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Germany is not only one of the leading nations in the environmental technologies sector, but also in the field of innovative energy technologies. That the standard here is high is clear from the fact that the Federal Republic only has two percentage points to go before reaching its climate protection goal, a reduction in greenhouse gases of 21 percent over the base year 1990 by 2010. But cutting-edge technology from Germany is also contributing abroad to the protection of the world's climate, where it enjoys an excellent reputation.
In addition to the rational conversion of energy in fossil power plants, the use of renewable energies enjoys a growing status both in Germany itself and for the export market. The Federal government aims to double the proportion of renewable energies which contribute to the generation of electricity in Germany to 12.5 % on 2000 by the year 2010. Already today around a third of the world's wind-generated electricity comes from Germany. State-of-the-art technologies are drawn on for the transportation and storage of energies just as they are in the generation of electricity, heat and other energy sources. Climate change, however, cannot be mitigated by technical innovations alone. Modern energy services and management systems are also applied at home and abroad.
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The German Association of Consulting Engineers - VBI (Verband Beratender Ingenieure) is one of the leading associations worldwide for consultancy and engineering. VBI member companies always have an eye on the complete life-cycle of a project, from the planning through the use to dismantling and recycling. VBI is a member of the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB). One of the main topics of VBI is the field of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energies. The "VBI Database of German Consultants" provides information on technical consultants or companies, which are specialized in energy consulting amongst others.
The task of the BINE Information Service is to support the transfer of knowledge and information from energy research to practical application. To this end, BINE is sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology.
The BDEW is the representation of the German gas supplying companies, water supplying companies and waste water management companies in political, economic, legal and technical questions. Over 1,200 German supply companies are members of BDEW. Thus, with respect to natural gas, BDEW represents the entire supply chain in Germany, i.e. from production and importation to final distribution. The BDEW's range of work for its member companies comprises political representation of interests, legal advice, professional education and conferences, marketing and public relations, press work, statistics, and economic and technical/economic analyses.
The research activities of the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology (IWES) cover wind energy and the integration of renewable energies into energy supply structures. Fraunhofer IWES was established in 2009 as a merger of the former Fraunhofer Center for Wind Energy and Maritime Engineering CWMT in Bremerhaven and the Institute for Solar Energy Technology ISET in Kassel.
Die ASUE Arbeitsgemeinschaft für sparsamen und umweltfreundlichen Energieverbrauch e.V. fördert vor allem die Weiterentwicklung und weitere Verbreitung sparsamer und umweltschonender Technologien auf Erdgasbasis. Dabei ist es vorrangiges Ziel, Energiespartechniken den Weg in die praktische Anwendung zu ebnen.
The German Energy Agency is an association of the Federal Republic of Germany as well as the Reconstruction Loan Corporation (KfW) and is both a national and international authority center for energy efficiency. It develops projects, programs as well as campaigns and realizes them. Beyond that it incites trend-setting techniques and services and supervises them.
Der AGFW hat die Aufgabe, die Versorgung mit Nah-/Fernwärme und Kälte zu fördern insbesondere die Belange der Kraft-Wärme Kopplung. Der AGFW befasst sich mit grundsätzlichen Fragen der technischen und wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung der Nah-/Fernwärme, Kälte und Heizkraftwirtschaft. Er untersucht Möglichkeiten kostengünstiger und umweltschonender Erzeugung und Verteilung von Nah-/ Fernwärme.
Der DGS ist der technisch-wissenschaftliche Verband für Erneuerbare Energien und Energieeffizienz in Deutschland. Gleichzeitig ist sie die deutsche Sektion der International Solar Energy Society (ISES). Innerhalb der DGS sind mehrere Fachausschüsse zu folgenden Themenbereichen aktiv: Biomasse, Biogas, Wärmepumpe, Solares Bauen, Solare Mobilität, Solarthermie, Photovoltaik.
The Green Chiller Association for Sorption Cooling e.V., Berlin, Germany was formed in March 2009 as German Association to promote and develop the solar and thermal cooling markets. All closed sorption technologies like absorption cooling (working pair’s water/lithium bromide and ammonia/water) and adsorption cooling (water/silica gel and water/zeolith) are offered by the members. The closed sorption technologies will be included in the future. One important target for developing the solar cooling market is to create the basis for funding of solar cooling systems.
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Association of Consulting Engineers (VBI)