
What can the U.S. learn from Germany? Two veterans of the German renewable energy industry will answer that question at the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) National Solar Conference in Baltimore, Md., April 16-20. Germany is moving rapidly towards a renewable energy economy and for years has been the world’s top installer of photovoltaic systems.
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Bill McKibben, Kevin Knobloch, and German execs will be prominent speakers at SOLAR 2013.
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He will be speaking on Thursday, April 18th from 10:15-11:45. Jochen Flasbarth has led Germany’s largest national environmental authority since September 2009. Prior to working for the German Federal Environment Agency, Flasbarth was the head of Directorate-General “Nature Conservation and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources” at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.
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