INTERVIEW with JULIA VERLINDEN from ALLIANCE 90/THE GREENS by Sophia Reißenweber What is the crucial problem why Germany cannot meet the targets of the Paris Climate Agreement 2020 and what consequences will this failure have? The reason for the failure is the lack of progress with the reduction of fossil energies and the abandonment of …
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INTERVIEW with NICK REIMER
INTERVIEW with NICK REIMER – CLIMATE JOURNALIST by Anna Maxwell How do you feel about the political efforts of the Federal Government in the last 30 years regarding climate change? Germany is an announcement world champion. For 30 years, the German government has been setting itself a climate target without attempting to achieve it. The …
INTERVIEW with ARMIN WEDEL
INTERVIEW with ARMIN WEDEL from FRAUNHOFER IAP by Johanna Denecke You conduct research on organic solar cells, among other things. What advantages can offset their lower efficiency compared to conventional solar cells? Will they really ever be cheaper? If you really want to use organic solar cells just to generate electricity, it does not really …
INTERVIEW with SEBASTIAN SCHINDLER
INTERVIEW with SEBASTIAN SCHINDLER from FRAUNHOFER CSP by Hélène Fontaine The solar production in Germany unfortunately has collapsed. Is it still profitable to develop modules in Germany? Which companies benefit from your research? In my opinion the solar production didn’t fully collapse. There is still a solar industry in Germany, but a big industry sector …
INTERVIEW with MARTIN HERMENAU
INTERVIEW with MARTIN HERMENAU from HELIATEK by Anselm Wohlfahrt Heliatek sells organic photovoltaic products (OPV) both in the form of finished film modules and the OPV film in its pure form. This allows cooperating companies to integrate organic photovoltaics into glass, metal, concrete or similar components. What are the challenges of such a cooperation? What …
INTERVIEW with VOLKER QUASCHNING
INTERVIEW with VOLKER QUASCHNING from HTW BERLIN by Leopold Seiler If you were a politician, Prof. Quaschning, what measures do you think can be implemented immediately in order to comply with the Paris climate agreement or the 1.5 °C limit? That is always the question. I would formulate the question in this way: “What would …
INTERVIEW with SILKE WOLLENWEBER
INTERVIEW with SILKE WOLLENWEBER from PETER ZIRKEL ARCHITECTS by Jasmin Schauer Now and especially in the future, the use of renewable energies will play an increasingly important role. How come solar energy was not included in the construction of the library at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle? Different variations were investigated. Solar …
INTERVIEW with MAX FERDINAND
INTERVIEW with MAX FERDINAND from „FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE“ Halle by Farid Taher In your opinion, what is the reason why climate change has received so much attention in the recent past and why not earlier? Because of FFF we were able to direct the public debate onto the problems of climate change. This has helped …
INTERVIEW with MARJAN VAN AUBEL
INTERVIEW with MARJAN VAN AUBEL – SOLAR DESIGNER by Julia Rademacker What was the starting point for you to work with solar energy? That is a good question. It was not one specific point and that’s it. But it was more like looking around and seeing like, okay, we need to change to renewables and there …
INTERVIEW with HEIKE KLUSSMAN
INTERVIEW with HEIKE KLUSSMANN from BAU KUNST ERFINDEN by Marie Gehrhardt The interdisciplinary research of Bau Kunst Erfinden deals, among other things, with intelligent surfaces and materials in the context of civil engineering. What was your motivation behind researching dye-sensitised solar cells in combination with concrete? We are currently facing enormous social challenges. Today, 75 …