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

    Aufgabe der H2-Speicher wird demnach sein, Schwankungen zwischen Stromerzeugung und ‑nachfrage auszugleichen, etwa während der sogenannten Dunkelflaute, in der kein oder nur wenig Sonnen- und Windstrom produziert wird. Ökostrom wird für diesen Fall per Elektrolyse in Form von Wasserstoff quasi gebunkert und bei Bedarf in Gaskraftwerken "rückverstromt". Die zweite Funktion ist laut dem EWI-Papier...

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

    announced. It is scheduled to begin this Saturday in front of the gate of the fuel element factory. * France | Wind energy | EPR wind energy all-time record: France will produce over 2023 percent more wind power in 30 Paris - In 2023, France produced more wind power and fed it into the grids than ever before. In addition to the expansion of onshore wind energy,...

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

    were generated by sun, wind, water and biomass. The lost nuclear power was largely covered by imports, especially from the Nordic countries. But wind power was also imported from France – and nuclear energy. Both are significantly cheaper than the electricity produced by German coal or gas power plants. Because they have to spend a lot of money on fuel and...

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

    will accumulate until it is no longer low-level radiation, but highly dangerous for all life on this planet. October 19th Wind Energy | Solar energy | Coal-fired power generation Over 100 billion kWh of wind power 2023: Wind energy is the most important energy source in Germany - Decline in coal-fired power generation Münster - Wind energy will be the most important energy source in Germany in 2023...

  5. Newsletter XXXIV 2023 - August 20th to 26th - News+ The sun will shine for another 4,5 billion years

    From the windy north to Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, we will soon be able to use even more renewable energy. Even if the sun doesn't shine or the wind doesn't blow. When onshore wind power and offshore wind power are combined, we almost always have wind power available. Added to this are storable hydropower, geothermal energy, bioenergy as well as wave and...

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

    to get. * Renewable | Wind turbines | Participation | Mandatory Hope for more acceptance Countries want municipalities to participate in wind power. In the future, residents could share in the profits from wind power. Several federal states are working on corresponding laws. Does this increase the acceptance of wind turbines on your own doorstep? Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg were the first...

  7. Newsletter XXX 2023 - July 23-29 - News+ Chomsky: What happens when orders from Washington are not followed?

    Uniper, which is demanding 1,4 billion or several hundred million euros from the Netherlands - because of the coal phase-out by 2030. They had invested in coal-fired power plants there... * Wind power | Electricity route | Direct current Long dispute over a long line The plans for the SuedLink power line have been in existence for more than ten years. The groundbreaking ceremony took place today with Minister Habeck...

  8. Newsletter XXVII 2023 - July 2nd to 8th - News+ Is nuclear power experiencing a renaissance? There are also military interests behind it

    and wind power are the cheapest ways to generate electricity. But southern Germany has a problem with wind power. It was sabotaged there for a long time. So networks are needed to bring cheap wind power from northern Germany. And that's exactly why people in northern Germany pay particularly high network fees. Bavaria and Co are slowing down the energy transition, making it expensive and...

  9. Newsletter XXIV 2023 - June 11th to 17th - News+ How the West is losing the Global South

    Money behind it – or ideology. A few selected examples. During his time as a member of the Bundestag, Georg Nüßlein overturned the statutory remuneration for solar and wind power fed into the grid. At the same time, he attracted attention with secondary activities, for example on the supervisory board of Sfirion AG, which builds diesel power plants and wind farms. Lars Rohwer, who was elected to the Bundestag in 2021, sits in...

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

    evaluated the data from the Global Electricity Review and analyzed it for countries in which a lot has happened in recent years. Which countries have succeeded in expanding solar or wind power? Where is there not just continuous growth, but a big leap? Vietnam, Denmark, Kenya, Portugal and Chile, for example, show under very different conditions...

  11. Newsletter IX 2023 - February 26 to March 4 - News+ 48 days until the last nuclear power plants in Germany are switched off

    The EU Commission also describes hydrogen produced with nuclear energy as green. This electricity is extremely expensive; without subsidies it is five times more expensive than wind power or photovoltaics. The dangers posed by wars, such as those experienced in Ukraine, have not diminished either. A nuclear disaster in Ukraine would have far-reaching consequences. Nuclear power is suitable...

  12. Newsletter V 2023 - January 29 to February 4 - News+ Je suis mud monk

    for that. * Energy transition | rare earths | Battery | Energy storage New battery technology: Energy transition has no storage problem It is often said that there is not enough storage for fluctuating solar and wind power. The resources for this are also scarce and dirty. This is wrong, especially with regard to new storage technologies. Nuclear power advocates and representatives of internal combustion engines...

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

    Solar energy places more emphasis on economical use of raw materials and recycling... * Offshore Wind | Wind turbines 9,5 MW Vestas turbines Offshore wind farm Arcadis Ost 1 produces the first wind power Sassnitz-Mukran - The expansion of offshore wind energy in Germany is gaining new momentum after the thread break. At the end of 2022, all 38 turbines of the Kaskasi offshore wind farm were in...

  14. Newsletter L 2022 - December 15th to 19th - News+ Criminalization of activists of the last generation

    and as a climate-friendly energy source. To obtain it, water molecules are broken down into oxygen and hydrogen in electrolysis systems. The energy required for this can be provided by solar and wind power or even direct sunlight. In order to increase the efficiency of these electrolyzers, their electrodes are usually made of expensive platinum metals, and a strongly acidic or alkaline...

  15. Newsletter XLVIII 2022 - December 01st to 07th - News+ The New York Times and the new climate deniers

    in the world, everyone has the same problem: With every processing step, more and more extremely toxic and highly radioactive waste is created... ** December 01st Renewable | Electricity generation | Wind power January to November 2022: Electricity from wind and solar in Germany increases by 14 percent to almost 170 billion kWh Electricity generation from wind and solar energy in Germany in 2022 is also...

  16. Newsletter LII 2022 - December 26-31 - News+ Putin and Lavrov should have gone before the UN

    Possible repository locations will first be further examined above ground and compared with each other... * Federal Network Agency | Tenders Federal Network Agency significantly raises maximum values ​​for solar and wind power Bonn - In the last rounds of tenders for renewable power generation systems, participation has continued to decline. In addition to the licensing problems...

  17. Newsletter XLII 2022 - October 23rd to 27th - News+ The fairy tale with primary energy consumption

    applies. But that shifts the proportions enormously: in primary energy consumption, the three kilowatt hours of initial coal energy are accounted for in the same way as one kilowatt hour of wind power. The measure of primary energy consumption, which is so popular with critics of the energy transition, distorts the real share of renewables beyond recognition. The organic share appears small because primary consumption...

  18. Newsletter XLI 2022 - October 16th to 22nd - News+ The "Friends of MIK" in AFD, CDU/CSU and FDP are ready to fight for the nuclear industry until democracy is over

    To satisfy our hunger for energy largely through wind power and photovoltaics, we can now take advantage of the great advantage of these two renewables - because solar and wind power complement each other very well over the year. Wind energy is the leader in electricity production until spring, then the sun takes over in the summer months - before autumn and winter...

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

    It can store 400 megawatt hours of energy... * Renewable | Electricity price wind and solar energy Study: Renewable energies significantly reduce the price of electricity If there were 50 gigawatts more solar and wind power on the grid, consumers in Germany would have had to pay around €19 billion less for electricity in the last twelve months. Electricity prices have risen significantly in recent months...

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

    and for the expansion of renewables! Nuclear-free climate greetings SOFA (immediate nuclear phase-out) Münster, Münsterland action alliance against nuclear plants www.sofa-ms.de, www.urantransport.de * Electricity price | Wind power electricity prices: North-South German row over wind power The northern German states produce the majority of German wind power and want to achieve lower electricity costs for themselves. Bavaria...

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