The Energy Foundation was founded in 1993 by the German Federal State of Schleswig-Holstein and the energy industry as expression of an institutionalised consensus on the energy issue. It is a public-law foundation with legal capacity and accomplishes its goals using the income accruing from its capital assets. The aim of the Foundation is research, development of activities and dissemination of knowledge in the field of climate protection and reduction of CO2 emissions with special reference to energy efficiency and renewable energies.

The Energy Foundation aims to foster climate protection efforts in Schleswig-Holstein and the Baltic Sea Region especially in times of deregulation of energy markets. It considers itself an operative body that does not merely specify general focal points of support, but also develops projects itself, thus retaining an independent stance compared to other project application situations. When financing particular projects the Foundation places special emphasis on funds being used efficiently and effectively to improve protection of our climate.

Currently the Foundation performs the following different tasks with reference to renewable energy:

• Supporting pilot and demonstration projects in the fields of biomass utilisation and thermal application of solar energy at the hotel sector
• Initiating pilot and demonstration projects combining district heating based on renewables with housing development
• Financing feasibility studies about the use of renewable energies at the traffic sector, for example solar powered passenger ships
• Co-financing a study to analyze the acceptance of large-scale wind energy projects
• Giving Research grants for young academics
• Organising conferences and workshops

The Energy Foundation is interested in contacts with persons and institutions with experiences and ideas with reference to renewable energy eventually to be promoted and disseminated in Schleswig-Holstein and the Baltic Sea Region.

Energiestiftung Schleswig-Holstein
Dr. Winfried Dittmann
Dänische Straße 3-9 D-24103 Kiel
Fon +49 431 9805762 Fax +49 431 9805699
E-mail w.dittmann@essh.de
http://www.energiestiftung.de

 

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