The purposes of the association are: (a) to promote climate protection through renewable energies and technologies to improve the environment and living conditions for humans and animals; (b) to promote the expansion of renewable energies at national and international levels; (c) to promote the community of individuals interested in climate and environmental protection; (d) to achieve the association's purposes, the association may participate in profit-oriented (capital) companies, businesses, and associations; (e) to reinvest any surpluses and returns to achieve the association's purposes; (f) to operate on a non-profit basis; (g) to promote the common convictions, missions, and visions of the members; (h) to perform the functions of the association as provided for in these statutes or the supplementary regulations; and (i) to perform all other functions that prove necessary in connection with the aforementioned purposes.