31 October 2006
IWR welcomes active strategy by German Federal Minister for the Environment, Sigmar Gabriel, for ecologically-oriented industrial policies
Münster - In Berlin, the German Federal Minister for the Environment, Sigmar Gabriel, has spoken out in favor of an ecologically-oriented industrial policy that will place Germany and Europe in a better position in the global economy. In a memorandum, Mr. Gabriel is calling for a “New Deal” between the economic, environmental and employment sectors.
The International Economic Platform for Renewable Energies (IWR) in Münster is welcoming this initiative as a pioneering milestone. “Industrial developments in the renewable energy industry in Germany have been determined by chance rather than anything else recently and over the decades. Until now a political strategy with regard to the economy and industry has not been perceptible, but in view of the globalized economy and competition for production sites it is more important than ever” said IWR Director, Dr. Norbert Allnoch. To achieve this there has to be better coordination between programs set up for the use of renewable energies and the industry which develops and manufactures renewable energy systems. Above all, the renewable energy sector, which is mainly made up of medium-sized companies, needs an integrated political strategy for the environment and industry based on a domestic framework which is reliable in the long term, said Allnoch.
Statements by IWR relating to (policy on) the industrial economy as part of the renewable energy industry:
Zur Lage der Regenerativen Energiewirtschaft in NRW 2004 - Eine energiewirtschaftliche und industriewirtschaftliche Bilanz
(State of the renewable energy industry in North Rhine-Westphalia 2004 – An appraisal in terms of the energy and industrial economy) (
http://www.iwr.de/buch/Reg_Energiewirtschaft_NRW_2004.pdf)
Call by the IWR for a strategic policy for the economy and industry - In: “Der Trend zu sauberen Energien ist ein Gewinn für die gesamte Industrie” (“The trend towards clean energies is a benefit for the whole industry”) (Contribution in VDI nachrichten no. 25 of 22.06.2001) (
http://www.iwr.de//re/iwr/info0204.html)
IWR scenario: Global economic scenario for the energy and industry sectors in the renewable energy economy 1999 – 2010 – In “Zur weltweiten Entwicklung der regenerativen Energien” (“The global development of renewable energies”) (Contribution in “Energiewirtschaftliche Tagesfragen”, Vol. 50, Issue 5, pgs. 344 - 348 from 2000. Renewable energies: “Industriepolitische Weichen jetzt stellen” (“Set the course now for industrial policy”) – In: Brennpunkt Energie 3/1996, p. 3 (
http://www.iwr.de/re/iwr/ET_Beitrag.pdf)
IWR definition of the renewable energy industry 1995/96, taking an interdisciplinary approach to the issue of renewable energy supply (climate protection) and the construction of renewable energy plants and systems (industry policy) for the three areas electricity, heat and fuel. (
http://www.iwr.de/iwr/zielsetzung.html)
Münster, 31 October 2006
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