Founding of The German Renewable Energy Act
The German Renewable Energy Act is the successor to the 1991 Electricity Feed Act Stromeinspeisungsgesetz. The founding fathers of the Act were:
- Prof. Dr. Klaus Töpfer (German Federal Minister of the Environment, retd.), Member of the Christian Democratic Union (Germany)
- Dietmar Schütz, President of the Federal Association of Renewable Energies, Member of Parliament, Social Democratic Party (Germany)
- Hans-Josef Fell, Member of Parliament, Alliance '90/The Greens
- Dr. Hermann Scheer (Member of Parliament Social Democratic Party (Germany)
- Sigmar Gabriel, German Federal Minister of the Environment, Member of the Social Democratic Party (Germany)
- Josef Göppel, Member of Parliament, Christian Social Union of Bavaria
- Jürgen Trittin, Member of Parliament, Alliance '90/The Greens
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