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

    88,6 % des polnischen Stroms lieferten. Wichtigstes Bergwerksunternehmen ist die staatliche Kompania Węglowa. Gaskraftwerke waren weitgehend unbedeutend, Erneuerbare Energien deckten 8,7 % des Strombedarfs, wobei Biomasse vor der stark wachsenden Windenergie und der Wasserkraft lag. Polen hat reiche Lager an Geothermie, die derzeit verstärkt in Kujawien bei Thorn und in der Bergregion Podhale...

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

    currently the Russian Akademik Lomonosov. Even if the technology were ready for the market, a few years of development time would still have to be taken into account. However, this can hardly be reconciled with the rapidly growing demand for electricity. * United States | Climate policy | Palisades USA invests in nuclear power The US government gives the power plant operator Holtec a loan of...

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

    ten percent back. [...] Since 2000, global electricity consumption has increased by almost 90 percent. In 2000, nuclear energy still covered 17 percent of global electricity needs. In 2022 it was only a meager nine percent. The trend continues to fall. Many operating reactors are old and because electricity only accounts for a fraction of the energy requirement,...

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

    more wind than gas in Europe's energy mix Less demand and more wind and solar power have reduced emissions in the EU energy sector in 2023. Europe's wind power was able to cover France's entire electricity needs. According to an analysis, emissions in the energy sector in the EU fell more sharply last year than ever before. The decline in emissions by 19...

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

    Expand storage capacities. Complex relationships often produce multiple truths. The Christmas holidays were an excellent example of this. Calculated that Germany covered its hourly electricity needs entirely from renewable energies, primarily wind power. That's something to be really happy about. For years, actors in politics, business and technology have been...

  6. Newsletter XLIII 2023 - October 22nd to 28th - News+ Municipal utilities are leaving the Future Gas lobby association

    107 of the 205 economies examined reached their peak in the use of fossil fuels in their power plants five or more years ago. Since then, most people have increasingly met their electricity needs with renewable energies. [...] In this country, the peak of coal use was at least 20 years ago, while the peak of natural gas use in power plants was only three years ago, according to data from...

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

    come, estimates the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE). The researchers further calculate that only around four percent of the domestic agricultural area would be enough to cover Germany's current electricity needs with high-mounted "agri-PV". [...] Recently, almost 20 companies in the industry, including major players such as Baywa Re, Enertrag and Eon Solar,...

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

    after the incident... Translated with https://www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) July 23 Nuclear phase-out | Renewable | Electricity price 100 days after nuclear phase-out Can Germany cover its electricity needs? It is claimed that by phasing out nuclear power, Germany will no longer be able to cover its own electricity needs. Whether that is true and what has changed in the power supply since then. The...

  9. Newsletter XXIX 2023 - July 16 to 22 - News+ I don't want to be my grandson

    on the stock market regularly at zero and even below. The main reason is the recent strong expansion of photovoltaics. At some times of the day, renewable energies mathematically covered the entire electricity requirement in Germany. In the electricity mix that comes from the socket - in industry terms: public net electricity generation - green electricity achieved a...

  10. Newsletter XXVI 2023 - June 25 to July 1 - News+ Two tips on how we can further strengthen the far-right AfD

    This was unexpected and was a big bang. Since then, there has been renewed discussion about the consequences that the privatization of the water industry has brought with it... * Drought | dryness | Solar power demand Germany is suffering from drought and is experiencing new solar records. The weather service continues to report conditions that are far too dry for June. At the same time, renewables have temporarily taken...

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

    earn with it... * Expansion of renewable energy | Electricity price | Solar energy Nature and environment Solar boom accelerates energy transition worldwide Solar energy already covers five percent of global electricity needs, costs are falling, expansion and demand are increasing. Europe's largest solar trade fair, Intersolar, shows international trends for the future of photovoltaics. This year the organizers of the...

  12. Newsletter XXII 2023 - May 28th to June 3rd - News+ Political style in Germany Please, strengthen the AfD

    ... * Industry electricity price | Expansion of renewables | Energy prices IW calls for expansion of renewables Electricity costs for the economy will soon be unaffordable according to study With the move away from natural gas, the demand for electricity is increasing. According to an IW study, Germany is ill-equipped for this. The pace of expansion of wind and solar systems must pick up speed, otherwise industry and consumers will be faced with...

  13. Newsletter XVI 2023 - April 16th to 22nd - News+ Poisons for eternity - Uranium and its radioactive relatives

    ideological stubbornness, dramatic warnings of an energy crisis, embellished depictions of the “best and safest reactors” in the world... * Renewable energies | Energy supply | Electricity requirements Energy supply without nuclear power How Germany currently generates electricity The last German nuclear power plants are off the grid: Since mid-April, the German energy supply has had to...

  14. Newsletter XV 2023 - April 9th ​​to 15th - News+ Traffic light climate, Switzerland as a role model and the better alternative to e-fuels

    three nuclear power plants in Germany that still produce electricity. This week they delivered around a third less than full power, which was around four percent of the electricity requirement. That's why I could well have imagined that, despite the Chancellor's word of power, there would be an orchestrated political action by nuclear energy supporters this week about the "stupidity" of...

  15. Newsletter XII 2023 - March 19th to 25th - News+ The poison of doubt is the sugar for the bastard

    bring? Agri-photovoltaics is still in its early stages; there are only a few pilot systems in Germany so far. But the potential is enormous: theoretically, our country's entire electricity needs could be covered with solar systems integrated into arable land, orchards or vineyards. Is the boom in agri-photovoltaics coming now? [...] To promote the expansion of agri-photovoltaics...

  16. Newsletter XI 2023 - March 12th to 18th - News+ 12 years after the nuclear disaster in Fukushima – What have we learned from it?

    Rivers and streams and dry fields made one thing clear: a functioning water system is essential for the survival of animals, plants and people... * Floating solar systems | Electricity requirement | Evaporation Water Floating solar systems could cover a large part of the world's electricity needs If the world's water reservoirs are partially covered with solar systems, this could...

  17. Newsletter VI 2023 - February 5th to 11th - News+ War is peace, peace is war

    Society and politics would put on the brakes. The powerful rotors of the wind turbine generate electricity with every revolution. Wind turbines now cover almost a quarter of Germany's electricity needs. The proportion could be significantly higher – if renewable energies had continued to be supported as they were at the beginning. According to the Federal Environment Agency, despite the Russian war, we would now have...

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

    2010 (INES ? Class?) Nuclear power plant Vermont Yankee, USA * We are looking for current information. If you can help, please send a message to: nucleare-welt@reaktorpleite.de *** February 4th Photovoltaics | Electricity demand worldwide | Land area PV can cover global electricity needs on 0,3 percent of the land area. Previously underestimated. An international research group says in an article in the Joule portal ("Solar...

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

    Last year, the Federal Republic exported around 20,5 terawatt hours (TWh) to the neighboring country and has received natural gas in return since October. The German Economic Institute (IW) said on Saturday that German exports had covered the electricity needs of almost three million French households. However, only 5,2 TWh flowed back from France, significantly...

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

    enormous amounts of green electricity, hydrogen and synthetic fuels are required. But where do you get it from? It is foreseeable that Germany will only be able to cover part of its future hydrogen and electricity needs itself. On the other hand, there is significantly more potential where sun and wind are plentiful and can be converted cheaply into renewable energy sources... * Fuel elements...

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