de/en
