By Arne Jungjohann
The Embassy of the Federal Republic of German to Canada and Senvion Canada Inc. invited Arne Jungjohann, renewable energy expert and author of the book
Energy Democracy, to Canada. During his visit, Mr. Jungjohann will talk about the diversity of the German renewable energy landscape and the “Energiewende” (Energy transition), with its high involvement of citizens and co-ops, as a model for other nations.
Mr. Jungjohann will speak in Halifax, Montréal, Ottawa, Waterloo and Toronto from May 15 until 19, 2017.
Arne Jungjohann
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Arne Jungjohann is an energy analyst and political scientist. He advises foundations, think tanks, and civil society in communication and strategy building for climate and energy policy. Previously, he worked for Minister President Winfried Kretschmann of Baden-Württemberg, the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Washington DC, in the German Bundestag, and in the family owned business. As its editor he launched the most influential English Twitter account on the German Energiewende (@EnergiewendeGER). Together with Craig Morris he co-authored
Energy Democracy: Germany’s Energiewende to Renewables (Palgrave Macmillan 2016). He is a member of the Green Academy, a network with leading thinkers from science, politics and civil society which is facilitated by the Heinrich Böll Foundation. Arne is the founder of the local chapter of the German Green Party in Washington DC and lives in Stuttgart in the state of Baden-Württemberg, the country’s economic powerhouse. He studied at Philipps University Marburg and at the Free University of Berlin.
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