Eurosolar - European Association for Renewable Energies (Own spelling: EUROSOLAR) is a German association with headquarters in
Bonn
Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This ...
. The association has sections in 13 countries (Germany, Bulgaria, Denmark, Georgia, Italy, Luxembourg, Austria, Russia, Spain, Czech Republic, Turkey, Ukraine and Hungary).
Eurosolar is the non-profit European Association for Renewable Energy () that conducts its work independently of
political parties
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,
institution
An institution is a humanly devised structure of rules and norms that shape and constrain social behavior. All definitions of institutions generally entail that there is a level of persistence and continuity. Laws, rules, social conventions and ...
s,
commercial enterprises, and
interest groups. Eurosolar develops and encourages political and economic
action plans and concepts for the introduction of
renewable energy
Renewable energy (also called green energy) is energy made from renewable resource, renewable natural resources that are replenished on a human lifetime, human timescale. The most widely used renewable energy types are solar energy, wind pow ...
. Eurosolar has approximately 2,500 members, close to 400 legal groups, and owns the ''Solar Age'' magazine, published quarterly. A history of the association is available.
Formed on 2 August 1988 in
Bonn
Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This ...
,
West Germany
West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republi ...
,
Eurosolar runs an annual event called the Solar Prize awards, rewarding progress in renewable energy.
See also
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Hermann Scheer, former president
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German Renewable Energy Sources Act, Eurosolar was active during its inception in 1991 and subsequent development
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International Solar Alliance
Image:Logo Renewable Energy by Melanie Maecker-Tursun V1 4c.svg, Renewable Energies Logo by Melanie Maecker-Tursun
Image:20180825 xl P1030648-Sitz-von-EUROSOLAR-e.V.-in-Bonn-Kaiser-Friedrich-Straße-11.jpg, Eurosolar office in Bonn (2018)
Image:20151017 xl P1000526 Deutscher Solarpreis 2015 IBACH-Haus Schwelm.JPG, German Solar Prize 2015
References
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Environmental organisations based in Germany
International organisations based in Bonn
Solar energy in the European Union
Solar energy organizations