The energy transition is a global challenge that requires highly industrialized countries as drivers and references. Over the past 10 years, Germany has taken on a pioneering role, laying the foundations for a global movement towards a sustainable energy supply. This is associated with a significant reduction in the burden on our environment by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Our country enjoys the greatest international recognition for its successes on the path to a new energy era.
The energy transition is a complex large-scale project that, like any other, requires a structure and professional management to consistently track quality, costs and deadlines. Jeremy Rifkin, futurologist, visionary and professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, has developed and published a viable model for the future of energy. In my view, the project stages described in his work "The Third Industrial Revolution" are realistic and comprehensible:In the coming weeks, I would like to analyze these project goals of the "Energy Future Roadmap" and compare them with the current project status from the perspective of the implementer. Our team has been working on the engineering implementation for many years, taking responsibility for the decentralization of the energy landscape in line with the original energy transition. In doing so, we operate within the political framework of energy and environmental laws and regulations. Market incentive programs stimulate developments or steer them in certain directions. The Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) and the Combined Heat and Power Act (KWKG) have created the basis for investments in sustainability. With last year's amendment to the EEG and the current draft of the KWKG, the basis for the energy transition in Germany is being removed by politicians; we are experiencing a 180° turnaround, a massive departure from the originally defined goals. Instead of decentralizing energy, the old monopoly structures are being revived and technologies without a future (lignite-fired power plants) are being subsidized and artificially kept alive.
Who pays the bill? We consumers!(Author: Michael Gammel)
On October 29, 2026, Gammel Engineering attended a Ripperl dinner at the RODwuid restaurant in the Roding City Hall.
The Catholic Youth Welfare Service (KJF) is building a shared living community in Rohr i. NB with four residential units for a total of 24 adults with disabilities. And not on the outskirts, but right in the heart of town. This is exactly what inclusion in action looks like.
CONNECTA is Bavaria’s largest student-organized career fair and a place where the business community and the next generation of professionals can truly engage in dialogue. We were there again in 2026: On October 21 and 22, we showcased our company on the OTH Regensburg campus at the fair’s 30th edition.