Limited energy reserves require innovative solutions

The earth’s available resources of fossil fuels are limited and will be exhausted within a few decades. Oil and gas will be depleted in 40 and 60 years, respectively, and coal in about 200 years. Uranium reserves are also limited, while nuclear power harbours incalculable risks. The search for alternatives is an imperative, given increasing demand for fossil fuels. Renewable energies can be the answer to the resources issue.

Burning fossil fuels involves emissions of CO2. The reason why this is so problematic is that carbon dioxide acts like the glass in a greenhouse – it reduces the radiation of heat from the earth into space and thus leads to the atmosphere being heated up (the ‘greenhouse effect’).

The greater the increase in oil, gas and coal prices, the more attractive the changeover to renewable forms of energy becomes. Wind energy, biomass, solar energy and geothermal energy are becoming cornerstones in our country’s energy supply and increasingly a major economic factor. In the state of Brandenburg, hundreds of new jobs have been created in the field of renewable energies in recent years.
Feldheim Renewable Energies Forum:
academy, research and laboratory

Experience renewable forms of energy and learn about their functions and opportunities. Experience the dimensions of wind energy and discover the secret of a solar cell. How is electricity made from biomass? Experiments and interactive exhibits invite you to a voyage of discovery that is packed with energy. Visit our exhibition in the Blue Wing of the Vierseithof. You might climb up to the Energy Café (the red area), the wind turbine nacelle exhibited in the courtyard. We look forward to seeing you at interesting presentations, information events and advisory events in our lecture hall (orange area). Witness how research results are translated in the control centre and the laboratory into intelligent energy management systems.  The rooms in the blue-green wing provide valuable insights into the energy supply system in the Havelland-Fläming region, and the virtual power plant in Feldheim. Energy costs and energy consumption are reduced by intelligent management, aided by innovative household appliances and electricity meters that inform consumers about the cost of power at any moment. Another area of interest is continuing education. New occupations in the energy sector are being created, with new perspectives for rural areas.