“The energy transition is also a cultural and social transformation process”
Today, IKEM, Oeko-Institut and ILS published the Atlas of Regional Energy Transitions online. The publication uses three exemplary regions in Germany to show how the energy transition can be shaped as a spatially, culturally and socially embedded transformation process. Created as part of the PlanTieFEn research project, the atlas combines technical, legal and social aspects […]
Energy Cultures
Paula Scholz
Paula Scholz is a working student at IKEM’s Climate and Innovation department. She deals with issues of acceptance and equality in the energy transition. Her projects include the ACE concept (Acceptance, Communication, Engagement) and the EQT workshops. Paula Scholz completed her Bachelor’s degree in International Relations and Philosophy at the University of Erfurt with a […]
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Klima und Recht (02/2024)
Proposal for a nationwide regulation of citizen participation in wind and solar parks
Acceptance for the energy transition depends on involving residents affected by it – this is the premise of a recently published legal study by IKEM on behalf of the Bündnis Bürgerenergie (BBEn) and the Deutscher Genossenschafts- und Raiffeisenverband (DGRV). Only if wind and solar parks will only be recognized as a positive development in the […]
Till Reinholz
Till Reinholz is a doctoral candidate at the Research Academy and a research assistant at IKEM. His research at IKEM focuses on energy and environmental law, in particular in the area of energy transition acceptance, as well as in the field of negative emission technologies. He is doing his doctorate at the University of Greifswald […]
Integration of Heat Consumers into Green Heating Networks – Municipal Control Instruments
engage presents the Energiewende-O-Mat
At a conference in Frankfurt am Main on Saturday, the engage research project presented the Energiewende-O-Mat. It is Germany’s first and currently only digital contact point for citizens who want to get actively involved in the energy transition. At energiewendeomat.de, users can find projects and initiatives in which they can get involved financially or personally. […]
Gesellschaftliche Akzeptanz und praktische Anwendungen von Ammoniak auf Schiffen im Rostocker Hafen
