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

    parlamentarische Prozedere keineswegs ersetzen. Immerhin: Ein großer Wurf sind weite Teile des Solarpakets. Unzählige Privatleute und Unternehmen warten auf die Entbürokratisierung, um eine Photovoltaikanlage einfacher installieren und anschließen zu lassen. Das Aufstellen von Solaranlagen boomt, trotz der bisherigen Blockade. Bür­ge­r:in­nen aus allen politischen Lagern wollen Sonnenenergie...

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

    As far as this is concerned, nuclear power is history in this country. If someone demands a reversal of their exit in order to raise their personal profile, it is a fake battle... * Agriculture | Agri-photovoltaics | Fruit Agri-photovoltaics in Oberkirch Solar modules that are tailored to the needs of the plant: First positive findings An innovative...

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

    targeted vehicles carrying armed Hamas fighters. Instead, a convoy from the aid organization World Central Kitchen was hit... * Solar energy on open spaces and agri-photovoltaics as protection against storms New studies on the expansion of photovoltaic systems on open spaces in Germany There are significantly more areas available for the expansion of open spaces in Germany. Photovoltaic systems...

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

    in the USA. His new campaign called “Beyond Petrochemicals” has only just gained momentum, but has already achieved some success... * Photovoltaics | Subsidies | Meyer Burger No subsidies for photovoltaics: Solar factory in Saxony closes down There are no subsidies for the photovoltaics industry. That's why manufacturer Meyer Burger is closing...

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

    this cooperation is. Rather, the 45-year-old system, which has numerous reportable events and defects, must finally be closed.” March 3rd Solar modules | Photovoltaics | Solar thermal energy start-ups are planning solar production in Germany - if necessary with partners from China. Large solar manufacturers like Meyer Burger may be withdrawing from Germany. Now want...

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

    Energies will cover over 2023 percent of electricity consumption for the first time in 50, and coal-fired power generation will fall to a historic low of 132 TWh. With an expansion of 14,4 GW, photovoltaics exceeds the previous record from 2012 by 6,2 GW. The expansion of onshore wind power remains significantly too weak at 2,9 GW, but 7,7 GW, or 74 percent more output, was approved than in the previous year....

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

    Le Havre and northwest of Rouen. In Paluel, four pressurized water reactors with an output of 1.382 MW each generate electricity, which went into operation between 1984 and 1986... January 31st Funding | Photovoltaics | Tender solar boom Bidding record in state photovoltaic tender Solar energy is apparently attractive for many investors: According to...

  8. Newsletter IV 2024 - January 21st to 27th - Current news + AfD ban: Off to Karlsruhe?

    calls for a return to the EEG levy financed by electricity prices and for a green electricity exchange to be created. Climate reporter°: Mr. Fell, there were 15 billion euros in the EEG account from which the statutory subsidies for wind power, photovoltaics and bioenergy are paid last year, but at the beginning of 2024 it was no longer a billion. Why did the credit melt away so quickly? Hans-Josef Fell: Because of the...

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

    4,5 billion kilowatt hours are the net electricity imports from Norway's hydroelectric power plants. There was also a particularly large net inflow from Denmark at 10,3 billion kilowatt hours... * Photovoltaics | Storage | Battery NRW's largest photovoltaic roof system is being built in Ennepetal. Siegfried Jacob Metallwerke recycles metals such as copper, bronze, aluminum, zinc and brass. The...

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

    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. Photovoltaic systems will soon be installed on roofs...

  11. 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”

    Newsletter L 2023 December 10th to 16th *** 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...

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

    2.546 billion kilowatt hours (terawatt hours, TWh) fell. This meant that nuclear fission only accounted for 9,2 percent of the global electricity mix - the lowest value in 40 years. Photovoltaics and wind power accounted for 11,7 percent in the same period. These figures come from the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2023, prepared by the Paris-based nuclear energy consultant...

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

    “The great, global challenge of our time,” emphasized Scholz. But there are already all the necessary means to meet this challenge. "The technologies are there: wind power, photovoltaics, electric drives, green hydrogen." Germany is pressing ahead with these developments. "As a successful industrial country, we want to live and work climate-neutrally by 2045." Scholz...

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

    can have," says the political analyst in the DW interview. Solar energy should be the solution, and not an agreement to build a nuclear power plant... * Agriculture | Biodiversity | Agri-photovoltaics Triple profit is not enough for solar power from the same field Farming on land and generating solar power – the concept of agri-photovoltaics only knows winners...

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

    such storage systems in solar parks. “We want to invest a double-digit million sum in the next one to two years,” said Thorsten Jörß, head of photovoltaics project development. With battery storage, green electricity can be fed into the grid more flexibly and independently of weather-related fluctuations: namely not only when there is good wind...

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

    The police were present with a minimal presence. Around 50 grannies against the right maintained the protest against the largest Nazi demo in Berlin in almost a year. * Expansion solar | Agri-photovoltaics | Open spaces | Video Solar energy expansion in the countryside Volt instead of wheat? In order to achieve the climate goals, more energy must be generated from solar power. This requires, among other things...

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

    But this is made impossible by a xenophobic mood... * Solar systems | Solar expansion record: IWR expects more than 2023 million new solar systems in Germany in 1 Münster - The ongoing photovoltaic boom is leading to record growth in Germany this year. The federal government's expansion target of 9.000 MW as an interim target for the whole of 2023 has already been reached after eight months...

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

    believes their country is governed democratically, and only 20 percent are satisfied with how the political system works. This indicates a serious crisis of representation... * Photovoltaics | Power storage | Taxes Sales tax advantage for photovoltaics remains permanent The reduced tax rate or zero tax rate when purchasing photovoltaic systems and electricity storage...

  19. Newsletter XXXVI 2023 - September 3rd to 9th - News+ Scientist predicts brutal “population correction” later this century

    benefited with almost 3,8 billion euros annually. In addition, there are tax reliefs for the use of fossil fuels, which add up to 2,2 billion euros per year... * Funding | Photovoltaics | Wissing funding program: Wissing has not understood its political toolbox. Anyone who already has an electric car and buys a PV system should receive up to 10.200 euros. Wrong incentives and...

  20. Newsletter XXXV 2023 - August 27 to September 2 - News+ Historic victory: Ecuador becomes the first country to say no to oil

    A combined cycle power plant tariff could achieve this. This is the only way the political will can be implemented: to create a steep, exponential expansion of renewable energies, especially photovoltaics. This would also be a significant contribution to climate protection in order to curb the rapidly increasing overheating of the earth. Farmers and associations, especially the powerful farmers' association, should...

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