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Interviewed in September 2010, just weeks before his death at the age of sixty-six. Scheer had been member of the German parliament for three decades and was the president of EUROSOLAR, the European Association for Renewable Energy, and the general chair of the World Council for Renewable Energy. His books on solar energy include The Solar Economy: Renewable Energy for a Sustainable Global Future and Energy Autonomy: The Economic, Social and Technological Case for Renewable Energy.

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Hermann Scheer (1944-2010): German Lawmaker, Leading Advocate for Solar Energy and “Hero for the Green Century” in One of His Final Interviews

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