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

    nachdem Bundestag und Bundesrat Ende vergangene Woche das „Solarpaket 1“ verabschiedet hatten. In dem Paket ist der lange von der Branche erhoffte „Resilienzbonus“ – ein Zuschlag bei der Einspeisevergütung für Solaranlagen mit heimischen Komponenten – nicht enthalten. So gesehen dürfte der Zeitpunkt der Entscheidung des Firmenmanagements, die Modulfertigung stillzulegen, direkt mit den...

  2. Newsletter XI 2024 - March 10th to 16th - News+ There is every reason to be afraid of the AfD

    ist sich jedoch nicht einig über Hilfen für die Branche. Zwar ist ein sogenannter Resilienzbonus, der Deutschland unabhängiger von Importen machen soll, im Solarpaket 1 geplant. Er soll die Einspeisevergütung für Erzeuger von Solarstrom erhöhen, die Produkte aus Europa kaufen. Aber das Paket ist immer noch nicht vom Bundestag verabschiedet. Der Grund: Die FDP ist dagegen. Sie sieht in...

  3. Newsletter V 2024 - January 28th to February 3rd - Current news + US foreign policy: Profit over peace?

    ist offenbar für viele Investoren attraktiv: Bei der jüngsten Ausschreibungsrunde gingen laut Bundesnetzagentur so viele Gebote ein wie nie zuvor. Das hat auch Auswirkungen auf die Einspeisevergütungen. [...] Bei der jüngsten Freiflächen-Ausschreibung der Bundesnetzagentur für eine Förderung nach dem Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz (EEG) wurde die ausgeschriebene Menge fast dreieinhalbmal...

  4. Newsletter XXXV 2023 - August 27 to September 2 - News+ Historic victory: Ecuador becomes the first country to say no to oil

    könnte viel mehr zum Klimaschutz beitragen, als das Solarpaket der Bundesregierung zulässt, meint der Miterfinder des Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetzes, Hans-Josef Fell. Er fordert eine feste Einspeisevergütung für Solarstrom vom Acker und die Abschaffung des Ausbaudeckels. [...] Der Bundestag hat mit diesem Solarpaket im Herbst wieder eine Herkulesaufgabe vor sich. Um den Solarausbau so stark zu...

  5. Newsletter III 2023 - January 15-21 - News+ Climate Scam - Exxon knew it all

    had launched a massive campaign against the expansion of solar energy. The black and yellow Bundestag majority under Angela Merkel therefore changed the Renewable Energy Act in such a way that the feed-in tariff for new systems was reduced far too quickly. The result: The expansion almost came to a standstill and tens of thousands of jobs were created in the plumbing trades as well as in industry...

  6. Newsletter XLIX 2022 - December 08th to 14th - News+ Umwelthilfe makes proposals for the rapid development of European photovoltaic production

    still has a market share of 24%... Germany In Germany, the solar industry owed its initial boom since 2000 in particular to the legally guaranteed feed-in tariff, which is regulated by the Renewable Energy Sources Act. From 2000 to 2011, the energy generated with photovoltaics increased from 0,064 TWh to around 19 TWh, around three hundred times. After...

  7. Newsletter XLIV 2022 - November 01st to 07th - News+ Do not fear progress and technology, fear capitalism

    the flat roofs with photovoltaics. Most of the electricity is used locally. [...] The days when electricity from photovoltaics was more expensive than electricity on the market are long gone and the feed-in tariff is significantly lower than the purchase price - photovoltaic systems are therefore particularly worthwhile if self-consumption (during the day) is high. Food retailers with unshaded flat roofs...

  8. Newsletter XXXIX 2022 - October 01st to 08th - News+ Belgium shows problems with extending the runtimes of nuclear power plants

    Mobilization is unlikely to have much impact on the war in the near future. The long-term effects are unclear... * Photovoltaics | Repowering | Feed-in tariff Active repowering and higher feed-in tariffs The EU Commission has approved the higher feed-in tariffs for rooftop systems under state aid law. In the revised Energy Security Act...

  9. Newsletter XXXVIII 2022 - September 24th to 30th - News+ Fridays for Future calls for a special fund of 100 billion euros for climate protection

    come? Probably not from Germany. The local industry was once a world leader. At the beginning of the 2010s, the then black-yellow coalition starved them out with extremely reduced feed-in tariffs. Today there are only a fifth as many jobs here as in 2011. The market is now firmly in Chinese hands... * Natural gas | flaring | Methane natural gas:...

  10. Newsletter XXXV 2022 - September 01st to 08th - News+ No nuclear power plant runtime extensions!

    have significantly slowed the expansion of renewable energies since 2010. What's more: Structural changes such as the switch to tenders instead of the successful fixed feed-in tariff and further changes to the EEG, EnWG and other laws have created an oversized bureaucratic apparatus that no one can fully oversee anymore... * Switzerland | Nuclear waste |...

  11. Newsletter XXIX 2022 - July 17th to 24th - News+ Government in the climate crisis

    Nuclear power plants in Germany are being considered. A meta-analysis by the Renewable Energy Agency shows that nuclear power will be neither necessary nor profitable in the future. **July 20 Solar Power | Feed-in tariff for solar power: Feed-in tariff is increasing again. Own consumption of electrical energy from your own roof will become more lucrative again thanks to the new rules of the EEG 2023 - all the details here in the article....

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