Fraunhofer ISE is the largest solar energy research institute in Europe. Its work ranges from the investigation of scientific and technological fundamentals for solar energy applications, through the development of production technology and prototypes, to ...
The FFU is an international team of social science researchers and students who research, study, and provide policy advice related to environmental and sustainable energy politics and policies. The FFU community is engaged in academic as well as more ...
The German Economic Institute (IW) is a private industry-sponsored research institute. It is a registered association with a membership consisting of some 110 German business and employers' associations as well as a number of individual companies. It ...
Ecologic Institute is a transdisciplinary research organisation whose work encompasses the entire spectrum of environmental topics, including the integration of environmental issues in other political fields. The scientists at Ecologic Institute prepare ...
Professor Harald Welzer is widely known for his academic work on the Holocaust, but now works on climate issues full-time through his self-financed NGO, FuturZwei, which he envisages growing into a global movement. www.futurzwei.org Germany ...
The German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation was created in 2005 to promote the use of wind energy at sea, and to improve research. It has since established itself as a multiregional, independent institution supporting offshore wind energy in Germany and ...
The German Biogas Association represents primarily operators and manufacturers of biogas plants in Germany. It has 4700 members. It lobbies for the increased use of biogas technologies as the only renewable energy that can be switched on and off when ...
Elni Review is the journal of Envorinmental Law Network International (elni), which was founded in 1990 to promote international communication and cooperation between lawyers working on environmental law. Executive Editor Martin Führ is a professor of ...
All German companies registered in Germany, with the exception of handicraft businesses, the free professions and farms, are required by law to join a chamber. The Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry is the central organisation for 80 ...
Environmental Action Germany (DUH) is a non-profit environmental and consumer protection association, supported by public and private project grants and donations. It has the legal right to represent group claims in court against projects that it ...
The Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) is a global (US, Europe, China), non-profit team of experts focused on the long-term economic and environmental sustainability of the power and natural gas sectors, providing technical and policy assistance to ...
TransnetBW is one of four transimission grid operators in Germany (the others are Tennet, Amprion and 50Hertz). The company is responsible for operating, maintaining, planning and expanding the transmission network in Baden Württemberg. Here, over 3,300 ...
The DGB is an umbrella group for trade unions. When decisions about the Energiewende are made, it assesses their impact on employment in Germany. It wants to make sure that the Energiewende is economically viable and does not cost jobs. www.dgb.de Nora ...
Fraunhofer ISI is a research institution that specialises in innovation research. Its 24-million-euro annual budget is funded mainly through contracts with national and international public bodies, industry, foundations and scientific organisations. In ...
The German federal government set up the WBGU as an independent, scientific advisory body in 1992 in the run-up to the Rio Earth Summit. The council's principal tasks are to analyse global environment and development issues and provide early warning ...
MCC conducts assessment reports and analyzes policy options, fostering close collaboration with policy-makers, society and other sustainability institutes worldwide. In addition, the Institute develops original research contributions on economic growth; ...
50 Hertz is one of four transmission network operators in Germany (the others are Tennet, TransnetBW and Amprion). The company is responsible for the operation, maintenance, planning, and expansion of the 380/220 kilowatt transmission grid throughout ...
The EWI produces scientific studies on energy economics for public (federal and state government) and private clients (e.g. energy suppliers, municipal utilities). It currently focuses on topics such as the European energy mix and the European electricity ...
Greenpeace Germany was established in 1980 and has more than 580,000 members (2.8 million members worldwide). The group has always been a vocal promoter of the nuclear shut-down in Germany and currently (July 2014) lobbies for a coal phase-out, to be ...
The Free Democrats are Germany's liberal, market-oriented party. Although the party was not elected to federal parliament in 2013 for the first time in post-war history, it still holds political sway, especially in some state politics. The FDP wants ...
The VZBV is an umbrella group for 41 German consumer associations. One of its main objectives is to “improve transparency regarding production, characteristics and quality of goods and services”. The group campaigns at national and European levels. ...
Dr. Weiss is an environmental engineer at the Technical University of Berlin and at the Technical University of Denmark, and director of the Project Gebäude Energiewende, which focuses on housing at the Institute for Ecological Economy Research (Institut ...
The BDEW is the largest energy industry association in Germany. It has 1800 members, including local and municipal utilities as well as regional and inter-regional suppliers. The “big 4” producers and supply companies (Eon, Vattenfall, EnBW and RWE) and ...
