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

    On the one hand, this is due to the sharp decline in electricity generation from coal and gas, according to a report published on Wednesday by the think tank Ember. According to this, electricity generation from coal has fallen by 26 percent and from gas by 15 percent, meaning that generation from fossil energies accounts for less than a third of EU electricity for the first time. In addition, the...

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

    as if this cost factor were factored into the kilowatt hour, but in fact we know: it isn't. All cost estimates already show that nuclear power has become the most expensive form of electricity generation. For new nuclear power plants you end up with 18 cents per kilowatt hour, which is three to four times what wind and solar cost. We see the result of this: in 2022...

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

    Energy company Leag is pushing ahead with the construction of a solar system on the former opencast mining areas. [...] The energy company Leag is planning a conversion towards renewable energies. The phase-out of electricity generation from brown coal is legally agreed in 2038. Because of its high carbon dioxide emissions, lignite is more harmful to the climate than other energy sources. *Japan | Defense industry | Weapons exports...

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

    provide electricity and are comparatively cheap to produce. Even though electricity production declined over the period of the experiment, it was proven that this type of electricity generation could be economically attractive... * Global warming | Glacier | Apocalypse Ice shelf melt inevitable: New York and Hamburg will sink into the sea Apocalypse The West Antarctic...

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

    This can be used to bring the sand deposited in the mine back to the surface. Such mine storage facilities worldwide would have a capacity of up to 70 terawatt hours. There are large daily and seasonal fluctuations in the generation of electricity from solar and wind. While short-term fluctuations in supply and demand in the power grid are caused by special batteries or chemical...

  6. Newsletter XLVI 2022 - November 16th to 23rd - News+ Now only the wisdom of the Peace of Westphalia can help

    increase It's all about the speed: How many raw materials, energy and CO2 emissions the global energy transition requires depends crucially on the speed of its implementation. The slower electricity generation from sun, wind, etc. is expanded, the more expensive and dirtier it becomes. Specifically, a delayed energy transition would cause twice more CO2 emissions than a decarbonization of the...

  7. Newsletter XLIV 2022 - November 01st to 07th - News+ Do not fear progress and technology, fear capitalism

    moved... * Czech Republic | Temelin | SMR | CSU Czech Republic's nuclear power plant plans cause resentment on the Bavarian side Prague/Bayreuth (dpa) - Plans by the Czech Republic's neighboring country to build small nuclear reactors to generate electricity are causing resentment on the Bavarian side. The district council president of Lower Bavaria, Olaf Heinrich, recently learned about the Czech mini-nuclear power plant plans at a meeting of the...

  8. 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

    Newsletter XLI 2022 October 16th to 22nd *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current news + background knowledge *** Nuclear Power Accidents This PDF file contains a list of known incidents from the various areas of civil and military nuclear industry. Some of this information only reached the public in a roundabout way...

  9. Newsletter XXVII 2022 - July 02nd to 10th - News+ Global security is only possible together!

    cracks. Due to damage to nuclear power plants and heat waves, almost half of the reactors are shut down. Gas-fired power plants are running, and Germany is supplying electricity from renewable energies. * Electricity generation | thermoelectric | Waste heat New way to generate electricity from heat Researchers identify basis for optimal thermoelectric conversion Energy from waste heat: Researchers have...

  10. Newsletter XV 2022 - April 08th to 14th - News+ Russian gas and the German energy transition: perspective yellow vests

    The efficiency of this biochemical electricity generation was only 17 percent, but it could be increased, according to the team. The “methane eater” microbe could thus open up new possibilities for generating electricity from biogas. ** April 12th Democracy A third of Germans believe they are living in pseudo-democracy Allensbach survey shows: Many Germans are not only dissatisfied with democracy,...

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