Michael Sladek (born 1946 in Murrhardt) is a German doctor and bearer of the Federal Cross of Merit.

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He became famous by realising a grid-independent system for producing electricity,^[1][2] by distributed little power plants. For this he was awarded 1996 by the German magazine Capital with the Capital/ WWF - Umweltpreis. In 1999 he and his wife Ursula Sladek were awarded with the Nuclear-Free Future Award. In January 2004, the Sladek couple was awarded the highest order in Germany, the Federal Cross of Merit, for their great engagement for the environment.^[3]

After the Chernobyl catastrophe in 1986, he became known for his idea of a system independent of nuclear power plants for generating electric power through distributed mini power plants. With his system that combines an efficiency-strategy with a power saving strategy it became possible to satisfy the power consumption of the community Schönau in the Black-Forest.^[4][5] Following his engagement supported by his wife and many friends the first German green power-provider came into existence, the EWS Schönau. The community of Schönau was the first community on Earth in a Western civilised country that became independent of the national power grid and could decide how the power will be produced.

• 2004: Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon, together with his wife^[6]
• 2007: German Founder Award^[7]
• 2012: Order of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg, together with his wife^[8]

• Green power