European landscapes are being reshaped by the growth in renewable energies and the ongoing exploitation of fossil resources such as lignite (brown coal) and shale gas. These forces are at the heart of debates on the assessment, appropriate design and governance of the emerging energy landscapes. European and national policies for energy transitions challenge conventional ways of perceiving and thinking about landscapes as well as established...

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October 22nd and 23rd, Sven will attend the International Symposium ‘shaping landscapes’ in Frankfurt/Germany. During the symposium, the results of research on landscape transformation will be presented, with special focus on the effects of the energiewende (energy transition) in selected cultural landscapes in Germany. Sven will be panel member and give a short presentation on energy landscape projects of the NRGlab. A short...

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New paper: Stremke, Sven, Energy-landscape nexus: Advancing a conceptual framework for the design of sustainable energy landscapes, ECLAS (European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools) conference proceedings, Hamburg, Germany, in press. Introduction: For some time now, the concept of ‘energy landscape’ is discussed in academia while more and more practising landscape architects contribute to the siting, designing and assessment of...

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We are happy to announce that the NRGlab guest lecture with Prof.dr. Sören Schöbel-Rutschmann is rescheduled for Tuesday 21 May. He is Professor of Landscape Architecture and Regional Open Space at the Technical University Munich, Germany. During his talk he will address one of his core research interests: renewable energy and landscape aesthetics. The lecture is embedded in the Wageningen University BSc thesis course but open to a wider...

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On the 14th of Januar, Sven will be giving an invited guest lecture at the Munich Technical University in Germany. The same day, he will also be a guest critique to a group of Master students participating in a studio on energy landscapes. The course is coordinated by Prof. SÖREN SCHÖBEL from the chairgroup of regional landscape...

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