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

    und meine Person, und zwar schon vor dem russischen Angriffskrieg, aktiv auf die Betreiber der Atomkraftwerke zugegangen ist mit der Frage: Können eure Dinger länger laufen?“ Für ihn habe „die Versorgungssicherheit absolute Priorität“ gehabt, sein Ministerium „ohne Denkverbote“ gearbeitet. Nachdem die AKW-Betreiber gesagt hätten, die Brennstäbe könnten noch etwas länger laufen, sei die Laufzeit...

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    because it is cheaper and becomes more and more powerful. The groundbreaking ceremony will take place in Bollingstedt-Gammelund on April 19th. The battery storage system is scheduled to go online in 2026. * Energy supply | EnBW | Billions in profits New boss presents annual figures EnBW earns billions - massive increase in profits in 2023 The energy company increased its profits in the 2023 financial year by more than...

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

    120 megawatts (MW) and a capacity of 280 megawatt hours (MWh). According to Grimm, completion is planned for the second half of 2026. The new system is intended to increase the stability of the power supply. Substation and lines already in place The location is particularly suitable for battery storage, as the former nuclear power plant has a substation and corresponding...

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

    killed and several others injured. Translation with https://www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) March 13 Artificial intelligence and nuclear power Tractebel report on powering data centers with modern reactors The Belgian company Tractebel (part of the French energy group Engie) and its subsidiary RED have published a white paper on...

  5. Newsletter X 2024 - March 3rd to 9th - News+ More courage would be good

    enormously. Nevertheless, Germany will miss almost all of its energy transition goals by 2020. Conclusion 2021: The federal government is inadequately controlling the energy transition. A reliable and inexpensive supply of electricity is questionable. The result remains “sobering”. In 2024, the test results will be “sobering” again, the authorities say. When expanding renewables and power grids,...

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

    The federal government has prepared expropriation and has already started the process. [...] The PCK refinery Schwedt, with its 3000 direct and indirect employees, plays a central role in supplying East Germany with gasoline and other refined products. But parts of western Poland are also supplied, as is Berlin-Brandenburg Airport. * Investment | Power grid...

  7. Newsletter VIII 2024 - February 18th to 24th - News+ On the death of the Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny

    Lingen: RWE and BP plan large-scale hydrogen production For the energy supplier RWE, Lingen in the Emsland is a power plant location with tradition and a hub for the German electricity supply. In addition to two nuclear power plants that have been shut down, Lingen is also home to the Emsland natural gas power plant complex. At this gas site for the medium and peak load range, RWE is already building...

  8. Newsletter I 2024 - January 1st to 6th - News+ - The necessary change needs more support

    in the Wikipedia article "Idaho National Laboratoy" in this one paragraph: The Stationary Low-Power Reactor Number One (SL-1) was a particularly low-power reactor intended to supply remote United States Army stations such as radar stations in the Arctic with electrical energy and heat. In an accident on January 3, 1961, three people...

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

    already paying hundreds of millions of dollars to settle lawsuits. A comparison will now also be expensive for McKinsey. The consulting firm McKinsey has agreed to a settlement with US health insurers and care plans related to opioids. According to the settlement in federal court in San Francisco, the company will pay $78 million to the plaintiffs. This is the last of...

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

    | COP28 Greenwashing at COP28: How corporations lobby against climate goals World climate conference could become a big show. Energy companies often do not keep climate promises. Why energy supply belongs in the public sector. The big fossil fuel companies are pushing their net-zero emissions targets while in the background trying to push back against...

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

    There was an officially secret incident (station blackout = total power failure) in which we were only just on the verge of a core meltdown. Due to a failure of the external power supply, the pumps that are used to cool the reactor were suddenly without power. Afterwards, the emergency power supply also failed and the operators had to...

  12. 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...

  13. Newsletter XLIV 2023 - October 29th to November 4th - News+ Uranium exports from Lingen to Russia violate EU law - study by the Greens justifies the possibility of a ban

    Climate change requires intensive adaptation measures – such as drought-resistant agriculture, higher dikes to protect against rising sea levels, and better medical care in the event of heat waves. However, there are too few funds available worldwide for this, and the financing gap is actually growing. This comes from the “Adaptation Gap Report 2023” from the UN environmental program Unep...

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

    for Meteorology (WMO) published last week. “More than 60 percent of major water reservoirs experienced below or normal inflows, posing a challenge to water supply for all users in an increasingly volatile climate,” writes the WMO in its publication. More than 3,6 billion people, or more than 45 percent of the world's population, have...

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

    which is still the majority owner of MVV. First river heat pump in Baden-Württemberg The water that comes out of the river heat pump is up to 99 degrees hot. It will be part of the district heating supply operated by the Mannheim energy supplier MVV. The river heat pump is the first of its size in Baden-Württemberg and an important component for the “greening” of district heating... *...

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

    If he then felt pain in his arm, then his legs gave out: “Due to further health problems,” said the police on Thursday, “Mr. Chrupalla was taken to the Ingolstadt Clinic for medical care. Superficial redness or swelling was noted on the upper arm. The further investigations carried out so far...

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

    asylum and human rights. The racists from the AfD and CDU are becoming louder and stronger. Some people find it difficult to take action or people are too busy ensuring their own supplies: now demonstrate for more climate protection, human rights and safe handling of nuclear waste? Familiarize yourself with complex topics? Even something to get going yourself...

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

    Reportable events Level I event at the Santa María de Garoña Nuclear Power Plant, reported on August 18, 2008, due to the detection of a capacity failure in the supply batteries of the main buses A and B... Translate with https://www.DeepL.com/Translator ( free version) Nuclear power plantsPlag Santa_Maria_de_Garona_(Spain) In February 2012 a term extension of five...

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

    at the "broken" reactor 4 contaminated water due to a leak from... August 1st France | Orange | Uranium deposits Niger coup: According to the nuclear power company, uranium deliveries are not at risk France's supply of uranium, an important raw material for the production of nuclear energy, is not at risk, said the nuclear power company Orano, after the Nigerien authorities announced...

  20. 1980 to 1989 - INES, NAMS and other events

    in the reserve network in the two oldest Doel blocks, the emergency power case occurs. Four diesel generators started, but due to errors they were unable to provide the supply necessary for cold start-up (see decay heat). As a final reserve, an electricity-independent cooling system powered by the steam from the decay heat came into action in both reactor blocks until the...

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