Climate champion: Professor Hans-Jörg Bullinger, President of the Fraunhofer Society, considers chemical and materials research as the technological pacemakers in climate protection.
Fossil fuels, which today supply over 80 percent of primary energy, are depleting steadily and soaring in price. We can only escape this dilemma by developing renewable energy sources and starting an energy revolution. The consumption, conversion, storage and distribution of energy will undergo fundamental change over the next decade. The primary objective must be to conservatively manage non-renewable resources, reduce specific energy consumption and minimize losses.
Innovative technologies open up new markets
Calculations show that Germany has the potential to cut its CO2 emissions by as much as 40 percent by 2020. This would not only make a lasting contribution to climate protection, it would also benefit the economy. This will only be possible, however, if companies take advantage of the opportunities offered by efficiency technologies and access new markets with innovative products. This is the theory suggested by Professor Hans-Jörg Bullinger, President of the Fraunhofer Society, in an essay you can read here.