One of the world’s clean energy heroes, the German Herrmann Scheer, has died of a torn aorta in Berlin, aged 66.
The Social Democrat member of parliament played a large part in writing Germany’s green energy promotion legislation, which has made the country a world leader in the field and has been copied by dozens of countries.
Once called by Time magazine a ‘Hero for the Green Century,’ Scheer wrote several books on renewable energy, including A Solar Manifesto and The Solar Economy. He made a film, The Fourth Revolution – Energy Autonomy.
Scheer promoted solar energy worldwide, arguing that the current pattern of energy usage would ultimately be environmentally damaging, and that renewable energy is the only realistic alternative.