1. Newsletter XVIII 2024 - April 28th to May 4th - News+ Hubris of the West: Three decades of chaos and decline

    Sympathy," says Thomas Banning in ntv's "Climate Laboratory". The managing director of NaturEnergy speaks from his own experience: For more than ten years he has been trying to build five wind turbines with the municipality of Wöbbelin. Banning doesn't give a damn about the authorities involved . The Lower Nature Conservation Authority refuses to cooperate, the State Office for Agriculture and Environmental Protection uses its...

  2. Newsletter XVII 2024 - April 21st to 27th - News+ Reform of the Climate Protection Act: One step forward, two steps back

    help. The Free Democrats believe that solar systems for Germany can also be purchased elsewhere. However, this rejection cannot remain the same - especially since the components for wind turbines are also imported, largely from China. It's hard to believe: The Federal Republic, the fourth largest industrial country in the world, is in one of the most important economic sectors...

  3. Newsletter XVI 2024 - April 14th to 20th - News+ Poland: The Tusk government is also relying on nuclear energy

    "It's getting dark for Germany" Germany wants to build wind farms at sea with a capacity of 2030 gigawatts by 30, and by 2045 it should even be 70 gigawatts. The industry estimates that 7000 wind turbines the size of the Eiffel Tower are needed for this expansion. There is currently a lack for this expansion However, port areas and special ships play a key role.

  4. Newsletter XV 2024 - April 7th to 13th - News+ Shell pleads not guilty

    Intel's Magdeburg works (a good 30 billion euros) and TSMC's branch in Dresden under the company name ESMC (a good 10 billion euros) are available for additional manufacturing capacity. * Energy transition | Wind turbines | Redispatch bottlenecks in the power grid cost almost 2023 billion euros in 3,1. Wind turbines in northern Germany have to be shut down again and again because the capacity of the grid is not sufficient. 2023...

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    point out: The CO2 emissions that the climate law allows overall are significantly above the CO2 budget that Germany has to comply with as a "fair contribution" to the Paris 1,5 degree target... * Wind turbines | Offshore | Shadow side Should offshore wind farms grow in height? Why larger wind turbines could be better than smaller ones High up: In the offshore wind farms of the North Sea...

  6. Newsletter XII 2024 - March 17th to 23rd - News+ Industry should stop whining about Germany

    cents per kilowatt hour. As long as you have a price guarantee, your provider cannot pass on higher network fees to you. In the future, more electricity will be needed for electric cars and heat pumps. Wind turbines and photovoltaic systems can produce electricity very cheaply, but it is still uncertain how electricity prices will develop in the energy transition. * BDEW Federal Association of...

  7. Newsletter IX 2024 - February 25th to March 2nd - News+ Deceptively real AI videos: What if we can no longer believe anything?

    into the network fees. If the network expansion progresses, the billions in costs for the so-called redispatch should one day also disappear. This means, among other things, the regulation of wind turbines... * Propaganda from ZDF for TAURUS ZDF weapons knowledge for the young: Taurus? Yes, of course"! KiKa gets caught in the crossfire with a clip: When children's news mutates into war propaganda...

  8. Newsletter VI 2024 - February 4th to 10th - News+ Nuclear power is a dead horse - why isn't Merz getting down?

    The map of the nuclear world On the wrong track for 80 years... * The "Internal Search" Energy Policy | Renewables | Blackout | Battery storage January 18, 2024 - Record for new wind turbines at sea December 30, 2023 - One hundred percent renewable on a winter day instead of blackout December 13, 2023 - Storage instead of nuclear power: Brokdorf nuclear power plant to get XXL battery November 19, 2023 - Energy policy China...

  9. Newsletter III 2024 - January 14th to 20th - Current news + Psychological explanations for doing nothing

    were not examined when the fields were approved... * Offshore wind farms with the capacity of 2024 to 2 large nuclear power plants were built in Europe in 3 Record for new wind turbines at sea Last year, so many new offshore wind turbines were connected to the grid in Europe gone like never before. According to industry figures, the output of wind farms off the coast increased by more than a third...

  10. Newsletter II 2024 - January 7th to 13th - News+ SMR: US developers of mini-nuclear power plants under pressure - class action lawsuit by shareholders against NuScale Power

    Newsletter II 2024 January 7th to 13th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current news + background knowledge The PDF file "Nuclear Power Accidents" contains a number of other incidents from various areas of the nuclear industry. Some of the incidents were never made public through official channels, so this information is only made available to the public in a roundabout way...

  11. Newsletter L 2023 - December 10th to 16th - News+ The tail wags the dog and those on the right lead us by the nose ring “Back to the Future”

    Proposal for the reuse of the decommissioned nuclear power plant in Brokdorf was made. The company wants to build Europe's largest battery storage facility. For example, there should always be enough electricity available even during calm periods when wind turbines are at a standstill. The battery storage system is to be built in two expansion stages. Initially, in a first step on a one hectare area near the...

  12. Newsletter XLIX 2023 - December 3rd to 9th - News+ The language of autocracy

    The government coalition, which is four votes short of a majority in the state parliament, pushed through. Now the FDP's initiative to change the Forest Act is on the agenda on Friday. Essentially it's about wind turbines in forest areas. They had already been banned in Thuringia. But the Federal Constitutional Court overturned the regulation in November 2022... * Climate protection | European Parliament |...

  13. Newsletter XLVIII 2023 - November 26th to December 2nd - Current News+ Greenwashing at COP28: How corporations lobby against climate goals

    directly on the North Sea. Around 70.000 people live there. Having become rich through oil deposits off the coast, the city is now relying on the offshore wind industry: the port is a transshipment point for wind turbines that are being built in the North Sea. Climate-friendly energy is a big issue anyway. A unique system is currently being built on site: the largest seawater heat pump in the world...

  14. THTR Circular No. 156, December 2023

    to sign the controversial Mercosur free trade agreement as soon as possible so that mining companies in the Amazon can supply the iron ore urgently needed by German industry for wind turbines, photovoltaic systems and the automobile industry even more cheaply than before - and thus accelerate the deforestation of the rainforest! Although Brazil generates 78,1 percent of its electricity...

  15. Newsletter XLVI 2023 - November 12th to 18th - News+ Violence as a consequence of climate change: No cool heads

    Refugee movements and crime, which is increasing the call for strong leaders who will in turn prioritize migration over climate policy. People would rather build walls than wind turbines. Global warming is fueling a form of authoritarian populism, which could also be observed in this country in the debate about the heating law, where the AfD used aggressive election posters...

  16. Newsletter XLV 2023 - November 5th to 11th - News+ Are Habeck, Pistorius, Baerbock an infernal trio?

    Newsletter XLV 2023 November 5th to 11th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current news + background knowledge The PDF file "Nuclear Power Accidents" contains a number of other incidents from various areas of the nuclear industry. Some of the incidents were never released through official channels, so this information is only available to the public on...

  17. Newsletter XLII 2023 - October 15th to 21st - News+ For a new concept of fascism

    give a "clear outlook" on the founding of the party for which the association is supposed to serve, as it is said... * Bavaria | Renewables | Wind power Renewable energies: State forests are planning to build 500 wind turbines in Bavaria There are differences in the coalition when it comes to expanding wind power: CSU Forestry Minister Kaniber says that FW boss Aiwanger should be better informed and "not always just...

  18. Newsletter XLI 2023 - October 8th to 14th - News+ India - Flood and destruction - the last generation is right

    be expanded quickly and massively, the energy transition away from fossil fuels cannot be delayed - because of the climate crisis, increasing demand and electricity prices. The fact that only six (!) wind turbines started operation in Bavaria in the first nine months of this year shows the Bavarian government's great ignorance when it comes to the climate crisis. The constant advice from the CSU Prime Minister...

  19. Newsletter XL 2023 - October 1st to 7th - Current news + FDP proposal for industrial electricity price relief is spot on

    Newsletter XL 2023 October 1st to 7th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current news + background knowledge The PDF file "Nuclear Power Accidents" contains a number of other incidents from various areas of the nuclear industry. Some of the incidents were never made public through official channels, so this information is only made available to the public in a roundabout way...

  20. Newsletter XXXIX 2023 - September 24th to 30th - News+ “Populist, verbally radical, ethnic” – and no end in sight

    After smaller test fields, the south coast of the islands of Lolland and Falster was ultimately chosen to build the world's first large offshore wind farm. The numbers were impressive: 72 wind turbines, each over 100 meters high, just 10 kilometers from the Danish coast. Resistance on the coast Many residents of the nearby coastal towns of Gedser and Nysted asked themselves at the time: Why...

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