| List of Figures | p. 5 |
| Foreword | p. 8 |
| Preface | p. 10 |
| New Paths to the Future | p. 14 |
| Introduction | p. 16 |
| Our climate is at stake | p. 16 |
| The inevitable fight for limited oil reserves | p. 18 |
| Addiction to energy imports | p. 20 |
| Nuclear energy is not an alternative | p. 22 |
| Renewables are the way of the future | p. 24 |
| We have enough sun | p. 26 |
| Scenario for the solar future | p. 28 |
| The solar strategy requires conservation | p. 30 |
| Cogeneration-an indispensable part of our energy transition | p. 32 |
| Liberalization of the German energy market | p. 34 |
| Economic benefits | p. 38 |
| Solar Thermal | p. 40 |
| Solar collectors | p. 40 |
| Hot water from the sun | p. 42 |
| Solar heating in district heating networks | p. 44 |
| Cooling with the sun | p. 46 |
| Solar drying-air collectors | p. 48 |
| Solar thermal power plants | p. 50 |
| Solar Electric: Photovoltaics | p. 52 |
| The heart of a PV array-the solar cell | p. 52 |
| Grid-connected PV arrays | p. 54 |
| Off-grid PV arrays | p. 56 |
| Solar energy as part of sustainable development | p. 58 |
| The outlook for PV-lower costs from new technologies and mass production | p. 60 |
| Solar Architecture | p. 62 |
| A third of the pie-space heating | p. 62 |
| Passive solar energy | p. 64 |
| The solar optimization of urban planning | p. 66 |
| Solar thermal and PV in renovation | p. 68 |
| The wall as a heater-transparent insulation | p. 70 |
| Homes without heaters-passive houses | p. 72 |
| The off-grid solar house-a model for the Solar Age? | p. 74 |
| Plus-energy houses | p. 76 |
| Biomass | p. 78 |
| Fields and forests as solar collectors | p. 78 |
| Biogas | p. 80 |
| Biogas cogeneration units | p. 82 |
| Wood as a source of energy | p. 84 |
| District heating networks with woodchip systems | p. 86 |
| Energy crops | p. 88 |
| Fuel from the field-biodiesel | p. 90 |
| Fuel from the plantation-ethanol | p. 92 |
| Synthetic fuels (BTL) | p. 94 |
| Is there enough land for biofuels? | p. 96 |
| Wind Power | p. 98 |
| Wind power comes of age | p. 98 |
| Wind power and nature conservation | p. 100 |
| Wind velocity is key | p. 102 |
| The success story of wind power since the 1990s | p. 104 |
| The success story of wind power-the advantage of being first | p. 106 |
| Wind power worldwide | p. 108 |
| Wind power prospects-offshore turbines | p. 110 |
| Wind power prospects-less is more through repowering | p. 112 |
| Water Power, Geothermal and Other Perspectives | p. 114 |
| Water power-the largest source of renewable energy | p. 114 |
| Expanding hydropower-the example of Germany | p. 116 |
| Hydropower and nature conservation | p. 118 |
| The world's largest hydropower plants | p. 120 |
| Geothermal worldwide | p. 122 |
| Underground heat | p. 124 |
| Hot dry rock-power from underground | p. 126 |
| Other possible sources of renewable energy | p. 128 |
| New Energy Technologies | p. 130 |
| Heat pumps | p. 130 |
| Solar hydrogen | p. 132 |
| How fuel cells work | p. 134 |
| Stationary fuel cells | p. 136 |
| Fuel cells in mobile applications | p. 138 |
| Current Use and Potential | p. 140 |
| The potential in Germany | p. 140 |
| The future has already begun in Germany | p. 142 |
| EU votes for renewables | p. 144 |
| Expanding renewables in the EU | p. 146 |
| Renewables worldwide | p. 148 |
| A long-term solar scenario for Germany | p. 150 |
| The 100 per cent target | p. 152 |
| FAQs | p. 154 |
| What do we do when the sun isn't shining? | p. 154 |
| How can we store large amounts of electricity? | p. 156 |
| Can carbon emissions not be avoided less expensively? | p. 158 |
| What is the energy payback? | p. 160 |
| Are renewables job killers? | p. 162 |
| Is the Solar Age the end of power monopolies? | p. 164 |
| Promoting Renewable Energy | p. 166 |
| Research funding-not much money for the sun | p. 166 |
| Start-up financing is needed | p. 168 |
| Internalizing external costs | p. 170 |
| Ecological taxation reform-protecting jobs and the environment | p. 172 |
| Ecological taxation reform in increments | p. 174 |
| Investment bonuses for solar thermal systems | p. 176 |
| Solar energy in rental apartments-a problem child | p. 178 |
| Compensation for solar power with a return on investment | p. 180 |
| From the Feed-in Act to the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) | p. 182 |
| The Renewable Energy Act (EEG) | p. 184 |
| The EEG as a model for other countries | p. 186 |
| Photovoltaic arrays as a 'blight' on the landscape | p. 188 |
| Quotas and requests for proposals | p. 190 |
| Solar thermal arrays required on new buildings | p. 192 |
| Feed-in tariffs for heat in Germany? | p. 194 |
| Emissions trading | p. 196 |
| Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) | p. 198 |
| A cornucopia of instruments | p. 200 |
| Phasing out nuclear | p. 202 |
| Renewable energy here and in the developing world | p. 204 |
| Good Marketing-Successful Projects | p. 206 |
| Everyone loves the sun | p. 206 |
| 'Green electricity' | p. 208 |
| Not everyone owns the roof over their head-community solar arrays | p. 210 |
| Solar brokers | p. 212 |
| Service brings in new customers for all-in-one packages | p. 214 |
| Investing in climate protection | p. 216 |
| Utilizing new leeway | p. 218 |
| Using new technologies | p. 220 |
| Notes | p. 222 |
| Glossary | p. 237 |
| Index | p. 241 |
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