AEE podcast

Germany is known for its Renewable Energy Act (EEG) of 2000, which facilitated community renewable projects. But the EEG didn't bring about the grassroots movement; the movement brought about the Act. Today, we hear some of the voices of pioneers who got started before there was a business model. And you might be surprised how big a role the Protestant Church played.

In this episode, we talk about the shift taking place, thanks party to Fridays for Future, from finding the right price for climate action to an ethical argument. Community renewables can benefit from this shift because community energy might not always be the cheapest -- but we don't have to do what's cheapest. And without community renewables, climate action will be more difficult.

The first time someone said "we have ten years to act": https://apnews.com/bd45c372caf118ec99964ea547880cd0

The first time someone said 2.0°C might be the goal: http://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/365/1/WP-75-063.pdf

Quote from Tim Carney from this podcast: https://www.vox.com/podcasts/2020/2/24/21147042/tim-carney-donald-trump-white-america-the-ezra-klein-show

https://pca.st/episode/064292b6-635c-47df-82c2-8547ed09b93f?t=2639

The Great Transformation by Karl Polanyi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Transformation_(book)?oldformat=true

Produced by Germany’s Renewable Energy Agency (the AEE) for the Local Community Renewables Project (LECo). The Project is funded by the European Union’s Northern Periphery and Arctic Programme 2014 – 2020, which is supported by the European Regional Development Fund.