Implementing the energy turnaround or ‘Energiewende’ - adopted by the federal government – has been a major transformation of the German energy system over the past two decades. It has also brought into sharp focus the challenges and the tensions that now continue to occupy researchers, politicians, businesses, and society facing the challenge of the century.

Prof. h.c. Dr.-Ing. Joachim Knebel
Head of Division ‘Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering’
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)