“Energizing Europe in the 21st Century – How to Reconcile Differing Political, Ecological, and Economic Interests”
Dr. Thomas W. O’Donnell
The European Union (EU) and its Member states, especially Germany, are often cited as world leaders in alternative energy efforts. However, up close, here inside Europe, the story looks more complex. While a broad social and political consensus has long favored Germany’s national Energiewende (Energy Transition program), new political- and ecological-based opposition to the plan has arisen; especially with costs running very high for citizens and business. Will Germany – and the EU – make course corrections to learn from experience? This lecture will look at how the EU deals with differing regional political, ecological, and economic interests and whether it is able to provide answers and solutions that could be useful for other global players like the USA.
Regular FU-BEST Course: https://www.fu-berlin.de/en/sites/fubest/prog/courses/30_energizing_europe.html
Visit http://www.fubest.org to learn more about the program or http://www.fubest.org/online for the schedule of our digital lecture series.
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Chapters
00:00 Intro to the Digital Lecture Series
01:30 Beginning of the Lecture
02:38 Introducing the Regular FU-BEST Course
09:50 Global Energy Resources
14:41 Energy Supply IEA States
19:10 Electricity Supply IEA States
23:35 Traditional Energy Sources, organic society
27:25 1st Industrial Revolution
31:00 2nd Industrial Revolution
32:17 3rd Industrial Revolution (Information Revolution)
41:19 German Renewable Transition (“Energiewende”)
45:21 Status of the Transition
46:53 US, UK & German CO2 Emissions
49:52 USA v German Wind Capacity Factor
52:29 German Wind
53:13 Transport Transition (“Verkehrwende”)
58:04 Outro