We mourn the loss of Dr. Herrmann Scheer

Dr. Hermann Scheer, global fighter for renewable energy and for a more democratic and decentralised energy supply, is dead. 

Yesterday morning, Dr. Hermann Scheer, Member of the German Parliament, President of Eurosolar and General Chairman of the World Council for Renewable Energy, died unexpectedly in Berlin. One of his greatest achievements, next to many books and inspiring speeches, was to initiate the successful feed-in tariff legislation for renewable energy which is today used in 50 countries all over the world. Another tremendous success was the creation of the International Renewable Energy Agency IRENA in the year 2009 which has 148 member states to date. For his successful work for renewable energy Dr. Hermann Scheer received many awards, like the Alternative Nobel Prize and, in the year 2004, the World Wind Energy Award. http://bit.ly/cv4E4a

Amy Goodman (RLA 2008) from Democracy Now! made one of the last interviews with Hermann Scheer (RLA 1999) at the 30th Anniversary Conference of the Right Livelihood Award in Bonn: Hermann Scheer (1944-2010): German Lawmaker, Leading Advocate for Solar Energy and "Hero for the Green Century" in One of His Final Interviews

http://www.democracynow.org/ Hermann Scheer, interviewed in September 2010, just weeks before his death at the age of sixty-six. Scheer had been member of the German parliament for three decades and was the president of EUROSOLAR, the European Association for Renewable Energy, and the general chair of the World Council for Renewable Energy. His books on solar energy include The Solar Economy: Renewable Energy for a Sustainable Global Future and Energy Autonomy: The Economic, Social and Technological Case for Renewable Energy.