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    von fossilen Brennstoffen, zunächst fast ausschließlich Kohle, ermöglichte das kontinuierliche Wirtschaftswachstum seit der Industriellen Revolution. Im Jahr 2019 wurden 81 % des weltweiten Energiebedarfs aus fossilen Quellen gedeckt. Der Energiegehalt der aufgeführten fossilen Brennstoffe basiert auf dem Kohlenstoff-Gehalt. Bei der Verbrennung mit Sauerstoff werden Energie in Form von Wärme und...

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

    Kohle- und Gaskraftwerken verursacht sie weniger CO₂-Emissionen. Selbst im IPCC-Bericht wird Kernenergie deshalb trotz ihrer Risiken als Möglichkeit erwähnt, zumindest einen kleinen Teil des Energiebedarfs emissionsarm zu decken. Als am 15. April 2023 die drei letzten deutschen Atomkraftwerke Emsland, Isar 2 und Neckarwestheim 2 vom Netz gingen, nutzten Kri­ti­ke­r:in­nen des Ausstiegs auch...

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

    des weltweiten Strombedarfs. Im Jahr 2022 waren es nur noch magere neun Prozent. Tendenz weiter fallend. Viele laufende Reaktoren sind altersschwach Und weil Strom nur einen Bruchteil des Energiebedarfs ausmacht, deckt die Kernenergie auch weltweit nur rund zwei Prozent der Gesamtenergieversorgung. Gerade mal 32 Länder betreiben Kernkraftwerke, 163 Länder nicht. Gut 50 Reaktoren sind derzeit...

  4. Newsletter LII 2023 - December 24th to 31st - News+ Nuclear power fantasy fails due to desolate industry

    win... IMHO The nuclear village is happy, everything is running smoothly. * Storage | Renewables Current high in renewables: It's all about storage. Over Christmas, energy requirements were completely covered by renewables. Now it's time to expand storage capacity. Complex relationships often produce multiple truths. The Christmas days were...

  5. 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”

    Physically, politically and economically it makes much more sense to use the sources for which no one sends a bill: wind, sun and water. These can easily satisfy the entire global energy demand at any time, and no villain in the world can turn off their supply. Our focus must therefore be on bringing storage methods to market maturity in order to...

  6. Newsletter XLIII 2023 - October 22nd to 28th - News+ Municipal utilities are leaving the Future Gas lobby association

    Irina Engelhardt still sees the possibility of a Baltic Sea pipeline. Desalinated seawater would have the advantage that it could be used directly in the drinking water supply. Disadvantage: the higher energy requirement. However, this could easily be covered on the coast using renewable energy such as wind, solar and tidal energy. For many, this may sound far-fetched. Irina Engelhardt sees it differently: "I...

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

    | Burkina Faso Electricity for Africa - the new boom in nuclear power Many African countries are flirting with nuclear energy - and some projects are already very concrete. They are intended to help meet the growing need for energy; But in sunny Africa there is also criticism of this. Burkina Faso is one of the least electrified countries in the world. According to data from the International...

  8. Newsletter XXXVIII 2023 - September 17th to 23rd - News+ A future that I dread

    the war triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to the French government. However, Greenpeace questions whether LNG expansion is necessary to meet the energy needs of France and the rest of Europe after the Russian invasion. This also applies in the event of a cold winter, contrary to what the French Energy Transition Ministry claims...

  9. Newsletter XXXIII 2023 - August 13th to 19th - News+ Military coup in Niger: Uranium mining and environmental destruction as deeper reasons?

    mit Strom versorgen, Wasserstoff erzeugen und das Netz von Virginia mit Notstrom versorgen. Mit dem SGEC soll die Kapazität der Rechenzentren in Virginia erweitert und der steigende Energiebedarf ausgeglichen werden... Übersetzt mit www.DeepL.com/Translator IMHO Am 1. April 2022 schrieb ich über die neuen Strategien der Atomlobby und einen ihrer Kongresse, bei dem ein Werbefachmann den „Freunden...

  10. Newsletter XXXI 2023 - July 30th to August 05th - News+ Brussels buys more fire-fighting aircraft to fight forest fires

    Germany could switch to solar and wind by 2030. But bureaucracy and fossil energy companies are slowing things down. What needs to change. Renewable energies must cover all energy needs by 2030 in order to have any chance of limiting global warming to a maximum of two degrees Celsius. The devastating heat waves that are already spreading across southern Europe and other regions...

  11. Newsletter XXIII 2023 - June 4th to 10th - News+ Politics with poison, hate speech and propaganda

    Boiling water reactor and two active pressurized water reactor units... Translated with https://www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) Nuclear power accidents by country#United_States June 9 Energy demand | CO2 emissions | Waste Heat Largest Untapped Energy Source "Waste Heat Can Power Entire Cities" Waste heat is the largest untapped energy resource in the world, say companies like Orcan...

  12. Newsletter XXI 2023 - 21 to 27 May - News+ World Biodiversity Day: Will the plan to restore Europe's biodiversity fail?

    Comeback. In Frankreich soll bis 2025 eine große Fabrik für Fotovoltaik entstehen. Sie soll im Endausbau jährlich Module mit insgesamt fünf Gigawatt Nennleistung fertigen, die rechnerisch den Energiebedarf von einer Million Haushalten decken können. Und auch Deutschland könnte wieder ein wichtiger Produktionsstandort werden – falls die Politik die Ansiedlung ausreichend fördert... * 24. Mai...

  13. Newsletter XVI 2023 - April 16th to 22nd - News+ Poisons for eternity - Uranium and its radioactive relatives

    called molybdenum disulfide Solar energy technologies that use solar cells to convert sunlight into electricity or storable fuels are becoming increasingly important in a world that no longer wants to meet its energy needs from fossil fuels. [...] The CSU chemists propose that solar cells should not be made from silicon, but from an abundantly available...

  14. Newsletter XI 2023 - March 12th to 18th - News+ 12 years after the nuclear disaster in Fukushima – What have we learned from it?

    Energy consumption is high, most of which is covered by fossil fuels and is thus further driving the climate crisis. The building sector accounts for a significant share of the confederation's total energy needs: buildings currently account for around 40 percent of consumption and 36 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the EU... * Food Lobby | Regulation From Seco to Nestlé: To...

  15. Newsletter XLVII 2022 - November 24th to 30th - News+ More garbage to Grafenrheinfeld: The Schweinfurt action alliance against nuclear power is concerned

    The government sees a solution in particular in nuclear power - according to a report, reactors should be allowed to stay online for longer. Many countries are currently discussing how to meet – and pay for – energy needs. According to the Bloomberg news agency, Japan is considering allowing some nuclear reactors to run longer - beyond the current 60-year limit. The country...

  16. Newsletter XLVI 2022 - November 16th to 23rd - News+ Now only the wisdom of the Peace of Westphalia can help

    and the production of concrete, steel and semiconductor components also costs energy and generates emissions. As long as there is not enough “green” electricity available, at least part of this energy demand will have to be covered by fossil sources - and that generates additional greenhouse gas emissions... * Belgium | Tihange November 22, 2002 (INES 2) Akw Tihange, BEL Wikipedia...

  17. Newsletter XLV 2022 - November 08th to 15th - News+ Penalties for activists - And what about the climate?

    The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (ICCP) working group, which is intended to identify political, economic and technological options for reducing anthropogenic climate change, contains proposals to reduce energy demand, but always within the framework of “sustainable development” (Sustainable Development Goals SDG). The possibility of reducing growth and therefore per capita consumption...

  18. Newsletter XLIII 2022 - October 28th to 31st - News+ Climate protection: It's not enough

    projects, experts are confident. Green hydrogen is seen as a future miracle cure for a climate-neutral economy. Industry in particular has a high and constant need for energy, which can be met with hydrogen. Hydrogen can also act as a storage device and replace gas as a back-up in the electricity system. The technical means for deployment are already...

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

    U.S. dollar. In the previous year it was 362,4 billion US dollars. For 2022, the authors assume that subsidies will continue to rise - due to the continued increase in energy demand and significantly higher energy prices... * Expansion of photovoltaics | Berlin Solar Transition Funding Program Berlin funding program for solar energy started The Berlin Senate still wants to...

  20. Newsletter XXXIV 2022 - August 22nd to 31st - News+ Nuclear power plant Neckarwestheim 2: Hundreds of damage to pipes hidden

    für die Umlage nochmals prüfen. ** 25. August Frankreich | Korrosion | Risse Korrosion als neues Problem Frankreich hat nur 24 von 56 Reaktoren am Netz Frankreich deckt 70 Prozent seines Energiebedarfs mit Atomkraft. Doch nicht einmal die Hälfte der fast 60 Reaktoren liefert Strom. Bei vier Reaktoren steht nun fest, dass sie frühestens Ende dieses Jahres wieder Energie produzieren. *...

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