SOLARZEITALTER

This page gives a foretaste of the German-language SOLARZEITALTER, the member magazine of EUROSOLAR.
Renowned experts write about current developments in politics, culture and economics of renewable energies.

Also: Make sure to check out our new English-language EUROSOLAR Times!

The current issue: SOLARZEITALTER 2-2024

In this issue, you can read about our Summer Festival 2024, democratisation and citizen participation in the energy transition, the German Solar Prize 2024, as well as many other exciting articles and interviews.

Read selected articles in English

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  Creating More Space in the Network and Enabling Alternatives
  In this article originally published in SOLARZEITALTAR 2-2023/1-2024, Ralf Bischof argues for the expansion of renewable energy delivery via new actors. Customers may ulitimately be the winners if regulation allows for new actors and innovations, as Bischof contends.
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  Is the Energy Transition Moving Forwards? – An Interview with Johannes Lackmann
  In this interview with Westfalen-Wind co-founder Johannes Lackmann, the energy transition and how it directly benefits consumers is discussed, as well as potential challenges.
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  Solar Infarct and Gas Heating Boom?
  The daily bombardment of reports from the media and so-called social networks leaves many people today increasingly perplexed. Is there a threat of solar infarction from uncontrolled solar power plants? Will private photovoltaic (PV) systems become economically unviable or even banned due to increasing hours with negative prices? Are natural gas boilers booming instead of heating pumps? Or should one rather wait to get heating from district heating or hydrogen? A few factors to consider.
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  What will become of the energy transition in the post-Ampel era? An interview with Nina Scheer
  Nina Scheer, energy politics speaker of the SPD parliamentary group, draws upon the record of the Ampel coalition and looks predominantly to the future. Which topics remain open? What will come of the Renewable Energy Law (EEG)? And what should we expect now, until and after the 2025 federal election?