Renewable Energies
The major characteristic of a renewable energy is the basic inexhaustibility of the energy source. While fossil and nuclear fuels are only finitely exploitable, the sun will continue to provide the Earth with energy in the form of solar radiation for another 5 billion years.
The energy which can be obtained from renewable energy sources is sufficient to meet the world's current energy requirements three times over.
If the natural environment and the people who live in it are to be protected, a significant proportion of energy required in the medium to long term must be provided by renewable energies. Germany is focusing here on the sun (used for solar heat and solar power), wind, water, geothermal energy and biomass.
Renewable Energies currently meet around 3 % of Germany's primary energy needs and provide over 8 % of its electricity. German companies and research institutes are among the foremost in the world in many technical areas in the field of renewable energies. As an example, Germany is the leading export nation of wind farm technology. In no country on Earth are there as many wind farms as there are in Germany - one third of the world's wind energy is currently produced here.
A carbon-neutral solar heating system
Avoidance of ammonia and nitrous oxide emissions in the ecological agriculture by common fermentation of clover and economic fertilizers
BIOCLEAN: Using renewable fuels to reduce emissions of climate-relevant gases and particulates in large diesel engines
Biogas power plant at Ankara (Turkey)
