Energy Watch Group

Energy Watch Group ; (EEC)
founding	2006
founder	Hans-Josef Fell
Seat	Berlin
purpose	Provision of an independent “think tank” for analyzing the primary energy sector and for drafting energy supply scenarios and legal texts as a guide for politics. The “Think Tank” is linked to political bodies and the general public by a network of scientists and parliamentarians.
main emphasis	power supply
method	Preparation of studies on energy supply
Chair	Hans-Josef Fell
people	Werner Zittel, Christian Breyer, Claudia Kemfert u. a.
Website	energywatchgroup.org/

The Energy Watch Group (abbreviation: EWG) is, according to its own statement, an international network of scientists and parliamentarians for the investigation of the availability and scarcity of fossil and nuclear energy resources and for the investigation of the expansion possibilities of renewable energies .

The president of the organization founded in 2006 is Hans-Josef Fell , the legal sponsor is the Ludwig-Bölkow-Stiftung . The Ludwig-Bölkow-Stiftung is in turn associated with Ludwig-Bölkow-Systemtechnik GmbH, a consulting company in the field of renewable energies. In addition, there are other connections with companies and lobby groups in the renewable energy sector.

statement

According to analyzes by the Energy Watch Group, fossil fuels are running out faster than previously thought. The global supply situation with fossil fuels is therefore "very tense". Most critical is the situation in the oil by 2030 will the global promotion to decline by about 40 percent compared to 2012; it has already exceeded the global oil production maximum of 81 million barrels per day. In the future, production will decrease and in 2020 it will be 58 million barrels.

Even the controversial fracking cannot reverse this trend. The method with which production systems extract oil and gas from deep layers of rock using hydraulic pressure only insignificantly delay the end of fossil resources. The USA is already heading for the peak of shale gas production , which will be followed by a deep decline in production this decade.

The diversification of natural gas imports in order to reduce independence from Russia is not a promising option: neither Russia nor other gas producing countries could be a reliable energy supplier for Europe in the future. Russia is not in a position to maintain the current production level, production is already declining today. In addition, Germany will have to compete with China , Japan and other Far Eastern countries for Russian gas supplies even more than it does today . Other states would also fail to guarantee the energy supply. Natural gas production in the USA will decrease again in the coming years. The EU cannot rely on natural gas imports from North Africa , the Middle East or the Kazakh region, not only because of political instability, but also as a result of increasing supply competition with Asia and the associated price wars . Also, the liquefied natural gas (LNG) could make any significant contribution to energy supply. Although the EU has LNG import capacities of 200 billion m³ per year, in 2013 it only imported 45 billion m³. This is a clear indication that there is no available capacity on the world market to increase LNG imports. The European LNG terminals are useless without the corresponding export capacities of the producing countries. The expertise of the EEC thus partially contradicts the statements made by the International Energy Agency . The Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources also comes to partly different assessments.

Web links

Energy Watch Group website. Retrieved July 7, 2019(English).

Individual evidence

↑ About us. Energy Watch Group, accessed July 7, 2019 .
↑ partner. Ludwig Bölkow Foundation, accessed on July 7, 2019 .
↑ Anselm Waldermann: Experts warn of a dramatic oil shortage. In: Der Spiegel . May 21, 2008, accessed May 4, 2020 .
↑ Werner Zittel, Jan Zerhusen, Martin Zerta, Nicholas Arnold: Fossil and Nuclear Fuels - the Supply Outlook. (PDF) Energy Watch Group, March 2013, accessed on July 7, 2019 . Downloadable from Studies - In chronological order. Retrieved July 7, 2019(English, (to be found under the year of publication 2013)).
↑ Hans-Josef Fell, Werner Zittel: The EU's dependency on Russia for natural gas can only be reversed with a rapid expansion of renewable energy sources. Energy Watch Group, April 15, 2014, accessed July 7, 2019 . Downloadable from Studies - In chronological order. Retrieved July 7, 2019(English, (to be found under the year of publication 2014)).

[1] About us. Energy Watch Group, accessed July 7, 2019 .

[2] partner. Ludwig Bölkow Foundation, accessed on July 7, 2019 .

[3] Anselm Waldermann: Experts warn of a dramatic oil shortage. In: Der Spiegel . May 21, 2008, accessed May 4, 2020 .

[4] Werner Zittel, Jan Zerhusen, Martin Zerta, Nicholas Arnold: Fossil and Nuclear Fuels - the Supply Outlook. (PDF) Energy Watch Group, March 2013, accessed on July 7, 2019 . Downloadable from Studies - In chronological order. Retrieved July 7, 2019(English, (to be found under the year of publication 2013)).

[5] Hans-Josef Fell, Werner Zittel: The EU's dependency on Russia for natural gas can only be reversed with a rapid expansion of renewable energy sources. Energy Watch Group, April 15, 2014, accessed July 7, 2019 . Downloadable from Studies - In chronological order. Retrieved July 7, 2019(English, (to be found under the year of publication 2014)).