A spirit of new beginnings in the energy transition

Tips and pointers on the energy transition and e-mobility.

I invite you to take a look at the news and event tips I have put together. I am also glad if you pass them on.

Oil-producing states are becoming the biggest users of solar energy

Instead of oil, Saudi Arabia is betting on solar power. The world’s largest solar park, with 200 GWp – equivalent to the output of 200 nuclear power stations – is planned in Saudi Arabia.

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Wind energy: China is expanding fastest

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The best information on e-mobility: https://ecomento.de/ (German)

Altmaier: German carmakers “hesitated for an incomprehensibly long time” over electric cars

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UPCOMING EVENTS

• Wed, 18 April 2018, 4 pm – Energy Globe Lower Austria 2018 awards Venue: LFS Tulln, Frauentorgasse 72 – 74, 3430 Tulln At the Landwirtschaftliche Fachschule Tulln (agricultural college), the winners of the Energy Globe Lower Austria Award will be honoured in the five categories earth, fire, water, air and youth. The ceremony will be hosted by Miss Earth 2016 Kimberly Budinsky. Registration required, limited space: Dir. Dipl. HFFL-Ing. Josef Meisl, Tel: +43 2272-62515, josef.meisl@lfs-tulln.ac.at Link to the Landwirtschaftliche Fachschule Tulln (German)

• Wed, 25 April 2018, 09:00 – 15:30 – mobility conference of the LEADER region Weinviertel Donauraum Venue: Werft Korneuburg, Halle 55, Am Hafen 6, 2100 Korneuburg Social change and its effects on mobility – who moves how?

• Wed, 2 May 2018, 7.30 pm – The energy future is green, digital and electric Venue: Schlosstheatersaal Mondsee, admission €5 Speaker: Walter Kreisel, why the electrification of our society makes sense Supporting talks: renewable energies on the rise, Dr Nusser; e-mobility at VW, Anton Reiser Organisation: Energievision Attergau-Mondseeland, Richard Niederreiter richard.niederreiter@uwitec.at

• Sat, 5 May 2018, all day – organic farm festival with a guided tour of the farm Venue: Roland Haselbacher, Willendorf/Steinfeld, Puchbergerstr. 45, 2732 Willendorf Registration: Tel.: +43 2620-2253 / +43 664-6418060 roland.haselbacher@utanet.at Cattle, pigs, direct marketing and a Heuriger (wine tavern), presentation of the first small wood-gas plant in Austria producing heat and electricity from wood chips, with 9 kW electrical and 22 kW thermal output, with expert advice from the Spanner company (German)

• Thu, 23 May 2018, 7.30 pm – An energy self-sufficient Weinviertel: utopia or an achievable reality? Venue: Bildungshaus Schloss Großrußbach of the Archdiocese of Vienna, Schlossbergstraße 8, 2114 Großrußbach, Tel: +43 2263 6627 Speaker: Wolfgang Löser, farmer and energy pioneer from Streitdorf/Weinviertel Please register by 9 May 2018, limited number of participants! Admission by voluntary donation Organisation: in cooperation with “Gesundes Großrußbach” and the “Umweltbüro der Erzdiözese Wien” (environmental office of the Archdiocese of Vienna) Link to the event (German)

A note from the GAIA editorial team: We are delighted that, after many years of friendship, Wolfgang Löser is now also distributing his mailings through GAIA as a member and is actively using the platform for himself and his pioneering ideas. We are very happy to support him in putting his articles together.