Assuming that "wind power“ is needed, became 72 results found.
How a community is prevented from protecting the climate A Greek city has been pushing the energy transition for years, using EU funds to renovate buildings and build a power plant. Why a wind power law could derail the plan. The countries of the European Union have many rules that stand in the way of a rapid energy transition. One of them reported on Friday that...
* Renewable Energy | Climate goals | Scandinavia Scandinavia makes a lot of wind The Nordic states of Europe want to further expand their renewable energy capacity. With solar energy, wind power and hydrogen, countries are seen as protagonists in the decarbonization of their energy system - but this includes nuclear power. Denmark, Sweden and Finland are planning a...
Newsletter LII 2022 - December 26-31 - News+ Putin and Lavrov should have gone before the UN
and tried to use them as stationary dirty bombs - and yet nuclear power is suddenly being hyped again as a solution to energy and climate problems... * Finland | Energy transition | Wind power Energy transition in Finland: The wind blows even in the dark winter Wind power The country in the far north needs a lot of electricity. For electric cars, but also for heating. For a long time it therefore relied on imports from...
Advance payment to the Chinese group CGN was not disclosed... * Renewable | Wind turbines | Air traffic control Air traffic control clears the way for more wind turbines The blocking radius for wind power around the air traffic control radio beacons will be reduced from 15 to seven kilometers. It's been apparent for a while, but now it's official: Around the four so-called...
| Power generation Global energy transition: Lots of wind and sun Energy and climate – compact: Renewable energy sources are on the rise worldwide, China is leading in all fields. The share of wind power and solar systems in increasing global electricity production rose to over ten percent for the first time in 2021. This is reported by the Ember platform, a London-based think tank that...
Climate protection simply cannot win elections (and must not overwhelm the population) or that economic and energy crises require other priorities... ** November 06th Offshore | Wind power | Expansion of offshore wind target year 2035 Wind farms with 50 gigawatts in the German sea as early as the middle of the next decade The Federal Ministry of Economics, the northern federal states and the...
Newsletter XLIII 2022 - October 28th to 31st - News+ Climate protection: It's not enough
The left-wing ex-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva narrowly prevailed against the right-wing extremist incumbent Jair Bolsonaro for office in Brazil... ** October 30 Expansion of renewable energy | Wind power | Photovoltaics Renewable energies: North-South divide is increasing Germany is increasingly divided between the north, where most wind turbines are installed, and the south, where...
Newsletter XLII 2022 - October 23rd to 27th - News+ The fairy tale with primary energy consumption
now replace a nuclear power plant? It is true: a nuclear power plant generates around 10 billion kilowatt hours per year. That's the equivalent of 10 terawatt hours. What is wrong is that a modern onshore wind turbine generates at least 12 million kilowatt hours per year, not just eight million. For comparison: the offshore turbine V236-15 MW generates 80 million kilowatt hours per year. Means...
are made of the same material. There is therefore an urgent suspicion that such cracks have also formed in Isar‑2 and have been eating through the pipes undetected for years..." * Wind power | Wind solar production | Green electricity production Wind power in Germany Lame wings Wind power is completely German-made Not possible at all. With the closure of the Nordex factory in Rostock...
Newsletter XL 2022 - October 09th to 15th - News+ In the hyperloop of excitement
for the continued operation of the Lingen nuclear power plant, which was shut down in 1979. He probably meant the Emsland nuclear power plant. So much for Merz's expertise in nuclear power... * Solar expansion | Expansion of wind power It's worth ironing out the Altmaier kink Ten years ago, solar expansion collapsed with the famous "Altmaier kink". Five years ago, the expansion of onshore wind power also stopped. Two...
of the next decades for discussion. Parliament will then be occupied with it in the next two months. Only 8 percent of electricity consumption in France comes from wind power; all renewable sources combined do not even come to 25 percent. This means that the country remains far behind its European neighbors, but also behind its climate policy targets. Everything be...
Newsletter XXXVII 2022 - September 17 to 23 - News+ Low-level ionizing radiation also poses a risk
Network Winter is approaching and gas prices are rising. However, researchers from Kiel have long been developing a solution to save gas and heating oil. To do this, we would just have to make better use of the energy from wind power. Renewable energies are becoming increasingly important not only in view of the climate crisis, but also because of price increases due to the war in Ukraine and other factors. But even if...
Alt strong for the energy transition. At the Energy Forum he wants to shake up the people of Bruchsal. Bruchsal wants to be climate neutral by 2040. To achieve this, renewable energies must be expanded. It's about wind power, solar systems, but also geothermal energy. On September 17th from 9 a.m. there will be a forum for citizens in the commercial education center in Bruchsal's Südstadt. [...] Isn't that...
Fracking? In order to access the reserves of unconventional gas in the ground, a special approach is necessary. An insight into fracking. * Bavaria | Building regulations | blocks wind turbines Reform of wind power laws: Bavaria is threatened with regulatory chaos again When reforming wind power laws, Bavaria is threatened with temporary regulatory chaos in the coming months. The state government's draft for the new...
Newsletter XXXI 2022 - August 01st to 06th - News+ Withdraw the nuclear weapons from Europe!
from Akws: Exit from the exit? Markus Söder is also in favor of a longer lifespan for the three remaining nuclear power plants. He sees nuclear power as an alternative to gas-fired power generation. What about wind turbines? Bavaria only built three wind turbines in the first half of the year. That doesn't even qualify as "always trying" in the job reference. At most when it comes to telling others how...
Newsletter XXIX 2022 - July 17th to 24th - News+ Government in the climate crisis
and an offensive on internal insulation in which millions of people take part, Germany could get rid of natural gas from Russia much more quickly, the "Zero Emission Think Tank" is certain. * Wind power | Expansion blocked When wind power is blown up The German wind industry is suffering from the lack of demand and is moving more and more jobs abroad. Now there are even new...
Newsletter XXVIII 2022 - July 11 - 16 - News+ What's next for the protest, Lina Schinköthe?
* NRW | Wind | Nature conservation Renewable energies in North Rhine-Westphalia: New Environment Minister does not want wind turbines in nature reserves The Greens in particular are pushing the envelope in the new North Rhine-Westphalia coalition when it comes to expanding wind power. However, nature reserves remain taboo for Environment Minister Krischer. According to the black-green coalition agreement, at least 1000 additional...
(BOKU) Vienna - why investments in nuclear energy do not make economic sense and are also dangerous and also not suitable for solving the climate problem. * Sweden | Wind farm Wind power: OX2 wants to build the world's largest wind farm off the coast of Sweden The Swedish wind power company OX2 has applied for a permit for an offshore wind farm, the...
World: The solar-powered tiny house “Solar Butterfly” is on tour to draw attention to climate change and the necessary countermeasures. * Thuringia | renewable Renewable energies Wind power dispute in Thuringia: Environment Minister gives in on minimum distance In the dispute over wind turbines, Thuringia's Green Environment Minister Anja Siegesmund has proposed a compromise. Accordingly, it could almost...
Newsletter XVIII 2022 - April 28th to May 04th - News+ wind vanes and pocket fillers in tireless use
made the Gulf states rich. Now the region wants to become a supplier of renewable energy; The war in Ukraine is accelerating the trend. Exclusive satellite images show the massive expansion of wind power and solar systems in the region. “Economy from above” is a cooperation with LiveEO. * Gas | Waiver | Emergency citizen or industry – whose gas will be turned off first in an emergency? In...
