Energy

The World's Race for Resources in the 21st Century
By Hermann-Josef Wagner

The future of our energy supplies is an explosive topic. Unprecedented global population growth means that energy consumption will certainly continue to increase dramatically, and the worldwide political structures will be reordered. Finding alternative energy sources to avoid a climate catastrophe is a major priority for the 21^st century.

Hermann-Josef Wagner is Head of the Energy Systems and Energy Economics Department and Director of the Institute of Energy at the Ruhr-University, Bochum. He specialises in energy economics and technology, and the main focus of his research is on regenerative energy and energy production of the future.

Author activity:

Hermann-Josef Wagner spoke at the Energy 2050 conference, an international symposium aiming to provide a key message for the December 2009 Copenhagen meeting at which a post-Kyoto action plan will be discussed. 

Where: Stockholm, Sweden   When: 19-20 October 2009

Professor Wagner spoke on 'Energy from Wind' on the first day of the conference (Monday 19 October) in the session on Renewable Energy.

For more information on the conference, click here: http://www.energy2050.se/