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

    Windenergie (BWE), erklärt im "Klima-Labor" von ntv, warum der niedersächsische Hafen ein Flaschenhals für den deutschen Ausbau auf See, aber auch an Land und somit für die gesamte Energiewende ist. Ein weiteres Problem ist die subventionierte chinesische Konkurrenz. Ohne klare Wettbewerbsregeln drohe der europäischen Windindustrie dasselbe Schicksal wie der Solarbranche, warnt die BWE-Chefin....

  2. Newsletter XV 2024 - April 7th to 13th - News+ Shell pleads not guilty

    One year after the nuclear phase-out, electricity in Germany is cleaner, cheaper and safer than before." The exit from high-risk technology was the right decision, it accelerated the energy transition. Broadcast spokesman Armin Simon emphasized that shutting down the nuclear power plants also made Germany more independent . "Unlike those countries that still rely on nuclear power...

  3. Newsletter XIV 2024 - March 31st to April 6th - News+ - It's not just Germany that is getting out

    from the point of view of the German solar industry, their own market would have far-reaching consequences. “In principle, the Federal Association of the Solar Industry rejects protectionist measures because they endanger the energy transition,” said a spokeswoman for the association. [...] Meyer Burger, currently the largest manufacturer in Germany, has already drawn conclusions and told the employees in its factory in...

  4. Newsletter

    as “the first fully hydrogen-capable power plant”. In October 2023, Stadtwerke Leipzig opened the power plant under a bright blue sky. They pride themselves as pioneers in the energy transition, telling the German Press Agency that green hydrogen will be available “in the required quantities and at affordable prices” in 2025. By then at the latest...

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

    overruled several times when it came to funding for power plants or new nuclear technologies... IMHO Nothing new from Brussels. The usual suspects are screaming for more money... * Energy transition | network operator | Infrastructure Is the nationalization of electricity transmission networks inevitable? New power lines are needed for wind and solar power. The costs increased due to...

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

    By exceeding the climate targets by 2030, Germany will in principle even make up for the one missing percentage point at the end of the decade. The energy transition is going well and that’s great. However, a closer look at the data also raises doubts: Firstly, the Federal Environment Agency's projections are not up to date. The authority has...

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

    was developed by the US company Monsanto, which Bayer took over in 2018 - and with it the legal disputes surrounding the drug sold in the USA under the name "Roundup".... * Energy transition | Federal Audit Office | BDEW The marmots from the Court of Auditors The new report from the Federal Court of Auditors on the energy transition shows once again: The authority has a fundamental...

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

    eliminated," said Kemfert. Then there could be more PV systems on public buildings, and at the same time the expansion plans of private individuals and companies would make progress. The state could then fulfill the exemplary role that it has so far failed to live up to, clearly visible on many roofs, in the energy transition * Demonstrations against right-wing actions at the weekend Tens of thousands go against...

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

    Natural gas depends, which also increases electricity prices when gas prices for electricity generation are high. Fossil fuels are driving up energy prices, and we are paying the price of the delayed energy transition. Above all, industry can benefit from the rapid expansion of renewable energies, from energy saving and from the faster transformation away from fossil energy. Only in this...

  10. Newsletter VII 2024 - February 11th to 17th - Current+ super election year in the crucial climate decade

    Energy efficiency and energy saving, the pricing of greenhouse gas emissions through emissions trading or taxation, the dismantling of environmentally harmful subsidies, the core elements of the energy transition and other political measures... Prosperity Prosperity (also known as well-being) is a positive state that is perceived differently by each individual . Prosperity is made up of...

  11. Newsletter VI 2024 - February 4th to 10th - News+ Nuclear power is a dead horse - why isn't Merz getting down?

    to be informed if there is sufficiently important factual evidence to do so. This is also permissible in the suspicion phase... * Energy | Power storage | Battery technology Understanding the energy transition: The indispensable role of storage technologies Without electricity storage, the energy transition will not succeed. But what has been technically possible for a long time is still waiting for political decisions...

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

    like lithium and now also the solar industry: The People's Republic produces so many solar modules that the prices for them fell by almost 50 percent last year. This makes the German energy transition significantly cheaper, but the Chinese PV flood is becoming a problem for European companies like Meyer Burger. The Swiss solar equipment manufacturer is threatening to close its factory in Freiberg, Saxony...

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

    and the furniture retailer Ikea. “Dealers have great difficulty getting solar systems and e-charging points connected to the grid. That cannot be in the spirit of the energy transition,” said Stefan Genth, managing director of the German Trade Association (HDE). Companies therefore wait up to 18 months until a connection is established. [...] The Federal Network Agency is...

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

    allow, the government in Ankara announced. This violates international agreements on crossing the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits, which belong to Turkey, during wartime... * Energy transition | Denmark | Norway | Electricity imports Energy transition: Where Germany gets most of its electricity Energy and climate – compact: New green electricity record 2023. Wind power on the rise,...

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

    Of course, I have worked in very different political areas, but I think the fight for something like justice is probably the common thread. So not environment or climate? Climate protection, energy transition – it’s all about justice. As a political term, ecology is nothing other than the definition that every person on this globe, including future generations, has the same...

  16. Newsletter LI 2023 - December 17th to 23rd - Current news + steps towards climate change, unsettled OPEC and loving politics

    NM, USA December 31, 1978 (INES 4) Beloyarsk nuclear power plant, USSR, Rus * We are looking for current information. If you can help, please send a message to: nucleare-welt@reaktorpleite.de December 23rd Energy Transition | Climate-neutral churches Photovoltaic offensive brings green energy to church roofs in Baden Not only politicians, the church is also actively pursuing plans for climate neutrality. That's how it should...

  17. 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”

    decline after the climate conference Historically: Over 1.600 institutions with $41 trillion are pulling money from coal, gas, oil Fossil divestment works. While states fail to implement energy transitions, campaigns divert fossil fuel investments. About the story of a huge success. More than 1.600 institutions, including universities, pension funds and governments, representing approximately $41 trillion...

  18. Newsletter XLIX 2023 - December 3rd to 9th - News+ The language of autocracy

    relevant document that is published annually... * Renewables up, greenhouse gases down, transforming the economy instead of greenwashing Good news: A rapid global energy transition is possible Rising emissions, gloomy outlook, COP28 disaster. But there is also reason for optimism. Why 100 percent renewables work in a short time. [...] Global climate diplomacy...

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

    – or “the fate of humanity”, to put it in the pathetic words of UN Secretary General António Guterres. It's about the progress made so far, the energy transition that needs to be managed and the question of what fair climate protection, and even fair coexistence in the world, actually looks like. At the same time, negotiations have been underway for months by a company based in the UAE to acquire the rights...

  20. THTR Circular No. 156, December 2023

    Alternative energy would ultimately be more cost-effective and ecological than producing hydrogen at great expense in Namibia and then transporting it halfway around the world. The hydrogen produced in Namibia would come far too late for a timely energy transition in the Federal Republic of Germany. But because the ecological transformation is encountering many obstacles here in the Federal Republic of Germany,...

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