Milestones and Awards

2011 German Solar Prize

The ‘Project Developer for Energy Cooperatives’ course has received the 2011 German Solar Prize in the education and training category. EUROSOLAR stated in its congratulatory address: “This course is an excellent example of combining the cooperative idea with civic commitment and regional energy generation from renewable sources.” 

EUROSOLAR, the non-profit European Association for Renewable Energy, awards German Solar Prizes to outstanding, innovative projects.

EUROSOLAR congratulatory address

Presentation video (in German)

The winners are (right to left): Dr. Axel Berg, President, EUROSOLAR Germany; Dr. Simone Peter, Minister for the Environment of the Saarland; Andreas Seiverth, Executive Director of the German Protestant Association for Adult Education and Training; Dietmar Freiherr von Blittersdorff, Protestant Church of Palatinate; Roland Horne, Head of the Rhineland-Palatinate Agency for Environmental Information; Dr. Burghard Flieger, innova eG; Bernward Janzing, moderator; Jo Leinen, MEP; Gerd Kiefer, Head of the Protestant Church Office for Education and Society. Photo: © EUROSOLAR e.V.

2010 Rhineland-Palatinate Continuing Training Award

“If continuing education and training is our future, it is only logical that it should deal with issues related to this future. We need future-proof concepts for climate protection and energy generation,” said Stefanie Mattes, of the State Advisory Board for Continuing Education and Training, in her laudatory speech held at the award ceremony of the 2010 Rhineland-Palatinate Continuing Training Award. She added that the ‘Project Developer for Energy Cooperatives’ course linked local civic engagement initiatives to energy generation from renewable sources.

 

Project history

  • End of 2011: number of newly established energy cooperatives reaches 15
  • 5 November 2011: 2011 EUROSOLAR Prize in the education and training category
  • 26 September 2011: commencement of Course 4 (State of Thuringia)
  • February – June 2011: Course 3 (State of Hesse)
  • October 2010 – January 2011: Course 2
  • September 2010: evaluation of pilot project; internal review and optimization
  • 29 September 2010: 2010 Rhineland-Palatinate Continuing Training Award
  • 30 June 2010: first course completed, followed by initiatives to establish five energy cooperatives
  • 23 June 2010: Solar Initiative 2015: energy cooperatives become part of the climate campaign in the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
  • March 2010: launch of pilot project
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