| 2000 | Man and the Sun Great Contribution Award in Qingdao, China |
| 2001 | Book Prize of the German Foundation for the Environment (Deutsche Umweltstiftung) for the publication "Klimawechsel" with Carl Amery |
| 2006 | TERIalumni Award for Excellence, TERIalumni Trust, New Delhi |
President of EUROSOLAR;
General Chairman of the World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE); President of the International Parliamentary Forum on Renewable Energies; Member of the German Bundestag; Author.
Hermann Scheer, Member of the German Parliament, President of the European Association for Renewable Energy EUROSOLAR, Chairman of the World Council for Renewable Energy WCRE, honored with the Right Livelihood Award, died on 14 October 2010 at the age of 66 in Berlin.
Honoured with the Right Livelihood Award 1999, with the Solar World Prize 1998, the World Prize on Bioenergy 2000 and the World Wind Energy Award 2004

