Presentation of the COP17 side-event "Post-2012 Market Mechanisms: adressing design and governance challenges". This side-event brings researchers and policymakers to explore the minimum principles, safeguards and governance models needed to establish effective, environmentally sound post-2012 market mechanisms. Cames, M. (2011) more informationPDF filedownload (304 kByte)
Resource efficiency and resource-policy aspects of the electro-mobility system - Results
Environmental impacts of electric mobility and interactions with the electricity sector in Germany
4th German-Japanese Environmental Dialogue Forum
Electric Mobility and Smart Grids: Strategies and Technologies
Tokyo, 17 and 18 November 2011
Hacker, F. (2011) more informationPDF filedownload (1246 kByte)
Application of rare earths in consumer electronics and challenges for recycling
The presentation “Application of rare earths in consumer electronics and challenges for recycling” was held by our colleague Ran Liu on the International Conference on Consumer Electronics on 8. September 2011, which focused on rare earths relevance for consumer applications. Buchert, M.; Dittrich, S.; Manhart, A.; Merz, C.; Schüler, D.; Liu, R. (2011) more informationPDF filedownload (373 kByte)
Rare Earths - a Bottleneck for future Wind Turbine Technologies?
Our colleague Dr. Matthias Buchert talked at the conference “Wind Turbine Supply Chain & Logistics” in August about the interlinkage between wind energy growth and rare earths demand. Buchert, M. (2011) more informationPDF filedownload (434 kByte)
Micro Cogeneration: Towards a decentralized and sustainable German energy system
Micro cogeneration – the simultaneous production of heat and power in an individual building based on small energy conversion units such as Stirling and reciprocating engines or fuel cells – is expected to increase energy efficiency on the level of household energy supply. A large-scale introduction of micro CHP may radically change the electricity system and turn consumers into power producers. At the same time, micro CHP could, if supported by favorable economic and policy conditions, represent a considerable market segment, promoting downstream innovations such as "virtual power plants", altered consumer awareness or new household energy management systems. This potential has to be evaluated with respect to its sustainability in both economic and ecological terms. Praetorius, B.; Schneider, L. (2006) more informationPDF filedownload (219 kByte)
Further development of public participation in the site-selection and approval process of a final repository in Germany
Proceedings VALDOR (Values in Decision On Risk)
Public participation plays a vital role in the process of planning and licensing potentially hazardous and/or publicly disputed installations.
Major conflicts in the affected region may be avoided if the public or representatives are given the opportunity to participate already at an early stage of developing a project. Especially in contested projects, planning units or developers have sought to reduce the risk to fail at a late stage due to lack of public acceptance. Therefore public participation going beyond legal requirements has played an increasing role in the last years. This development can very clearly be observed also within the field of radioactive waste management , especially final disposal.
published in: Proceedings VALDOR (Values in Decision On Risk) 2006; S. 106 - 113; May 14 - 18, 2006 Stockholm, Sweden
Barth, R.; Kallenbach-Herbert, B.; Arens, G. (2006) more informationPDF filedownload (61 kByte)
Nuclear Energy, Renewable Energy and Peace
Lecture by Michael Sailer
Lecture by Michael Sailer at the Asian Regional Conference “Renewable Energy and Peace” 19-20 August 2004, Seoul, Korea Sailer, M. (2004) more informationPDF filedownload (199 kByte)
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