1. Public engagement in Germany
Alexander Boehringer
UBA Germany

2. 2009 – the start
EU-CCS-Directive passed and went into force June 24th, 2009;
EEPR (European Energy Programme for Recovery) from July 2009, i.a. long-list of CCS-projects;
Transposition into national law (1st attempt) April 2009
RWE-Project Hürth, application under mining law 2008 (exploration for brine)
Vattenfall-Project Jänschwalde (planning stage)
2009

3. RWE CCS Project

4. What happens to ground water/drinking water ?
Public concerns
Public engagement: No experience from CCS
Most important issues to the public:
Lack of information:
What happens to ground water/drinking water ?
My position as land owner
How to regulate property damages
Local effects:
Estate prices, Tourism
Local risks, why the risks here ?
General discussion
Renewable energies (wind) and CCS

6. Intransparancy of the mining law, engagement of
Analysis
Four weeks in spring 2009 swept away the storage project and the German CCS-bill. What went wrong?
Timing: Federal and state elections (Schleswig- Holstein) in Autumn 2009
Intransparancy of the mining law, engagement of
stakeholders and public very late in the process
No public debate nationwide;
No information campaign locally before the start of project;
Strategy of „Never wake up sleeping dogs“ failed;
„Proxy War“: Beat CCS, Hit coal, hit utilities;

7. Distance to Storage Site
Level
European
Federal
State
(Länder)
Local
Distance to Storage Site
Objection

8. Distance to Storage Site
Level
European
Federal
State
(Länder)
Local
Conclusion: You dont win public acceptance in Brussels, but out there in every storage area
Distance to Storage Site
Objection

9. 2010 – time of repositioning
New political majorities on federal and state level (Schleswig-Holstein) Citizens initiatives had momentum, felt and looked strong; Politics intimidated, no poltical leadership Some Länder (S-H, Lower Sax.) drew opt-out (comparable to Art. 4 EU-Dir) RWE Project shelved, later withdrawn Vattenfall-Project application stage

10. Vattenfall-Project Jänschwalde

11. 2011 ccs-bill
Lessons learnt:
More transparency, information offices in storage areas
Local initiatives not backed by state government in Brandenburg
CCS-bill as demonstration law by downsizing and deadline, Opt-out-article
Political Result:
Differing interests
Old maid-effect (Schwarzer Peter)
2011

12. Lawmaking in Germany
Lawmaking is like producing sausages: You better dont look too closely how its done (Bismarck)
Grafics: wikipedia

13. Fragen. FG I 2. 2 Alexander Boehringer alexander. boehringer@uba
Fragen ? FG I 2.2 Alexander Boehringer FG I 1.3 Ralf Becker
Any questions ?