Features (selection)
Journalism
Sustainable transport, renewable energy,
global resources, migration & geopolitics
English / German
Years of researching suburban near-future scenarios have enabled Carrie Hampel to see how energy and transport systems are the circulatory systems of the global human creature. She looks at interconnected issues in the transition off fossil fuels, as well as reporting the latest news in zero-emission transport technology and renewable energy.
With personal essays and over 3000 news and feature articles for international trade publications online and in print in English and German, her articles have been published in 7 languages, and cited in over 40 academic papers, several governmental policy papers, and numerous Wikipedia pages on new and emerging technology.
Hyundai Elevator, article on electrive.com
Will the green hydrogen dream take shape?
After a global flurry of green hydrogen announcements, fuel cell company insolvencies, and a sharp market reassessment, solar developers are questioning near-term green hydrogen demand. pv magazine’s Carrie Hampel takes a look at the international landscape.
April 5, 2025 Carrie Hampel
2025 electrive.com – Study on climate advantages of electric cars held back
2018-2025 electrive.com – news desk (list + links)
2024 ESS-news – news desk (list + links)
2023 pv magazine Australia – news desk (list + links)
2019 electrive.com – The last dinosaur
Electric vehicle and renewable energy news
Bringing everyone on board
With Europe’s grids ripe for upgrade and expansion, pv magazine’s Carrie Hampel examines community acceptance of energy infrastructure projects and some of the issues involved. Communication between communities and stakeholders is a two-way street.
July 6, 2024 Carrie Hampel
Berliner Zeitung English edition 2020
Do you belong here?
Berlin Do you belong? Why? Personally, deep down, I’m never sure if I do.
Humans have a fundamental need to belong. It’s how we survive. Without belonging to a group, even a family or friendship group, who will look after us? Who will stand up for us?
EXBerliner Magazine 2015:
Feminise the Streets!
Testosterone increases our physical strength and ability to take risks. But large quantities of it should not be a prerequisite for using public streets. Now don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against testosterone. For a woman, I probably have a shitload of it.
I’m 185cm, I weigh 95kg and I’m an adrenalin junkie with the reflexes of a lobotomised duck. But with good balance and good choices I manage to cruise through the streets on my bicycle with a sense of freedom, speed, and yes – finesse.
When I had a discussion on helmets with an equally bike-obsessed male counterpart, (he wears one, I don’t), he said he had broken almost every bone in his body in bike accidents, whereas I have broken none. Not more than a graze in 35 years of intense bicycle riding. So there may be something feminine about my level of risk-taking that makes the difference in my safety as a cyclist. And being a mother has probably increased my empathy for other road users.