Energy Efficiency in Germany - Welcome and Introduction

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1 Energy Efficiency in Germany - Welcome and Introduction December 1st, 2014, New York City Maximilian Müller, energiewaechter GmbH, by order of Energy Efficiency Export Initiative sponsored by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy

2 Agenda Global Reasons for Energy Efficiency Governmental Strategies and Projects to Improve Energy Efficiency: Overview of German Activities Energy Efficiency in the Infrastructure and Transport Energy Efficiency Export Initiative and Participating German Companies

3 Global Reasons for Energy Efficiency

4 Climate Change and Energy Supply Gap Energy saving Renewables Fossil fuels Source: Daniel Scherz; Scherz-Scherz Architekten, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies

5 Reduction of Dependency on Imports Import dependency and self supply of selected primary energy carriers in Germany (2013) Black coal Mineral oil Natural gas Source: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Energiebilanzen 2013

6 Energy costs climbing Price trends for fossil-fuel imports to Germany Source: BMWi 2014

7 Governmental Strategies and Projects to Improve Energy Efficiency: Overview on German Activities

Energiewende and the nuclear power phase phase-out in Germany 2011: Phase-out of eight nuclear power plants Deactivation of the remaining nine nuclear power

8 Energiewende and the nuclear power phase phase-out in Germany 2011: Phase-out of eight nuclear power plants Deactivation of the remaining nine nuclear power plants until 2022 Growing share of renewable energies in energy production Importance of energy efficiency Source: Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS), 2011

9 Nuclear power phase-out timeline Source: BMWi 2014

10 Energiewende Goals At a Glance Source: BMWi 2014

11 Energiewende Action Plan Overall concept Energy policy for growth and wealth Goals Secure, affordable and environmentally friendly energy supply Dimensions Grid Power Plants RE EnEff Research Federal, state, local authorities & EU: Framework Actors Economy / Companies: Private Investments, Business Segments Public / Citizens: Acceptance, Contribution, Investments Monitoring Annual Report & every three years Progress Report Source: adapted from BMWi

12 Governmental Energy Efficiency Measures (federal level) Source: BMWi 2014

13 Energiewende Main Challenges Increasing electricity prices Willingness/ability to pay for renewable energies Distribution of costs between energy-intensive and other industries Decreasing international competitiveness of the industrial location Germany? Social equity - support for low-income households? Source: German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi): Germany s new energy policy, 2012

14 Energiewende Main Challenges Grid Stability Costs and acceptance of grid expansion to secure energy supplies Source: German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi): Germany s new energy policy, 2012

15 Energy productivity in Germany ( ) Primary Energy consumption Energy productivity = : Growth of GDP, slight decline of primary energy consumption Growing energy productivity (1,9% p.a.) But only a small absolute decrease of primary energy consumption (-0,35% p.a.) Source: BMWi, destatis, World Bank 2014

16 Energy Efficiency in the Infrastructure and Transport

17 Energy Efficiency in the Infrastructure and Transport Energy Efficiency in the Transport Sector Road Transport Rail Transport Waterways/Shipping Aviation Telematics and Traffic Management Source: BMWi

18 Energy Efficiency in the Infrastructure and Transport Energy Efficiency in the Infrastructure Smart Grids Source: BMWi

19 Energy Efficiency Export Initiative and the Participating German Companies

20 The Energy Efficiency Export Initiative Activities and services: Know-how Transfer Trade Missions Training/ Education Fact-Finding Missions Networking with Decision Makers and Advocates Private Companies more Information on the Website

21 Participating German Companies Company Representative Business Segment Cornelsen Seelinger Architects Mr Martin Seelinger Energy efficient buildings DGMK mbh Mr Daniel-Jan Girl Smart Metering eluminocity GmbH Mr Sebastian Jagsch and Dr Nico Fritsch Urban lighting and electromibility Medlight GmbH Ms Katharina Müller Energy efficient lighting

22 Participating German Companies Company Representative Business Segment Progeo Monitoring GmbH Mr Kevin Sumpter Monitoring systems Urban Software Institute GmbH & Co. KG Mr Erwin Rezelman Energy Management Systems, Virtual Power Plants, Micro Grids

23 Thank you for your attention! Contact Details: Maximilian Müller, energiewaechter GmbH

Energy Efficiency in Germany Status & Perspectives

Energy Efficiency in Germany Status & Perspectives October 7, 2013 in Bridgeport (USA) Dr. Hartmut Grewe energiewaechter GmbH by order of Energy Efficiency Export Initiative sponsored by the Federal Ministry