Energy & Climate Protection Foundation
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| Legal form: | Foundation under civil law |
| Purpose: | Promotion of climate protection |
| Chair: | Holger Schäfer (Speaker of the Board of Management) |
| Consist: | since 2007 |
| Founder: | EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG |
| Seat: | Karlsruhe |
| Website: | [1] |
The Energy & Climate Protection Foundation is a non-profit foundation under civil law based in Karlsruhe . It was founded on November 7, 2007. The aim of the foundation, according to its own statements, is "to shed light on the connections between the energy industry and climate protection and to convey this to the general public".
organization
The foundation is run by EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG. The foundation bodies are the foundation council and the executive board, and the foundation also has an advisory board of trustees. The foundation supervision is carried out by the Karlsruhe regional council.
Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is an advisory body made up of personalities from research, business, politics and society. It has around 100 members.
Board of Trustees
As a decision-making body, the Board of Trustees defines the principles of the Foundation's work. It decides to allocate the funds within the framework of the foundation's purpose. In addition, the Board of Trustees monitors the activities of the Executive Board and is responsible for its discharge. It consists of eight people. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees is Hans-Josef Zimmer.
Board
The management board is responsible for the management of the day-to-day business, in particular the preparation of the annual program and economic planning. It is responsible for implementing the resolutions of the Board of Trustees. The board of directors includes: Holger Schäfer (spokesman), Manfred Haberbrecher and Ulrike Steinbrenner. The work of the board is voluntary.
Foundation purpose
According to the statutes, the foundation pursues directly and exclusively charitable purposes within the meaning of the tax code. The purpose of the foundation is to promote climate protection. This purpose is to be achieved through:
- Stimulating social and political discussion in all areas relevant to the energy industry (e.g. effects on energy policy and energy sources used, such as renewable energies, fossil fuels and nuclear energy, energy saving and efficiency, emissions trading, procedure after the Kyoto Protocol has expired)
- Development of current questions with results on the problem of climate protection and the public discussion of the results
- Support of research and development as well as the next generation of scientists
- Publication of publications in the context of educational work on all topics of the energy industry and climate protection
Foundation events and projects
Debate evenings and expert panels
To implement the purpose of the foundation, the foundation regularly organizes debate evenings and expert rounds. Representatives from politics, NGOs , business, science, as well as national and international organizations have dealt in recent years with topics such as European networks, energy storage technologies and final storage / acceptance. Topics such as the decentralization of the energy supply and international climate protection were also dealt with.
Urban Talks
The Urban Talks series is aimed specifically at young people up to the age of 30. In a casual setting, the participants discuss topics related to the energy industry and climate protection with a reference to urban reality in various panels: urban mobility (Urban Mobility Talks, 2016), urban energy supply (Urban Energy Talks, 2017), or whatever Individuals can do for climate protection (Urban Climate Talks, 2018).
Energy campus
Since 2011, the foundation has been holding an annual ideas competition for doctoral students on future topics in the field of energy supply. This is intended to promote the next generation of scientists. The originality of the scientific work, outstanding results, research and transfer performance and the quality of the presentation serve as criteria for assessing the submitted work. The topics of the ideas competitions so far were
- in 2017: My city of tomorrow: What will the energy landscape of the future look like? ,
- in 2016: Energy transition and climate protection: analog and digital ,
- in 2015: How will climate protection work tomorrow? ,
- in 2014: City 2.0 - How do we bring the energy transition into the city ,
- in 2013: security of supply with renewable energies ,
- in 2012: the future of renewables ,
- in 2011: Future of Energy Supply - Energy of the Future: Sustainable Energy Systems for Europe .
Energy reporter
To the public debate about climate change to encourage and stimulate interest in the subject areas of climate protection and energy among younger audiences, the Foundation has launched a competition for students. As part of a stay abroad, they should deal with topics relating to renewable energies, climate protection, security of supply and energy efficiency and describe their findings in short videos or texts. The announcement is aimed at all students, regardless of course and semester.
Green Innovation and Investment Forum
Umwelttechnik BW and Baden-Württemberg: Connected eV invite students, innovators, investors, researchers and founders to present their latest “green” technologies. The Energy & Climate Protection Foundation awards a prize for the best “Green Tech Ideas” in the “Early Stage” and “Advanced Stage” categories.
Environmental projects
- Berghulen solar park:
In order to show that energy generation from renewable energies and nature conservation can go well together, the foundation, together with the BUND local association Berghülen and the NABU Baden-Württemberg, developed measures for the Berghülen solar park that go beyond the legally prescribed compensatory measures under nature conservation law. So were z. B. Habitats created for sand lizards that were once native to the site. Nesting aids for bees and bats have been installed on the site, a strip of hedge with native vegetation has been created, the fences are permeable for hares and other small animals, and the solar panels are elevated so high that sheep can graze underneath.
- Neckar black poplar:
The project to protect the black poplar (Populus nigra), which is threatened with extinction, was supervised by the working group for the conservation of the Neckar black poplar and carried out in several steps. After the identification and molecular genetic determination of the 140 existing old trees, the genetically pure specimens from the Neckar region, some of which only remained individual plants, were reared. The first plantings took place at the EnBW power plant locations in Obrigheim (Baden) and Mühlhausen an der Enz . At the end of the three-year project in Lauffen am Neckar , almost two hectares of floodplain forest was planted from Neckar black poplars on an area made available by EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG. The working group prepared the genetic examinations and made them available to the general public in a database.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Foundation Energy & Climate Protection . Retrieved October 25, 2018
- ↑ Foundation statutes . Retrieved July 19, 2018
- ^ EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG . Retrieved July 16, 2018
- ^ Karlsruhe regional council . Retrieved July 16, 2018
- ↑ Board of Trustees . Retrieved July 16, 2018
- ↑ Members of the Foundation Board . Retrieved July 16, 2018
- ^ Debate evenings . Retrieved July 19, 2018
- ^ Urban Mobility Talks . Retrieved July 19, 2018
- ^ Urban Energy Talks . Retrieved July 19, 2018
- ^ Urban Climate Talks . Retrieved July 19, 2018
- ^ Urban Climate Talks. What can we do to protect the climate? . Retrieved October 25, 2018
- ↑ EnergieCampus at the Energy & Climate Protection Foundation . Retrieved July 16, 2018
- ↑ EnergieCampus 2015 - The Energy & Climate Protection Foundation organizes ideas competition for doctoral students . Retrieved October 25, 2018
- ↑ Energy Reporter . Retrieved July 16, 2018
- ↑ Announcement: Energy reporters wanted! (PDF). Retrieved July 16, 2018
- ^ Green Innovation and Investment Forum . Retrieved July 19, 2018
- ^ Neckar black poplar . Retrieved July 16, 2018
- ↑ Environmental projects: Berghülen & Neckar-Schwarzpappel solar park . Retrieved July 19, 2018
- ↑ Berghülen solar park officially opened . Retrieved October 25, 2018
- ↑ The Lauffen black poplar floodplain forest . Retrieved October 25, 2018