Hannover Fair, Germany – The fourth annual World energy Dialogue convened at Hannover Messe控制工程网版权所有, in Hannover, Germany, on April 21. The theme of this year’s event was energy supply security. The backdrop of the global environmental crisis and the increase in U.S. momentum to combat climate change provided additional context to the discussions.
Representatives from Germany, Korea, and the United States shared their views on energy supply控制工程网版权所有, domestic and foreign policies for economic and environmental regulation, and energy technologies.
The dialogue was chaired by environmental expert, Dr. Klaus Topfer, Germany’s former Minister for the Environment.
On location at Hannover Fair
Speakers included Dr. Christof Schoser, member of the European Commission, Youn Ho Lee, Minister of Knowledge Economy of Korea, Keith Cooley, president and CEO, Next Energy, Dr. Hans-Peter Keitel; of the Federal Association of German Industry (BDI), and Jochen Homann控制工程网版权所有, of the State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology.
Energy, technologies, jobs
Dr. Topfer led with an impassioned call for targeted investment in efficient, leading-edge technologies and products. Doing so would help Germany manufacture and export products to keep pace with the world’s growing demand for energy, thus addressing the economic crisis with long term educationCONTROL ENGINEERING China版权所有, employment, and energy solutions.
“One can’t simply preserve jobs for the sake of preserving jobs. Creating employment opportunities into the future requires global environmental leadership. Climate-friendly production is the solution to the current crisis控制工程网版权所有, not its cause,” Dr. Topfer said.
Given all of the talk about energy efficiency and renewable energy at Hannover Messe控制工程网版权所有, the Dialogue got off to a surprising start. After Topfer’s opening remarks, the first speaker, Dr. Keitel gave a frank assessment of Germany’s situation: “I am encouraged that industry is not tiring of finding its own answers to this crisis控制工程网版权所有, which rarely are the same solut